Stephanie Joy

Journalist and writer, Martha Gellhorn, was always involved in radical politics. She became a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War, after her marriage to Ernest Hemingway, and covered many other major conflicts up to the 1980's.

Independent spirits, the Halls are united by strong family values, divided by the conflicts of a community caught up in the changing patterns of industrial progress. Then the dark shadows of impending war fall upon this vivid family canvas, and the Halls are forced to reaffirm their most basic beliefs.

Friends Roxanne, Maggie and Candice all work in the world of magazines. They meet up once a month for cocktails and gossip. Whilst out, a chance encounter in a cocktail bar starts a train of events that upsets all their lives and almost destroys their friendship.

Rosaleen Ruddock is an innkeeper’s daughter in the Lake District when she meets Sir Frederick Walton, a friend of John Ruskin. She travels with him to London to become a model and mingles with the rich and famous but her love life is not entirely happy.

Dido Partridge lives in a houseboat, which she shares with Jacob, her long-term partner. When she discovers that he has been entertaining another woman, she books the first flight that she can, and ends up on the island of Corfu. As the peace and tranquillity of the island begin to work their magic on her, Dido becomes aware of Guy, an attractive lawyer. As Dido and Guy start to heal the wounds which each of them has acquired, they both begin to see how their lives can change.

In crumbling Little Watling Hall, Fliss and Ivor Harley-Wright are on their uppers. The solution to their problems could be to sell their only asset, a collection of Commemorative Drinking Vessels, to American billionaire, Constantine Ziminovski. But first they must win over his representative, Tom Klaus. X rated, contains offensive language.

After a storm, the hole left in Miss Eleanor Bannister's roof is repaired by Abel Brown, an itinerant carpenter. Retired teacher Eleanor finds Abel's presence in her life unsettling but they gradually start to fall in love. Although there are complications during their courtship they both realise that they belong together.

Judith and Alice are lifelong friends despite their very different lifestyles. But when Judith's father dies she returns home to the Yorkshire Dales and Alice, who has never left, for the help and support she needs. Some explicit sexual content and violence.

At the age of nineteen, Dorothy's parents gave her baby away and sent her to an institution. As a midwife aged 52 she is lonely until she meets Harold, who gradually allows her to glimpse another world. X rated, contains offensive language and explicit sex.

The story of young orphan girl, Christina, who goes to live in the country with her uncle and cousins before the outbreak of the First World War.  Book 1 of series.

Widowed during the First World War, Christina returns to a very different Flambards. The paddocks are overgrown and the stables are empty. She sets herself the task of returning the place to its former glory. Book 3 of series

Book 1 of The Gollantz Saga: This book describes the background of the Gollantz family. We follow Emmanuel from Vienna to London, and learn about his father and his colourful grandmother.

Harvey is a liar and a fraud, who has cut a swathe through wives, lovers, friends, relatives and business partners for decades. No one remains untouched, but a spectacular act of selfish cruelty lands Harvey, finally, in real trouble.

Re-telling of stories about King Arthur's knights of the round table

When Harriet Vane discovers a body on a beach she becomes a possible murder suspect. Lord Peter Wimsey is eager to help her clear her name.

Rumer Godden left India with her two daughters in l945 and found England battered by war. Sequel to 'A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep' (2492).

The story of Nan Warry's early days in India, both as a child and as a young wife and mother. Set against a colourful background, it is the world of a child where weekends were spent tiger-hunting; growing up in a world of picnics and tennis parties; where chaperones were a must; falling in love with a handsome young officer and starting a family of her own.

When the villagers of Turnham Malpas are invited to the Big House by Craddock Fitch, they are expecting to celebrate his thriving business. Instead they discover it is an extravagant wedding reception for two surprising people.  Book 10 of series.

Three nuns live in a remote monastery. The church on the mainland needs funds, so a young priest is sent to assess the sale value of the property.

The story of a Lieutenant Commander, axed from the Navy at the age of 36, and his struggles to earn a living in unfamiliar civilian life.

The Tarrants and Howards have been friends for years, but behind their normal mid-life preoccupations lurk the seeds of growing unhappiness.

The sequel to Daphne du Maurier's 'Rebecca' (86); Manderley is burning and Maxim and Mrs de Winter are on their way to the Continent. Could the de Winters escape or did they ever return home to England to confront the past? The author has imagined what happens after the de Winters arrive back in England.

After the death of her unfaithful husband, Binnie looks forward to life on her own terms instead of as a grieving widow.

Edwina Fairfax is delighted with her first job, protecting and preserving the trees of Essex. When sinister Leo and Cassandra Midnight refuse to allow her to inspect their ancient trees she enlists the help of local policeman, Felix Trent.

Scotland Yard and the French Surete work together to solve the final murder at the great country estate of Chimneys and in so doing, reveal an amazing secret.

The moving story of a young grey seal off the coast of Wales, showing how he gains his independence and some of the hardships he has to face, including finding his friend caught in a fisherman's net.

In the shadow of loss and disgrace, Netta must watch her child being brought up by her father and step-mother. It is not the first time her step-mother has taken what is hers - her dead mother's necklace, for instance. Netta is determined to win back both.

A remarkable account of three related rectories during the period of power and prestige of the Established Church in Victorian times. It provides authentic descriptions of the evolution of religious and secular society from the 1840s to the 1940s.

Brought up largely in India, Rumer Godden came to know the continent intimately. In her adolescence, spent chiefly in Britain, she found a vocation. The story of her life after her return to India - starting a dance school for British and Indian children, marriage to a charming but weak man, abandonment, bringing up two children - is an inspiring one.

When Aunt Dot, niece Laurie and Father Chantry-Pigg travel to Turkey it is ostensibly to investigate the establishment of a High Anglican mission, but each member of the group has an ulterior motive for making the trip.

Renny returns from the first World War as the new Master of Jalna and soon finds the estate and family need taking in hand.  Book 6 of series.