1915. Patrolling is the last thing on the minds of Women Police Service recruits Annie Maggie and Po..

With her mother dead her crippled father a broken and bitter man and her elder brother deeply in deb..

Helen Fox and her bon viveur husband Harry are the toast of the Bristol set in the years immediately..

Despite air raids and rationing in wartime London sisters Liz and Dora Beck find time for fun and la..

Jenny starts her training as a nanny but does she have what it takes - and will her family survive w..

It’s 1925 and Kate Cameron is just sixteen when she’s taken on at a shipyard on the Clyde. Kate�..

1961. Lucia once dreamed of a man who would love her. She has lost hope because what man would when ..

Germany 1939: Christa Sommer boards the Kindertransport unsure that she'll ever see her parents agai..

1928 The Isle of Dogs. When her sailor husband goes missing presumed drowned Eve Kumar struggles to ..

In September 1940 the Isle of Dogs suffers the first terrible night of a nine-month Blitz. Amidst th..

Christmas Eve 1909. When eleven-year-old Lily Larkin is left to fend for herself in an East London w..

England 1941. Dedicated local vet Laura cares for the farm animals of the little village of Bramble ..

As the Houses of York and Lancaster clash young Elizabeth Sheldyke is married off to the ageing mast..

Leaving Liverpool behind Libby Gilbert embarks on a transformative journey to London with her newfou..

At twenty-five teacher Phyllis Bird is still living with her parents her brothers lost in the Great ..

March 1915. Caroline Lilley's fiancé Reggie is away at the Front and Caroline gives up her job and ..

There would be trouble at Paradise . . . From birth Polly Harper seems destined for tragedy. Raised ..

It’s Christmas 1880 in London’s East End and a dying Irish girl leaves her baby in the care of t..

1938 Britain and Germany are on the brink of war and tension and fear is felt throughout Europe. In ..

Agnes Cavanah has watched her mother Kitty struggle to put food on the table ever since they crossed..

On her deathbed Lucy Fallow’s mother makes her promise to look after her younger siblings and keep..

When World War II breaks out Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the h..

Manchester 1940. By day Betty works cheerfully with her best friend Sally now the manager of the sal..

Devon 1943. In the village of Burracombe 'Dig for Victory' is more than just a wartime slogan. While..

Liverpool 1939. Olivia Campbell appears to have the perfect life. However behind closed doors she li..

As the only female cabinet maker in the valley in 1935 Frankie Redfern is unusual. But she's content..

England 1943. With Christmas days away the land girls of Gosling Farm are full of merriment. Only Lo..

Combining a heroine worthy of Poldark with the drama of a family saga this is a gripping story of se..

Cornwall: 1793. Rose Pengelly's father has been ruined - he has lost his boat yard and his fortune p..

Evie spent her early years left outside on the step. With a drunk for a father and a neglectful moth..

After the death of her parents in a bombing raid Mary Jones discovers a secret in her father’s dia..

On the eve of the First World War carpenter Tom Munday is content with his lot: he's been blessed wi..

Liz MacMillan has wanted to be a nurse ever since her baby brother died of scarlet fever but her dom..

Maddy lives with her grandmother in a tumbledown farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales. The house has bee..

Liverpool 1917. When Irish seaman Michael Gallagher docks in Liverpool after years of fighting with ..

Manchester 1944. Alison is thriving in her rewarding role at the railways. But when family tragedy s..

Rosie's family doesn't have much money but she's rich in other ways and when Danny Walsh asks her to..

Britain is at war and Ruth a gifted pilot is determined to join the Air Transport Auxiliary. Over in..

Susan Cahill enjoys her job at the BBC until a bomb destroys the building and brings a new boss Walt..

Fearless Felicity Penrose thrives on adventure: she's one of the most experienced female sailors in ..

Ten-year-old Jack Larkin has seen more than his fair share of shocking sights growing up in the noto..

Sally Travis appeared to have been badly let down by Rhys Martin who had gone away to college when u..

The O'Neils who have lost brothers and sons into the bowels of London's East End keep watch over the..

After her daughter Arabella passes away leaving a poor motherless child in her wake Nell Almond does..

It was a wartime white wedding but it was not a love match. Annie Cooper married George McCabe for o..

17-year-old Alice Tozer comes as a maid to the Tozers' farm in Burracombe in the spring of 1918. She..

June 2nd 1953 and the residents of Ruby Street are celebrating the coronation. It's a new beginning ..

Soundings and Choc Lit present the audiobook edition of A Daughter's Christmas Wish. Christmas 1919...

Lancashire 1934. Three years after her husband's sudden death Stella comes into some money unexpecte..

Nothing can change her love for her son Gloria and Joe were the golden couple until tragedy left..

Cat Cleary is a 16-year-old Irish 'slummy' arriving in Liverpool to seek her fortune. Joe Calligan t..

Liverpool 1901. The Tempest family is barely able to put food on the table. When Florrie falls ill w..

The three Bentley children are used to fending for themselves. Their widowed mother has been forced ..

Hilary Napier has had enough of secrets. The engagement party at the Barton is finally a chance for ..

“The end of the old world” people said about the long hot summer of 1914. That summer Aunt Tilly..

In the brooding north country hills a man and a woman fought for the passion they felt for each othe..

Prudence Dudley was a woman who appeared to have everything: an undeniably attractive woman who had ..

Emma Brown is a happy-go-lucky child content to play hopscotch with her friends. But after Em's moth..

1920s. When her father dies Ellie Douglas has little option but to go into service. Her position tak..

Missing home Rachel seizes the opportunity to train as a district nurse in a village near Rochdale e..

Her name was Hannah Boyle but to the people of the village she would always be 'The Girl' - Matthew ..

On Easter day in 1918 Frances Kemp looked out at the little thatched village and promised that one d..

Nell Goodman is a good daughter. Her job in the local brewery is the only thing keeping her and her ..

Following a terrible storm seven-year-old Lottie is rescued from a shipwreck by local Cornishman Arn..

As the war takes its toll the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country…Dora is th..

1939. Eve Armstrong is being evacuated to Devon. As the train pulls out of London she takes a last l..

1890 Western Australia. 14-year-old Sarette Maitland is orphaned when her father dies of a snake bit..

1930 the Isle of Dogs. Young Lily Bright works long hours on a market stall selling furniture and b..

Edith and Ada run a home for unmarried mothers in London's East End. Edith a doctor offers free med..

When Polly Pritchard learns that her husband has been killed in action she brings up their young dau..

An impetuous decision to marry has left the young Lady Caroline widowed and with two estates in her ..

It is 1918; the Kaiser’s empire is about to fall and Captain Harry Phillips a prisoner of war in a..

Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry and it falls to her to become sol..

There were four of the Thorpe family in the Anderson shelter the night of the raid on Coventry. Mum ..

The Second World War has finally come to a close. Rachel Booker's husband has returned and the famil..

When little Ella's grandmother dies she is turned out of her home and forced into a life of cruel la..

In a busy maternity unit there are inevitable tensions between modern technology and the demands by ..

Winter 1919 Two months after the Armistice that ended the Great War and life in London's East End is..

1941 the Isle of Dogs. Neglected by their drunken mother young Bella Doyle and her brother Terry ar..

1853. In the serene countryside of rural Yorkshire Caroline and Trixie's unbreakable bond forged ami..

At sixteen Sarah has her whole life ahead of her. She is busy planning her wedding and will soon be ..

Molly Fox has grown up in the back streets of Birmingham at the mercy of her cruel grandfather and h..

London 1771. The unexpected friendship between Tabitha Prewett the only daughter of a respectable ta..

John Emmerson was a lonely man. He had a wife a son friends but he was isolated from all the people ..

1944 the darkest days of the war. Trixie and Vi are back in Gosport and doing their bit to help Brit..

It's Christmas Eve 1920 when Abby Kirby's family is ripped apart. Leaving everything she's ever know..

Edinburgh Yuletide 1743. Seconded back from the wars in Europe to captain the city’s Town Guard Ro..