Freda Lightfoot
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[2019]
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English
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Where there's muck, there's mettle ... Dolly Tomkins has always known what it is to live hand to mouth. In the mean streets of a Salford struggling under the mantle of the Great Depression, the only one making a decent living is the talleyman. Though Nifty Jack has a money bag where his heart should be, Dolly's mam is in hock up to her ears and in dire need of assistance. But when Jack offers to wipe the slate clean, Dolly just can't bring herself...
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2022.
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English
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When her life is thrown into disarray, can she remember what matters most?
Beth Brandon and her twin sister, Sarah, are polar opposites in every way, except in their love of their home, Larkrigg Hall. Beth is the romantic one, with dreams of an idyllic life in rural Lakeland, while Sarah is willing to take risks to achieve the lifestyle she craves.
When tragedy strikes, and both sisters are thrown into chaos, they are forced to come to terms...
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[2019]
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English
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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...
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[2018]
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English
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What will life bring now The Great War is over? The third instalment of the Poor House Lane Sagas The Great War is over and Kate is ready to welcome back Eliot with open arms. But her husband is a changed man. Kate has become used to her independence, and Eliot's return creates tensions both at work and at home, particularly with Kate's son, Callum . It tears Kate apart to see such strife between the two men she loves most. And her sister-in-law seems...
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2022.
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English
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Will her desire for love have disastrous consequences?
Lissa Turner has everything a girl could wish for. She's beautiful, intelligent and has a wonderful family in the beautiful Lake District. Despite her good fortune though, Lissa is not happy. Her real mother abandoned her as a baby and her feelings of confusion and vulnerability have persisted.
As soon as she is old enough she takes up a job in Carreckwater, a lively village in the heart of...
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2022.
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English
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Can she overcome her family's doubts to achieve her dream?
Meg Turner has a hard life. She lives on a lonely farm in the Lake District and her only company is her bully of a father and her brother, who resents her. They want to keep her at home, but Meg is desperate for more.
She finds comfort in her best friend, Kath, and Lanky Lawson, who is more of a father figure to her than her own. Her true source of hope though, is Lanky's son, Jack, who...
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2022.
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English
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As she struggles to find her feet with her work, new problems emerge...
Meg Turner is finally doing the job she loves, but life as a sheep farmer proves tougher than she anticipated. She is a woman trying to prove herself in a man's world against the backdrop of a brutal war.
With her faith being tested in her work, she also fears that the man she loves will betray her again. Meg struggles to allow herself to love baby Lissa when her mother may return...
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Beautiful and talented actress, poet and fashion icon, Mary Robinson was one of the most famous women of her time - yet she died virtually penniless, her reputation in ruins. Mary was destined always to be betrayed by the men she loved - her father, her husband and, most seriously, by the Prince of Wales, later George IV, for whom Mary gave up her career, her husband and her independence, only to be cruelly abandoned. This is her enthralling story:...
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[2019]
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English
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"Where there's community, there's courage... Jess Delaney has always longed for independence. But when the Blitz reaches Manchester, she is locked in the cellar by her feckless mother, Lizzie. As bombs rain down from a sky turned blood red with flame, Jess waits for Lizzie to return. But fortunes are fickle, and soon Jess finds herself packed off to live with her tyrant Uncle Bernie, a bullying black marketeer. Though he treats her like a servant,...
10) Lonely Teardrops
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[2019]
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English
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Blood is thicker than water ... It's a rainy day on Champion Street as Harriet attends the funeral of her beloved father. But then her grandmother drops a bombshell on her out of nowhere and she can hardly take in the words for shock and grief. Joyce , the woman she has always called Mam, isn't really her mother. After all this time, it at least explains why Joyce always favoured Harriet's brother, Grant . Her emotions in turmoil, Harriet discovers...
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[2019]
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English
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Where there's daring, there's danger ... Isabella Ashton has always been her father's favourite, but when she gets involved with the new Birth Control Movement, he is scandalised. A decade has elapsed since the end of the Great War and running a family planning clinic in Salford is challenging but rewarding work. Bella is grateful for the help of Violet Howarth , a generous-hearted woman who takes her in off the street. Before long, a friendship with...
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[2019]
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English
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Flowers spill everyone's secrets ... Working on their busy flower stall in Champion Street Market, Lynda and her mother, Betty , have lots of opportunities to observe their customers and speculate about their lives. Sam regularly buys bouquets for his wife, Judy , so why does she always look so worn out and miserable? Then there's Leo , who comes every week for flowers for his mother, but has never bought so much as a rosebud for his elegant wife....
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[2019]
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English
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Home is where you hang your hat ... When Patsy talks her way into a job on the Champion Street Market millinery stall, the Higginson sisters get more than they bargained for. Riddled with insecurities, Patsy's impudence wins her new enemies as well as friends and her determination to solve the riddle of her own past starts to unravel secrets Annie and Clara would much rather keep hidden. Meanwhile, Molly Poulson hasn't a care in the world until her...
14) Candy Kisses
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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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 ....
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
Description
In this gripping saga, a single mother in 1905 northern England wants to give her son a better life but she's unprepared for the consequences.
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,...
16) Ruby McBride
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Sent to an orphanage by a terminally ill mother and later forced into a marriage at sixteen, a young woman vows to reunite her family in this moving saga.
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...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"She must decide if her childhood sweetheart is worth the struggle . . . Alena Townsen is in love with Rob and wants to spend the rest of her life with him. But he is the only son of James Hollinthwaite , a wealthy landowner who has his own ideas about Rob's future, and he forces the two to part. With no other option, Rob and Alena run away together and plan to start a new life. Their dreams are shattered when they are discovered, and Rob is sent...
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[2020]
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English
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War puts their friendship to the test, but can they unite against their true enemy?
It's 1942 and Gracie is eager to do her bit for the war effort. She joins the Women's Timber Corps, relieved to get away from her quarrelling, interfering parents. Her training leads her to Cornwall where she meets energetic newly-married Lou, and Rosie who is desperate to escape her bully of a brother. The three girls become fast friends and are happy to learn they...
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[2020]
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English
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"Against the backdrop of the theatre, a real life drama plays out . . . After fleeing from a marriage arranged by her ambitious mother, Katherine throws herself into an acting career, but a scandal threatens to wreck everything she has worked for. Charlotte believes she can have any man she wants, and she wants Archie -- no matter who is standing in her way. Esme is in love with the life and vibrancy of the theatre, and the contrast to the life...
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