Nancy Clegg

A decade and a half has passed since Grace was locked up, at the age of 16, for the murders of her employer Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper/lover Nancy Montgomery. Her alleged accomplice, James McDermot, was hanged in 1843. Dr Simon Jordan attempts to uncover the truth.

For thirty years Sylvia Fenton nourished a dream of leaving London and providing a secure home for animals in need of protection. Eventually she realised her ambition and here she recounts her experiences but also reveals that country life is not all roses round the door - more like thistles round your ankles and nettles round your knees!

Ross Poldark is now the MP for Truro, but his old feud with George Warleggan still continues.  Book 7 of series.

In London, on the brink of the Sixties, two runaways plunge into the whirl of Soho nightlife.

Mattie faces the hard slog of repertory companies and a sleazy strip-club in search of fame as an actress. But, when it comes, stardom is not enough, and the love that Mattie desires seems to elude her.

Julia choose marriage and Ladyhill, a beautiful Dorset manor house. Then, after the tragedy, she realises that to achieve true independence she will have to risk her marriage and her child.

Though each has to make her own choices, their friendship - despite the guilt and betrayal - endures over three turbulent decades.

CONTENT WARNING: contains scenes of a sexual nature

The ongoing feud between Ross Poldark and George Warleggan continues through to the younger generation in this.  Book 12 of series

The birth of a son to Elizabeth and George Warleggan serves only to accentuate the rift between the Poldark and Warleggan families.  Book 5 of series

Jennie Rakowsky's course in life seems set fair; she has a successful career as a lawyer and is about to marry a wonderful man, but a knock at the door puts everything in jeopardy.

Eighty-two year old Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death. Chief among these was the publication of 'The Blind Assassin', a novel which earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Man Booker Prize Winner.

Ruth decides to move into the San Francisco home of her ailing mother, Luling. Whilst there she discovers the story, written in Chinese, of Luling's childhood in China. Who was Precious Auntie and what effect did she have on Luling's life?

Meredith Browne and Max Kassov are from very different backgrounds but both work in showbusiness. The story reveals the corruption and abuse of talent behind the glittering façade of the entertainment world.

Frederica Campione adores her Chilean father so is devastated when her parents separate and she is forced to live in Cornwall with her mother. Trying to recapture a sense of security she embarks on a seemingly perfect marriage but endures years of heartbreak.

A young boy's holiday on a canal narrow boat turns into an exciting adventure.

The story of three related families, with the triumphs and tragedies of their lives as the whaling industry of Hull starts to decline.

The third generation of Sandberg's now live in England and are beginning to move away from their Jewish faith.

In 1937 Jo and Phyl decide to become waitresses at Lyon's Corner House. They leave family life in Woolwich for digs in central London and soon settle into their new lives, but as war looms they find themselves facing a daunting and uncertain future. Book 1 of series.

Did Sophia Langlois, wealthy and respected - really shoot her son that November night in 1972? Or was she protecting someone else when she claimed she did? Twenty years later her granddaughter Juliet is determined to learn the truth. Following the tangled leads she uncovers a story of love and passion, loyalty and betrayal which has its roots in beleaguered wartime Jersey, when the island was occupied by the Nazis.

Mary Ann is being sent to a Convent school for the education which will help her escape from poverty.  Book 3 of series.

RSM Probyn Kilmaster is proud to pass on his expertise to the Army's raw recruits, but when the Armistice comes he returns to Yorkshire. His attempts to keep the family together are oppressive and force the next generation to fight to make their own way in the world.  Book 3 of series.

Roddy Greenbank was brought by his father to the remote Northumberland community of Langley in the autumn of 1807. However, when his father meets a violent death Roddy is adopted and raised by old Kate Makepeace. Roddy befriends Hal Roystan and Mary Ellen Lee, and these three find their lives lastingly intertwined by the inexorable demands of a strange and somewhat cruel destiny.

In post war England, Elsie Lancaster and Oliver Plunkett are both determined to become successful actors, whilst Coco Hampton yearns to be a costume designer. When they meet agent and manager Portly Cosgrove their theatrical and personal lives become emotionally entangled.

Dramatic saga of Jewish immigrants in America. Anna is torn between two classes and two cultures but in the end has to make an impossible choice.

Incurring the wrath of his father by leaving the Yorkshire coalfields to join the army, Probyn Kilmaster discovers that his new life is just as brutal as his old one. Over the years he starts to realise his ambitions, but an old secret returns threatening to destroy everything.  Book 2 of series.

In the summer of 1946 Una, Hetty and Lieselotte find themselves growing up rapidly in the months between leaving school and taking up their scholarships at University.

A thirst for teenage thrills takes Flossie back to the room of wonders, but has the coat retained its fabulous secret? The shape-shifting heroine of Flossie Teacake’s Fur Coat returns, bored, envious, and itchy for instant adolescence. Join the fun, as two wicked boys, one nosy neighbour, and an all-night concert smash the teenage dream, and unravel a world of incredible possibilities…

Sequel to 'Flowers of the Field' (847). Kate Kingsley leaves Kenya in search of freedom and to meet unknown English relatives.

The Mulgraves are a rootless, bohemian family who are forced to return to the privations of wartime England after Germany's invasion of France.

A story of love, marriage and family secrets in wartime. X rated, explicit sexual content.

Maureen Matthews has always had her head full of dreams, and when she meets Trevor Mountford it is just like a movie. She quickly accepts his marriage proposal but soon questions her love of Trevor. When she meets Greg Barlow she believes that he is everything she ever needed.

"Me da’s a grand man!” Mary Ann Shaughnessy has spoken; question her who dare. For although Mary Ann may look quite an ordinary small girl from a dockland tenement, she is in fact a one-man army, armoured with faith and possessed of formidable qualities.  Book 1 of series.

It is 1552, when Celia da Bohun meets Stephen Marsdon, a Catholic priest engaged to be her teacher. As she grows older a passionate love develops between them, which is not even extinguished by her death. 400 years later when the marriage of Richard Marsdon and his American wife runs into problems, it seems as if history may repeat itself.

Proud, canny and ambitious, Hannah Massey is a born ruler. Her kingdom may be only a working-class household in County Durham, but within its walls her iron will governs a predominantly male family and her word is unchallengeable law. Now, in late middle age, her ambition is yet to be satisfied. She wants to see her brood living in the house where she was in service as a young girl.

In England in 1044 the power of Harold Godwine is growing whilst in Normandy the duke's son, William, is steadily gaining influence. When the destinies of these two men finally cross the consequences are tragic and change the course of England's history.

Bethan Powell is a trainee midwife from a proud mining family. Andrew John is a young doctor from a big house on Pontypridd Common, a very different world. When they meet they gradually fall in love, but will this be enough to overcome the prejudices of their families?  Book 1 of series

When Sir George dies, his wife holds on to the hope that she will be reunited with her love, Captain Nick Hellier, but the Cavalier Captain has enlisted in the army of young Charles II.. Book 2 of series.

Stories from the popular TV series "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates". The Northern 'Miss Marple' solves five mysteries.

Emma, thirteen year old daughter of the Duke of Normandy, is married to King Aethelred of England. Cruel, arrogant and inept, Aethelred loses his life and his kingdom to Viking invaders. As the Dowager Queen, Emma struggles for power and survival against the Viking Cnut.