Anna Jacobs

Norah's husband was killed in the Great War. Andrew's wife is dead. They hardly know each other, but Andrew wants them to move to Australia to start a new life together. After all, his kids need a mother. Norah thinks the idea is crazy, however it may also be the answer to all her dreams.

Ismay Deagan wants to leave Ireland and join her brother, Bram, in Australia. But her father orders her to marry their vicious neighbour Rory Flynn. After Rory brutally attacks her, Ismay flees, setting sail for Australia. When she meets Adam Treagar on the ship, she starts to believe dreams maybe do come true after all.

Life in 1905 is hard for Mary Ann. It rapidly becomes worse when her new stepfather begins to abuse her. Sent away at 15 to bear his child, she meets Gabriel Clough who helps her escape to Blackpool after the birth. It is not until her mother dies that Mary Ann returns to uncover the secrets of her past.

This sequel to 'Hallam Square', set in a 19th century Lancashire mill town, follows the further fortunes of the Gibson family. Rebecca is about to marry Simon Darrington, Tom is happy with his new wife, Rosie, and Joanie meets dashing Bart Burns.

In 1845 Annie Gibson can finally leave Salem Street. Her dreams of being able to open an elegant dressmaking salon in the High Street of Bilsden, a Lancashire mill town, have come true. She is going to take her father and his second family with her, away from the poverty. But Annie has not left trouble behind.

When Finn Carlisle loses his wife and unborn child, he spends a few years travelling to keep the sad memories at bay. Just as he's ready to settle down again, his great-uncle dies and leaves everything to him. This includes Heythorpe House in Ellindale just down the road from Leah Willcox and her little fizzy drink factory. Finn finds a village of people in need of jobs, a house that hasn't been cleaned or lived in for 30 years and Reggie, a boy who's...

This 19th century saga, set in the Lancashire mill town of Bilsden, tells the story of Annie Hallam. She has at last found complete hapiness with her husband Frederick and their three children, but life is never simple and worries are imminent.

Gwynna had fallen from grace once, bearing a stillborn child out of wedlock. Determined to have a respectable future, she finds a position for herself as a nursemaid at Hungerton House. But just as she begins to find her feet, the secrets of her past are revealed.