Beryl Horth

Sequel to 'The Chestnut Tree' (6181). Waldo Astley visits the Sussex village of Bexham on a personal mission, but he has a warming effect on all the residents who are suffering in the terrible winter of 1947.

Loved by few and feared by many, Catherine de' Medici was married to King Henri of France. After his death she became a most powerful figure at the French Court. Upholding her son's rights as civil war raged, one of her most fervent enemies was Jeanne D' Albret, Queen of Navarre, and a Hugenot supporte.

The three siblings are now leaving Cornwall to lead their own lives, but Freddy feels that she must always have 'The Keep' ready should they ever need to return.

Events for the Retallick family take a dramatic turn when the onset of the Great War plunges Europe into turmoil. Book 8 of the 'Retallick' series.

Beginning in 1910 this is a gripping saga about the four Purcell sisters, Frances, Julia, Gwen and Sarah. Sarah, still a child lives in a world of rural bliss, idyllic outings and romance which turns to tragedy with the coming of the Great War.  Book 1 of series.

A boy grows up, illegitimate, orphaned, but cherished by maiden aunts, until his maternal grandparents decide to adopt him and he faces the prospect of inheriting title, land and money.

When Grace Dearsden disappears in the lonely Norfolk marshes in the depths of winter, an old family friend returns to the area to try and discover what has happened. Immediately she begins to uncover clues to a tragic family secret.

A delightful collection of short stories from a master storyteller.

Deeply moving novel of a life stunted by conscience. As a young girl, Bronwen murders a man in self defence but hides her deed for over 50 years.

Set in pre-war Paris, the author tells of the self-discovery of an extraordinary woman.

In Spring 1944 with invasion plans imminent, Steve and Barbara fall head over heels in love and get married. Can the marriage survive the strain of war?

Her upbringing left Jerusha Carey no stranger to change and upheaval. In Dan Appleby it seemed she had found the security and domestic happiness she craved for. Married at 18, Dan's tragic death leaves her with a farm to work. But the arrival of Joe Finch may herald a new beginning.

Fran Craig is impoverished, pretty, approaching forty and trying to support herself and her son as a garden designer. The going is tough until she meets the new owner of Gosfield Hall.

In 1918 wounded Kit Enevers befriends young Poppy Brookes but falls in love and elopes with her sister Isobel. A decade later, after receiving a troubled letter, Poppy travels to Siena to meet them again.

The Taverners have lived at Buscombe for generations, but as a new generation takes over in 1870 agricultural depression hits the estate, suddenly making the world seem less secure!

Since their mother's death life has been hard for Sally and Ruth. Whilst Sally manages to get a job, Ruth is forced to turn to prostitution. Left alone when Ruth is brutally murdered, Sally decides to search for her father, but will this bring happiness?

Sarah and Beattie Melford were sisters but never friends. When Beattie has an affair with the man Sarah loves she ruins her reputation and their lives take very different paths. Only a tragedy forces them together again.

A collection of over thirty short stories from contemporary to historical, romantic to humorous or even spooky, but all told by a gifted storyteller.

As David Keating and his wife struggle with the challenges of late parenthood, he becomes convinced that someone is watching him. As he tries to find out the truth, David discovers that the truth isn't always comfortable.

Having met Trilby, Lewis Jones, powerful owner of a newspaper group is determined to marry her. Despite opposition from her family and friends Trilby accepts, but once married finds herself a virtual prisoner in her own home.

To everyone Madeline and Jack Hunter are the perfect media couple with a storybook marriage, but in private Jack's cruelty towards Maddy is destroying her. Only when she joins a Commission on Violence against Women does she learn to stand up to him.

When Mr Romanis employs Mary Grant as governess to Neville and Rose, she should be happy but she continues to be haunted by awful dreams. What causes the nightmares and why does Dr Savage suspect her of murder? Only DI Jackson and sergeant Bottomley can bring her haunting to an end!

When romance blossoms between Tim Wilson and Katherine Coates, Katherine's mother is horrified. Tim is only a reporter for the Torquay Times and not rich enough so she whisks Katherine away. Meanwhile a glamorous actress arrives in Torquay!

When a hated pawnbroker is murdered in a Dublin slum his daughter, Katherine Donovan, flees to England with little Ceppi Healy. Katherine gradually realises that Liverpool is not a peaceful haven, and fears they will be in more danger than they were in Dublin.

In 1859 Eliza is left motherless and alone with an unloving father. When she is sixteen she falls in love with Jerome a tenant farmer on her father's estate. Her furious father forces her to leave Jerome, thus making the biggest mistake of her life.

On a bright April day in 1951 the 8.45 to Paddington leaves Bristol on time, promising to be a routine journey for crew and passengers alike. Shortly before arrival disaster strikes and the lives of all on board will never be the same again.

Three couples, lifelong friends, are struck by tragedy when one of their number dies. To heal their wounds they take a holiday in St Tropez where nothing is what they expected, and the sun brings secrets, surprises and new beginnings.

Olivia left her english roots far behind when she married a Greek man and settled on a small island. A tidal wave devastates the island and washes up Kitty, a mysterious stranger. Olivia offers her shelter but her happiness is threatened as Kitty starts to take over her life.

To artist Roderick Kennedy, it felt as if all the crises that had troubled him disappeared when he met fellow artist, Julia Fitzpatrick. But Julia's meeting with lawyer William Armstrong had dramatic consequences for all three of them.

Bailey Lockhart tries to flee her past and start a new life as a bush pilot in Alaska, in an area populated by the Ingalik tribe. The Ingaliks resent white settlers, and when a young couple arrive, supposedly for a wilderness adventure, racial tension increases. Their deceit costs a life and has huge consequences for Bailey and the Ingaliks. X rated, contains offensive language and explicit sex.

Cooper Winslow, star of the silver screen, has received a shock - he is broke. He is faced with selling his beloved home or renting out part of it. His two new tenants, both coping with their own problems, have teenage children who also move in and suddenly The Cottage is transformed!

Heather Malone has lived in Lake Henry for fourteen years. Out of the blue, she is arrested for murdering a man in California. Her partner Micah, her lawyer Cassie, and her best friend Poppy Blake, all work tirelessly to clear her name.

Claire is about to take up a prestigious veterinary practice when she is summoned back to the family cattle ranch in Queensland. She dreads the reunion with her estranged family, having left them when she started college in Sydney, but she refuses to shy away from a fight.

Klara Andersen was born in Germany in 1924. She came to Britain in 1950 and has constantly asked been about how ordinary Germans viewed Hitler and Nazism. Viewed through a young persons eye, this volume covers the years 1932 - 1948.

A crime thriller featuring investigator Jane Lawless. Her best friend, Cordelia, accepts an invitation to a reunion, seeing it as an opportunity to see five of her closest college friends again after twenty years. Then one of the group is murdered, and old animosities, jealousies and resentments begin to surface.

From 1778 to the present day, the wooden farmhouse on a spit of land in Massachusetts has been home to the Hadley family. A community of steady men, wayward boys and women who make jam. Since the 1950's, when summer visitors take over the countryside, the house can barely hold all its ghosts.