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(0)Freda Lightfoot
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Canelo Saga
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As the Great War looms, will the women of Kendal rise to meet the challenge?After giving birth to her daughter, Kate O'Connor finds herself back in Poor House Lane with some momentous decisions to make.Faced with the opportunity to move out of the slums, she invests her unexpected fortune in a new shoe factory to challenge Eliot Tyson's monopoly over the workforce, regardless of whether or not he is the father of her children.But nothing is ever that...
2) Ruby McBride
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Series
Salford Saga volume 1
Publisher
Canelo Saga
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Where there?s a rulebook, there?s a rebel? Ruby McBride has always been on the wrong side of authority. The grand opening of the Manchester Ship Canal is set to be a day of unfettered festivity for Ruby and her younger sister and brother. Even Queen Victoria will be in attendance. But the glories of the ceremony fade into insignificance when their dying mother delivers them to the imposing oak doors of Ignatius House. Abandoned in the not-so-tender...
3) Polly's war
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Series
Polly's Journey volume 2
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
2014
Description
From Sunday Times bestselling author, Freda Lightfoot. The war might be over, but for Polly and her family the struggle continues? With the end of WW2 Polly Pride feels as though the fighting has moved to her own home. Her son, Benny, is mixed up with some unsavoury characters but continues to pull the wool over his mother?s eyes. Daughter Lucy is carrying on with a fancy man behind her husband?s back, leaving her children to run riot. And Charlie,...
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Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
2014
Description
From Sunday Times bestselling author, Freda Lightfoot. Trapped in a small town resistant to change, Bette can?t resist handsome GI, Chad. But when reality draws in, Bette realises that their love was based on empty promises? Meanwhile Bette?s sister Sarah, is tormented by her possessive husband, but even his jealous attempts to keep her out of temptation can't prevent Sarah falling for officer Charlie.Caught in the very worst of times with the turmoil...
Author
Series
The Poor House Lane Sagas volume 1
Publisher
Canelo Saga
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
How far will a mother go to protect her child?The slums of Poor House Lane are no place to bring up a child, and Kate O'Connor struggles to make ends meet when her beloved husband is killed, leaving her a single mother with a baby to support on the meagre hand-outs she gleans from charity. So when the childless Tysons, owners of Kendal's shoe factory, offer to adopt her son, Callum, and employ Kate as his nanny, she seizes the chance to ensure he...
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Post war saga trilogy volume 1
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Christmas is approaching and Cathie Morgan is awaiting the return of her beloved fiance, Alexander. But she has a secret that could change everything between them. Her sister has died and she wants to adopt her son. When the truth is finally revealed, Alex immediately calls off the wedding, claiming that the baby is actually Cathie's. As Cathie battles to reassure Alex of her fidelity, she must also juggle the care of the baby and their home. But...
10) Polly's pride
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Series
Polly's Journey volume 1
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1920s, Manchester. Living in the deprived Ancoats area of Manchester Polly Pride feels more fortunate than most until her husband Matthew loses his job and her life is thrown into turmoil. With no money coming in Polly must act to keep her family from starvation. In a desperate gamble she sells all the family goods and buys a handcart, from which she sells second-hand rugs and carpets. But struggling to deal with poverty and her husband's hurt pride...
11) House of angels
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Magna
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When Livia, Ella and Maggie Angel discover their father had an affair many years ago, which resulted in the birth of a baby girl, they are determined to find their half-sister, and their search begins in the local work-house. Mercy, however, is not so sure she wants to be found.
12) My lady deceiver
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Rosie Belsfield feels as if her life has ended when she is rejected from Ellis Island and has to return alone to England leaving her family behind. But having boarded the ship with one identity, fate decrees that she leave it with another. The promise of a new life beckons, one of riches and a title in beautiful Cornwall.
13) Trapped
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Carly Stanton is a lucky girl. Newly married to the man of her dreams, a beautiful home with her family close by and with a job she adores - but all is not as it seems. Oliver Stanton may be charming, handsome and financially secure, but once the ring is on her finger Carly discovers there's a darker side to his nature.
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The war is over, and Evie Talbert eagerly awaits the return of her three children from their evacuated homes. But her carefree daughters and son are barely recognisable - their education has been disrupted, the siblings split up, and the effect on them has been life-changing. Her son has developed serious behavioural problems, and with her daughters, there's jealousy and a nervous disorder that cannot be explained... Evie's husband also has problems....
15) Kitty Little
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Katherine Terry is fleeing from a marriage her ambitious mother has arranged for her, as well as a scandal that threatens to wreck her own life and the happiness of those she loves. Charlotte Gilpin can have any man she wants, and she wants Archie - whoever is standing in her way. Esme Bield is weary of a life filled with the placid duty she has known as a parson's daughter; but can the quiet, trusting girl cope with the reality of a wider world?...
16) Daisy's secret
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Daisy is devastated when her lover, Percy, abandons her and her mother throws her out, having first forced the girl to give up her baby son for adoption. War is imminent, and she is evacuated to the Lake District, where after several horrific billets, she tracks down her black-sheep aunt, Florrie, and together they set up a guest house. Daisy meets and falls in love with a young airman, Harry, but is afraid to tell him of her past, and the longer...
17) Angels at war
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Allison & Busby
Description
Two years have passed for Livia and her sisters and finally all seems well for them. Livia is set to marry Jack and her sisters are, for the moment, settled on Todd Farm. Livia also wants to bring back to life the neglected family business but is she prepared to jeopardize her future life with Jack to achieve her wish?
18) Who's sorry now?
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Publisher
10 Canelo
Pub. Date
2022
Description
There were never such devoted sisters. Things are far from simple in the noisy, warm-hearted Bertalone family. Carmina is the quintessential extrovert with beaus flocking to her side like bees round a honeypot - all except Luc Fabriani. For some unaccountable reason, he seems to prefer Carmina's sister. Gina has always been quiet and shy, the apple of her over-protective parents' eye, so she believes her sister when Carmina spreads malicious rumours...
19) Candy kisses
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Publisher
10 Canelo
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Chocolate can also be bitter. It is a truth universally acknowledged that everyone dotes on Aunty Dot, as much as they do on her homemade sweets. The plump, smiling woman has provided a loving home for many a troubled child over the years, and Lizzie Pringle is no exception. Lizzie would do anything for her foster mother - even take on local sweet manufacturer and notorious bully, Cedric Finch. Until, that is, she falls for his son, Charlie. Meanwhile,...
20) Lonely teardrops
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Publisher
10 Canelo
Pub. Date
2022
Description
On the day of her father's funeral, Harriet's gran tells her that Joyce, the woman she has always called Mam, isn't her real mother after all. Her emotions in turmoil, Harriet discovers a streak of rebellion that puts into jeopardy everything she holds dear. Can she come back from the brink or will her life be full of lonely teardrops?