May Ballingall

When she retires PR boss, Agatha Raisin, follows her dreams and buys a Cotswold cottage. Desperate to fit in she enters a quiche baking competition, but is soon branded as a poisoner when a judge dies after eating her shop bought entry. Unless she can expose the poisoner, Agatha's dream of rural bliss will be at an end.  Book 1 of series.

After rescuing an English aristocrat from rioters in Boston, Makepeace Burke is branded a traitor and forced to flee. She travels to London with the man she rescued only to discover that English society is not prepared to admit her into its midst. Having been chased out of one town, Makepeace is damned if she will let this happen again!

The children thought that Mary Poppins was just an ordinary housemaid but she knew about magic.

The life-size family of rag dolls face their most awesome challenge yet. 

Set in the small Oxfordshire village of Wood Green, the author takes the reader on a personal tour of the village and meets again the host of characters that has peopled her previous novels - school teachers Miss Watson and Miss Fogerty, Doctor and Winnie Bailey and Albert Piggott.

The remarkable story of a young Jewish girl and her family forced into hiding from Nazi persecution in Holland during the 2nd World War.

The pioneer and founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, became a legendary figure in her own lifetime.

All societies, going back to ancient times, and all religions have festivals. Festivals are times to celebrate, have fun and often show off!

A distinguished portrait of the Archbishop of Canterbury

The story of the shy, intelligent girl who loved reading and the countryside. With descriptions of family life and wartime struggles, the book gives a fascinating portrait of the author who was a pioneer of the conservationist movement.

A dramatic and enthralling story of rivalry and jealousy.

This novel tells the story of five generations of the Ucria family seen through the eyes of deaf-mute Duchess Mariana. Set apat by her disability and married at 13 to her uncle, she tries to find fulfilment in a society where a woman’s lot is either marriage and childbirth or life behind the walls of a convent.

The intrigue and turbulance of Mary Queen of Scots' reign.

An abridged version of the author's biographical portrait of Charles II - popular with his people and in control of his country when he died.

A fully-documented history of the role of women in the French Resistance during the Nazi occupation. Based on interviews with 70 surviving participants, the author weaves a vivid portrait of these women; their defiance, endurance and quiet courage.

To Princess Marie-Theresa, her engagement to an English Duke she has never met is like a death sentence. Can she ever find happiness?

Fleeing from an arranged marriage, Anita Lavenham runs straight into the arms of the Duke of Ollerton.

Salena's joyous reunion with her father turns to despair when she discovers she must marry a sadistic prince.

These delightful short stories were written in the 1940's and 50's to keep the family solvent, hence the title of the collection!

In 1968 five young women join the army and their developing friendship makes life bearable. Re-united twenty-five years later they discover that a tragic mystery from their youth still haunts them.

Sally Carpenter is filled with trepidation when her husband suggests a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads. At first they suffer mishaps but gradually they make friends with the boating fraternity and encounter a remarkable young girl, Rosie.

Maddie March was abandoned as a baby but was given a new start when she went to work for Frank Brackenbury. Although the work was hard she found love and happiness until the harsh winter of 1947 threatened their livelihood. Would Maddie's idea save them?

An account of the life of Florence Bramford who became a ladies' maid to the ladies-in-waiting of the Queen Mother and Queen Elizabeth II. It describes her work in the Royal Palaces and on several Royal Tours.

A collection of short stories, set in the North East, London and on the South Coast. The events take place anywhere from the 1920's to the present day, but all deal with changes in people's lives.

Holly and Mark Jepson were determined to spend Christmas alone, and not at Uncle Reg's Holiday Village. When Reg was admitted to hospital their plans had to be pushed aside!

Marie-Ange had an idyllic childhood in France until tragedy struck and she was sent to live in America with an elderly aunt. Her dream was to return to France, but even when she achieved this her life was still troubled!

In 1911 Amelia Peabody and her family arrive in Egypt for their annual archaeological dig. Trouble follows them when a body is found and Amelia must solve the mystery quickly before there are more deaths.

As he plans his 100th birthday 'celebration', Silas Mudd reviews his life and the family and friends around him, and the two wives he has outlived!

Maeve Delaney, a streetwise and outrageous young woman is employed as a companion to Lady Pamela, an elegant cantankerous old woman. Their initial open warfare settles into a wary truce as Maeve sets her heart on bringing Irish Dancer, Lady Pamela's great racehorse, out of retirement.

In postwar Britain, with social work in its infancy, the District Health Visitor was relied upon to provide a range of services to the local community. Molly Corbally trained as a Health Visitor and looked after her community with tact, diplomacy and humour for over thirty years.

Briony Marsden led a hard life working in the family mill, but things took a turn for the worse after one of her father's drunken rages. She was rescued by wealthy Chad Cameron, who fell in love with her and wanted to marry her. But could such a marriage survive?

Phoebe Redmond's life is a mess. Her job in Bar Barato is like working in a war zone. All her friends are getting married whilst she is always the taffeta clad bridesmaid. To make matters worse her sister is marrying the one man Phoebe loves. Will she have to don the hated taffeta again?

Margaret Kerr's husband, Roger, has been missing since Martinmas, and now his cousin, Jack has been found dead in Edinburgh. Margaret wants to know the truth about these happenings, but her questions expose secrets and dangerous loyalties, and she realises how little she knew of Roger or Jack.

As James II increasingly favoured Catholicism he alienated the country and his staunchly Protestant daughters, Mary and Anne. In 1688 the birth of the Prince of Wales started a family quarrel and a revolution as Mary and Anne, the 'ungrateful daughters', usurped their father's crown and stole their brother's birthright.

In the early 1950s, Beryl Miles was in Australia when she had the unexpected opportunity to travel around the two islands of New Zealand by truck. Knowing that New Zealand offers such a variety of physical features she snatched the chance and shares her experiences in this book.

Set in the reign of the last emperor of China, The Good Earth is a riveting family saga and a story of female sacrifice. This is a classic novel of the twentieth century set in a country on the brink of change.