Margaret Hodgson

In 1297 Margaret Kerr is living in Edinburgh and searching for her long-absent husband, Roger. A murder on the Kerr property brings the wrath of the English down on Margaret and her uncle. The sudden re-appearance of Roger gives Margaret the opportunity to escape Edinburgh, but what is his motive for coming back to her?

Set in World War Two, this is the story of the close knit community of April Grove, Portsmouth.  Book 4 of series.

In the summer of 1939 the residents of the village of Bexham prepare for war. Four young women are determined to play an active part and they join the women of the Sussex port. Their world is changed irrevocably, yet the chestnut tree flourishes.

Penelope Featherington had known , and secretly adored, her friend's brother for years. Thinking she knows everything about him she is surprised when she discovers his deepest secret, but Penelope has secrets of her own, and is taking every care that they should not be found out!

Book 4 in the Bridgerton series.

Crisis in a Victorian family unites them and yet turns them against each other.   Book 3 of series.

From the outside, 5 Brocklehurst Grove looks like an ordinary house - the windows are always clean, and the garden well tended. And from the inside, to hear the voices of the inhabitants, the Mennym family, you would think they were a perfectly ordinary family, too. But you'd be wrong, for the Mennyms are far from ordinary.

The whole family shares an astonishing secret behind which it's hidden for forty years; a secret to which nobody has ever come close... until perhaps, now. When an airmail letter from Australia comes through the letterbox of number 5, its contents are enough to plunge the whole family into fear that now, for the first time, the mystery surrounding it is about to be exposed...

Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII is forced to marry James IV of Scotland as part of a peace treaty. Unexpectedly she falls in love with James, but neither the marriage or the peace last. When her husband is killed in battle, Margaret knows, once again, that her destiny is not in her own hands.

In 1863, the American Civil War is raging. Still in its early years, the Jalna estate seems far away from the despair and destruction, and life is as peaceful as usual... until the Sinclairs come to visit. As the burden these distant cousins bring grows, the Whiteoaks begin to suspect that the Sinclairs have a deep and dangerous secret. Book 2 of series.

14th Century England is a cruel and dangerous place. Brat doesn't know her real name or age, but her life as a homeless orphan changes when she becomes a helper to the midwife.

Arriving at their holiday chateau, Roger and his family find it to be in a decrepit state. The owner is unfriendly and unhelpful, so Roger sets out to befriend his daughter, the enigmatic Melusine.

Aunt Hanna Frankenstein has very definite ideas about the best way to bring up a monster.

Emma Molinero is the orphan daughter of an itinerant carnival performer and skilled at performing with the whips. She is a figure of mystery and fascination to the villagers among whom she lives.

It was a case that the newspapers couldn't let die, as it consisted of sex, sport, romance and supernatural, as well as historical romance. From investigating the handsome ghost of the 17th Century Cavalier Poe, Jemima Shore finds herself instead investigating murder.

This is the tale of a pair of young scholars investigating the lives of two Victorian poets. Following a trail of letters, journals and poems they uncover a web of passion, deceit and tragedy, and their quest becomes a battle against time. Booker Prize Winner 1990.

This portrayal of England's hero, Richard the Lionheart (1157-99), is an evocation of life in the 12th century in England, France and Outremer.

The dramatic account of an English woman's work with a group of resistance fighters in World War 2;

Sequel to: 'The Sugar House' (1351); When Clara Batchelor’s brief marriage to Archie ends she returns to her parents’ home, hoping for comfort and support. She finds the Catholic household oppressive, however, and longs to escape to the outside world, but when she begins a passionate affair her fragile identity cracks.

Short stories offering an insight into the failures of communication and expectations between men and women.

The social minuet of the society of Barsetshire in the 1940's produces a stream of matrimonial fodder, both young and not-so-young.

Christina Nordohl married a wealthy man with two sons, but after his death she inherits land, money and a priceless manuscript which could destroy her happiness.

Abandoned by her husband, Ellen struggles to make ends meet. Having married once for love, she is determined that the second time it will be for money.

Mulberry Cottage looks like a perfect country retreat, and the local village is quintessentially English. But coming from London and a lucrative career, Henny Brack is not at all sure she's ready to settle down. Then she strikes up a friendship with 95-year-old Cecilia Boxendale.

A young London lawyer is sent to India to take the case for the defence when a statue of the God Shiva goes missing. There he falls in love with the elusive Artemis.

In 1812 Dartmoor Prison is dangerously overcrowded with French and American prisoners. For one of them, Pilgrim Penn, only an illicit love makes this brutal captivity bearable.

'Terts' Bradley shuns both his father's commercial life and his mother's aristocratic world for the sake of photography. Many years later Jolene decides to research 'Terts', her professional hero.

Born as the Napoleonic Wars end, Emma Spry the disfigured younger daughter grows up without affection. Here she tells her story with blunt and beguiling honesty.

Beth visits the ancient Roman town of Arles to investigate the story of a child martyr. There she meets Adam, and together they are driven to find the truth behind the ancient legend.

In 1941 four very different girls, Kay, Emily, Biddy and Jo, are thrown together by war. Together they struggle to do one of the hardest jobs ever undertaken by WAAFs.

Dr Paul Higgins and his wife Bett have allowed a bitter gulf to grow between them. Loyally supporting them both is cousin Jenny but she must also find some happiness for herself.

In 1900 the paths of three young women, Leonie, Dorinda and Mercy, cross and all their lives are affected. They support each other as they strive to be independent at a time when this is could lead to ostracism and even tragedy.

Set in Derbyshire in 1788, this is the story of two men and their passions. Anthony Apreece covets the land of Edward Horne, whilst Edward covets Daisy, Anthony's wife. How will they resolve the situation!

George Clough is a man of strong views and an explosive temper and his children react to their domineering father in different ways. His daughter, Christine, suffers when she falls in love with Liam McCarthy, a man George disapproves of.

In 1912 gifted Bessie Bawtry uses her place at Cambridge as a way to escape Breaseborough, a Yorkshire mining town. Her granddaughter visits the town nearly a century later and questions whether she has travelled further in life than her Yorkshire kin!

Her father is a favoured courtier of James 1, yet her grandmother is a devout Catholic, causing Isabel Stanhope to lead a double life. Torn between her duty to her father and her own desperate longings, Isabel leaves Jacobean London and travels to war torn Europe.

The members of a creative writing group all want to keep their lives private, yet all have something they want to escape from. As their writing skills and their friendships develop they realise that a little openness is not a bad thing.

Defying the iron will of his grandmother Ben Logan leaves Ireland for Yorkshire where he meets Lesley, a social worker; Anagram, a pedigree horse, and Meg, a border collie. Each will change his life bringing love, tragedy and hope.