As war looms in Europe 18-year-old Jane Shaw runs the household as an unpaid servant on a meagre bud..

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

Carrie Anderson's business selling books at her local train station is thriving and with her beloved..

Gilly Jenkins is the third generation to bake for her family firm. Also on Bread Street in the same ..

‘Come on Kathy… tell me a secret’. 1943: Becoming a Home Front nurse meant Kathy Scott was fin..

June 1914. Edie Moore is a Governess for Lord and Lady Moreland living comfortably at the grand Down..

Georgina Corrigan is worried. The first women sent to her Percy Place home by the BOBs - an organisa..

Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend shocked to hear she's going to marry a guy she's..

London 1923. Cyril Black is finally out of prison. Rather than going home to his wife and son he vis..

When war is declared Rosie Mitchell reluctantly returns from London to the Somerset mining town of H..

When Charity Browne arrives at The Fitzroy Hotel on her way to a country house party she knows there..

London 1930s. Years after she first fled to South Shields Cathy is known by everyone as the landlady..

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

Kent 1828. Lizzie Carey of Castle Bay is trapped in a life she never chose - endless days of cooking..

Liverpool 1942. Though they may be posted miles apart Cadi and Jez's love for one another is stronge..

Manchester 1940: the minute war was declared best friends Sally and Debs volunteered for the home gu..

Glasgow WW2. Despite being shy and reserved Jeannie finds herself newly engaged to Arthur the day wa..

Welcome to Dressmakers' Alley, a twisted place filled with dark and deadly secrets London's East En..

1945 Sunderland. Ida Boulter makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave her five children behind as..

Immerse yourself in the Harpers Emporium in the roaring 20s - a time of prosperity, optimism, and ch..

Seventeen-year-old Elise Bouchard has always called Northern France home. But when her English fathe..

At the end of Hawthorn Close there is a charming park which boasts two magnificent magnolia trees an..

It is 1964 and fun-loving Rita has her dream job working as a nanny for a huge popstar and his famil..

1950. Seventeen-year-old Josephine Cliffe and her younger sister Eliza have the perfect lives wantin..

If you're born with nothing you have to make your own luck. When Jared Johnson first meets Clarice C..

Sarah is lonely. Living in a small Yorkshire village with just her grandmother for company she longs..

1912. Fifteen-year-old Kate Truscott leaves her small Hampshire village to become a nursemaid to fiv..

When Mara Gregory receives a letter from the father whom she believed to have died when she was a ch..

East London 1916. The Sanctuary Lane Animal Hospital is proving a huge success. For its founder Ruby..

Ireland 1851. After enduring years of the devastating potato famine Ellen Kittrick is a survivor. To..

Sisters Alice and Annie have always been close but will a man come between them? Annie and Alice lov..

Glasgow 1943. After becoming pregnant out of wedlock only to find out her betrothed was already marr..

The final book in The Mulberry Lane Saga series from Rosie Clarke. Sweeping changes are on the hori..

London October 1940. Dot is finding her independence and takes a full-time role as an ARP warden. As..

Harry Blenheim wasn't what you might call a good-looking fellow but his face was full of character w..

BLACKPOOL 1914. Seventeen-year-old Maddie has grown up in a boarding house on one of Blackpool's poo..

January 1945. The end of the war at last feels within reach and the Rowntrees workers dream of retur..

October 1940. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper but s..

Holcombe Hall 1931. Florrie Bickerstaff has finally settled in as the new Housekeeper of Holcombe Ha..

Anna and Will have been passing in and out of each other's lives since they were just kids._x000D_No..

Lancashire 1895. Lillian Hesketh has taken a new name and a brave step towards a happier life. Sudde..

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

In 1860’s Yorkshire a woman’s fortune belongs to her husband - regardless of a so-called-gentlem..

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

Elsie Weir is trying hard to keep her family together. Living in Kiltie Street tenement in Glasgow w..

Hetty Affleck is working as a maid at the prestigious Beach Hotel in Littlehampton. Her beau Lorcan ..

Norfolk 1944. Great Plumstead is buzzing with news that the American GIs have arrived on the nearby ..

An unexpected inheritance is most people's dream but not so for Paula. She's happy and secure in Wes..

May 1943. The tide of war has turned at last with an Allied victory looking increasingly certain but..

Jo Melling has arrived in Birch End from Australia. She's not intending to stay long but after track..

Gosport 1943. Eadie Joy and Maureen are all doing their bit to help Britain win the war. Their work ..

When orphaned Jake Harding is sent away from his adoptive home aged just seven he does not understan..

Spring 1943. After a visit to see her mother in Sussex with Ned it's time for VAD nurse Evie Jones t..

Hopes are high at the Fitzroy Hotel on Edward VII's Coronation Day. London is full of people celebra..

Lancashire 1930s. When her mother dies leaving her an old sewing box and a clue to her father's iden..

Seven years ago Charlotte Russell's father walked out on her family. Ever since the task of caring f..

Blackpool 1903. When young Elisha loses her parents she clings to Primula Cottage - the only home he..

Bridget Kittrick headstrong and independent is ready to show her worth when she's left in charge of ..

Georgina Corrigan is dead! It must be true. It has been printed in the newspapers. How does one prov..

July 1942. Newlywed Bobby Atherton has barely had time to experience married life with her airman hu..

When Lucy's estranged mother dies unexpectedly her grief is overwhelming. Lucy was disowned when she..

Lancashire 1936. With her son Gabriel finally married and her youngest following his dreams of becom..

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

Spring 1942. After a difficult few years with her husband Victor Prue's life is about to change in a..

London's East End, 1924. The girls of Dressmakers' Alley are happy in their new jobs. Business is th..

1890. Alice is the sole bread-winner for her family working at the local cotton mill. But when she s..

In the Nightingale Hospital Matron Helen finds herself playing surrogate mother to her newly disco..

Lancashire 1895. When her controlling stepfather suddenly dies it seems that Elinor Pendleton finall..

After falling pregnant unexpectedly 16-year-old Catrin is devastated when her neglectful father send..

There were plenty around Fellburn who said Maggie Rowan was as plain as a pikestaff a woman consumed..

Rowntree's Factory York 1935. The aroma of chocolate was as familiar to Molly Freeman as the nose on..

In A Wartime Christmas at Rookery House former cook Hettie Brown hears some shocking news making her..

Chambermaid Fanny is thanking her lucky stars she has had a second chance at life. As an unmarried m..

Holderness 1988. Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about t..

Liverpool 1848. Meg Shaw is the middle child of eight siblings not old enough to bring in a wage to ..

Australia 1853. Settled in the colony Ellen is determined to make a happy new life for her family an..

Olivia Brodie is a devoted parlourmaid serving the Broadbent family at Hawthorn Manor and spending p..

The Great War has ended but Jack's toffee factory struggles after years of sugar rations and its tro..

Pendragon Island is the perfect place for holidays with a stretch of clean golden sand and a gloriou..

When Olive receives a letter in the post from the father of her daughter - American soldier Joe - sh..

In Battenbun Northumberland there live four Puddleton men - Grandpop Old Popo Pop and Peter. Three o..

Rory Connor was a gambling man and he had a gambler's luck. From the day he was born his mother had ..

1952. With smog blanketing London little Grace is in trouble. Her grandmother is dangerously ill but..

Victoria is astonished when she discovers an abandoned newborn baby on her doorstep along with a not..

In Western Australia Sarah chuckles as she describes her final will and testament - which will throw..

When Thomas Grant - one of the most eligible young men in London - proposes to Annabel Seaton she ca..

Manchester December 1940. This winter the girls boarding at Star House - Betty Sally and Lorna - are..