Marion Scott

Cornwall 1786. Adam Loveday has a talent for ship design and a thirst for adventure, but his wastrel elder twin, St John, sets a plan in motion to ensure that Adam never gets what his heart desires - the family boatyard!  Book 1 of series.

When Uncle Peder the toymaker falls on hard times, his little wooden horse must go out into the world to seek his fortune. But whether he's working in a coal mine, sailing the seven seas with a band of pirates, or walking the tightrope in a circus, the loyal little horse only has one wish: to return to his beloved master.

Originally published in 1938, Ursula Moray-Williams' Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse is her most famous story and continues to be one of the most-loved classic stories of children's literature.

In 1363, when people start dying in strange circumstances the common link seems to be herbal remedies dispensed by Nicholas Wilton. Owen Archer is sent to York to solve the mystery.

Bridget inherited her father's business at the age of nineteen, and by the time she was twenty-three in 1880, she was running them as confidently as any man. So a pattern began to form that would shape the lives of generations to come, yet the path destiny required her to follow was not an easy one.

Continuing the fortunes of the Bailey family. Fiona relies more than ever on her husband, Bill, for support - a rock of a man with a rough tongue but a heart of gold. Sequel to 'Bill Bailey's Daughter' (2876)

Set at the turn of the century in Northumberland and London, this is the gripping story of fourteen-year-old Marie Anne Lawson, youngest daughter of a prosperous Northumbrian family - and of the mysterious 'branded' man, who was to influence both their lives to an extent that neither of them could have imagined.

Hugo has to choose who to stay with while his mother's having a baby. But who will care for him and his dog, Henry.

When Sebastian Locke, the head of a philanthropic foundation, is found dead in mysterious circumstances the police are baffled. His former wife, an American journalist, is determined to find out the truth.

Emily is an elderly spinster who is accidentally poisoned in her country home. Everyone blamed the accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her terrier but Emily was convinced that one of her relatives was trying to kill her.

Amy Hall wants to learn to drive but it is 1926 and her husband will not allow it. Amy takes the law into her own hands and borrows a lorry but the escapade has far-reaching effects on her marriage and the town.

Four very different women rent the small medieval castle of San Salvatore in Italy to escape February in England and find their lives transformed by the magic of the place.

Set in the eighteenth century, this novel tells the story of Jane, flattered when the handsome and charismatic William asks her to marry him, but soon realising her mistake when the man she really loves is about to marry someone else.

When 12-year-old Daisy Smith steals a carrot for Jackie Murphy, an Irish barrow-boy, a love affair begins which will last for both their lives. Even when Jackie's family leave for Australia, Daisy cannot forget her childhood sweetheart. She determines to follow her love to Australia - and though Daisy and Jackie are destined never to marry, their love affair continues.

Set in East Anglia during the Second World War this is the delightful story of two sisters, Sybil and Lizzie Cream, and the loves that changed their lives.

Grace Rouse, a normal and beautiful young woman, is forced to recognise that her marriage is a sham after two years as the wife of a country parson. She turns from the husband she has tried in vain to love to the comfort and release offered by another man.

Her name was Hannah Boyle, to the people of the village she would always be "The Girl". As the waif grew to beautiful womanhood, she became an object of desire to the local young men, including her half-brother.But it was the devil-may-care horse-dealer Ned Ridley, who taught her the meaning of love and passion.

Young Freddie Musgrove was never more agile than when navigating his sculler across the waters of the Tyne. The shillings he picked up running messages and smuggled goods, helped to feed his family amidst the endless battle for survival in 1843. But after he witnesses a scene of unremitting horror at The Towers, his silence is bought, and years later, when the horror reoccurs, Freddie must fight to remain uninvolved.

When Matthew is invalided out of the army at the end of World War Two, his family is sympathetic but they have their problems. The only person he can relate to is his nurse, Liz.

Sequel to 'Madeleine' ( 3289). Marriage to a rich wool baron, brings a host of unforeseeable problems to blight their future.

When Omri is given a toy Indian and a small cupboard for his birthday, he has no idea that when he puts the Indian in the cupboard it will come alive.

When artist Fergus Vincent sets sail for India, he leaves his wife Becky expecting their baby and determined to survive the slums of Bristol.

In 1864 Josh and Miriam Retallick return home from Africa to discover hard times in Cornwall. We see Josh become a new power in his native land.

An historical saga about a talented troubadour who journeys from France to the Holy Land in the 12th century. With the crusading knights he finds romance and passion in his own life.

Eighteen-year-old Madeleine Bates worked as a housemaid at Mount Royd, the aflluent Parkinson family home. But Madeleine was not the kind of young woman you could overlook, and when Leon Bonneau, the son of a French wool baron - came to stay, he noticed the dignity and beauty of the young housemaid. From that moment on the lives of everyone at Mount Royd began to change, and Madeleine stepped forward into a new and challenging future. Contains an explicit rape scene.

When she asked Christopher Taggart to marry her, Maggie's two main desires in life were a child she could love and one of those big houses on Brampton Hill. She meant to have them all, despite the scorn of some folk, who thought they knew what she deserved better than she did herself!

An elderly vagabond woman is befriended by a young girl, who discovers a heartrending tale of stolen dreams and undying love in the woman's precious diaries. Some explicit sexual content.

Continuing the story of three Cambridge friends and how they come to terms with l980s Britain. Sequel to: 'The Radiant Way' (2342)

After the death of her husband, Cassie is forced to battle hard to keep her home, Claremore, and everything that makes her life worthwhile.

In 1943 a division of US Airmen was stationed in the village of King's Thorpe, to the delight of the young but the horror of the Brigadier. The Americans were hard to ignore but soon everyone - even the Brigadier - accepted them as 'Our Yanks'.

Colliery owner, Carver Fenton, is determined that his step-brother shall not marry miner's daughter, Emma Price. Carver himself brutally rapes Emma and then abandons the pregnant girl. Years later he determines to track down the girl he has wronged.

Born plain Dora in a bleak northern town, her future was all too predictable. At eighteen she moved south, gave herself a new name, Chloe, and glimpsed a life of wealth and power that she believed could be hers.

Pippa discovers hidden secrets in her family's past when she studies a 1930s photograph album given to her by her father.

When Riley left school after a harsh childhood who could have predicted his rise to fame and fortune?

In Scotland after its most grievous disaster, Flodden Field in 1513, 17 month old James V succeeds to a shattered realm. Power-hungry, warring men wait like jackals to assault the kingdom. Against this background David Lindsay and David Beaton are caught up in the hatred and fear, war and treachery.

The year was 1937. Geoff Fulton would always carry with him the memory of the night when his timely intervention rescued 14 year-old Lizzie Gillespie from the streets. Given the chance of a new life, Lizzie blossomed into a woman with ideals and expectations, and began to realize that she no longer needed the support of the man she had once regarded as her saviour.

Set in the Pennines, a passionate story of an untamed girl who brings heartache and tragedy to all those she loves. Some explicit sexual content.