Rosie Clarke

When Emma Robinson discovers she is carrying Paul Greenslade's child, he disappears rather than marry a common shop-girl. Forced by her tyrannical father to marry Richard Gillows, Emma learns quickly that a jealous husband is a violent one. How can Emma escape the ties that bind her, to build a life for herself and her child?

Emma is slowly adjusting to her husband’s return from the war, even though his appalling injuries mean their marriage is in name only. But when tragedy strikes, Emma finds she cannot turn to Jack Harvey, her long-standing friend and one-time lover – for while he still loves her, he is now a married man..

Newly married Emma thinks that life couldn’t be better. But her happiness is short-lived when within months, Jon’s plane is shot down over France and he is declared missing, presumed dead. When she makes a new friend in the American businessman Jack Harvey, she is faced with a difficult decision. Should she take a last chance at happiness?

Lizzie adores her beautiful and clever daughters and will do anything for them. But when head strong Betty, the eldest, runs away after an argument, heartbreak and worry descend on the family. Sebastian is plunged into a dangerous overseas mission to track Betty to Paris, and to the lair of the rogue that seduced her.

London, 1938: Young Lizzie Larch is a hat maker in London's east end. She is happy and popular, but she carries a secret. When she starts courting her boss' nephew, a shocking revelation surfaces, threatening to destroy their new-found happiness.

Against the devastating Blitz of London, Lizzie Larch must make a success of her business, alone, in order to survive. Battling against shortages, her hats become more popular, but what of the man she loves? Will he ever return? What Lizzie knows, now, is that success can mean nothing without love.