Katy Sobey

In a wild winter storm Molly sees a desperate figure running for his life. She discovers an injured man. But who is he? And why has he come to help her?

Rosanna is part of a close, extended Fenland family and the youngest of three cousins. As she grows up, the others turn to her when they are unhappy or in trouble. To find her own happiness, she has to break free and finally make them aware that she has feelings too.

England is at war and Easterleigh Hall has been turned into a hospital for the duration of the hostilities. With its army of volunteers and wounded servicemen, cook Evie Forbes is determined that everyone will be properly provided for, despite the threat of rationing and dwindling supplies. All the while she waits for letters from her fiance and beloved brother, fighting on the Western Front. Then the worst happens - a telegram arrives with shattering...

In 1786 a mariner's daughter from Cornwall called Mary Broad was sentenced to death for theft. But she is given a reprieve and told she will be sailing to a colony on the other side of the world with hundreds of other convicts. She vows to survive, whatever it takes.

Across the room, through the fog of tobacco smoke, Betty notices him. His teacup is empty, his eyes are low and he doesn't speak. She wants him to notice her. She wants to impress. Fifteen-year-old Betty Broadbent helps her erratic and beautiful mother run the Hotel Eden, a boarding house now besieged by reporters, keen for juicy gossip and eye-catching headlines. They are there because the Cornish seaside town has recently witnessed a string of murders,...