Questa autrice esplora le profondità delle relazioni umane e delle condizioni sociali attraverso storie spesso ambientate in ambienti tangibili. Il suo stile è caratterizzato da risonanza emotiva e dalla capacità di catturare lo spirito del tempo e del luogo. Con un focus su saghe familiari e ambientazioni storiche, le sue opere offrono ai lettori uno sguardo avvincente sul passato.
1961. Lucia once dreamed of a man who would love her. She has lost hope because what man would, when she's responsible for so many siblings? Everything changes when Tim Murphy enters Lucia's coffee bar. She knows of Tim's troubled past but she accepts Tim's offer of a date. But has Tim really changed his ways and will his past catch up with him?
When Clara O'Toole and her grandmother, Bernie, attend a meeting held by a medium, they hope to be able to get in touch with Clara's father, who was killed at the Front. Whilst they remain doubtful about the existence of a spirit world, the experience does inspire Bernie to trace her one surviving child - Gertie. Clara's search for her missing aunt brings her into contact with a whole new extended family. She is over the moon to find she has a cousin, but is she ready to be drawn into the tragedies and secrets of family's past?
Sizzling holiday fling...or the real thing? Serena's Greek island holiday job suddenly improves when roguish pilot Pete arrives He revels in the thrill of the chase, but never settles down. So one heady month later, what's keeping Serena in his arms? In a week Alice is dumped and fired - if she hadn't just won the lottery, she'd feel like the unluckiest woman alive Then she bumps into gorgeous old flame Will Paxman on a tropical escape and it seems Alice's luck is about to change...Cleo's teenage crush is back in Melbourne. Jack Devlin used to treat her like a kid...now he's treating her like a woman. She's determined not to fall at his feet - or into his bed - but Jack has other ideas
Escaping her cruel stepmother, Rosamund Appleby dresses as a youth and heads for London...until she is halted in her tracks by Baron Alex Nilsson! Intrigued by this boy he suspects is really a wellborn young lady, Alex seeks to protect her as they journey together. But when Alex, who trusts no woman, finds himself hastily and conveniently married to beautiful, courageous Rosamund, he doesn't know which is more dangerous: the enemies plotting his downfall or the seductive lure of a curvaceous woman in his bed....
Cicely Milburn has no intention of marrying anyone, let alone a Scottish barbarian But when Lord Rory Mackillin rescues her from an attack, she reluctantly accepts his help - even though his kisses trouble her dreams. The Border Reiver is determined to guard his charge on their journey through war-torn England.
Katie is the light of her mother's life, and, as she is being groomed to take over the Arcadia Hotel - the family business - she has every reason to feel happy with her life. So the news that Kitty, the woman she has always called Mum, is not her real mother comes as an earth-shattering blow.
When a daughter has no home can she ever hope to find happiness? Despite being part of the large O'Donnell family Milly has felt alone in the world since her father went missing in the Irish Civil War. Now, ten years later she is forced to flee her home and journey to Liverpool seeking a better future for herself. There she is taken in by distant relatives and eventually reunited with her paternal grandmother. As Milly tries to build a new life she is haunted by her father's mysterious disappearance. Her new friends strive to help her find answers, but meanwhile Milly's mother seeks to remarry on the assumption that her husband is dead. Milly is caught up in the fallout when her grandmother learns of this plan, and the need to find her father is greater than ever. If she doesn't, her hard-won security risks being ruined once more... From Liverpool's much-loved saga novelist comes a tale of family strife and hidden lives, which fans of Kitty Neale and Katie Flynn will love.
DER REBELL UND DIE SCHÖNE PIRATENBRAUT von FRANCIS, JUNE Gefangen auf einem Sklavenschiff fürchtet Bridget um ihr Leben! Als sie von Bord springt, wird sie von den Wellen an die Küste Madeiras gespült ... und in die Arme von Captain Henry. Ein Blick in seine schwarzen Augen genügt und sie erbebt vor Sehnsucht, doch schon bald ahnt sie, ihr Verführer ist nicht der, für den er sich ausgibt ... EINE MISTRESS ZUM VERLIEBEN von MORTIMER, CAROLE Alexander St. Claire stockt der Atem: Sein Pflegekind Angelina ist kein kleines Mädchen mehr, sondern eine verführerische Schönheit - mit sinnlichen Lippen und einem Augenaufschlag, der ihm schon jetzt den Verstand raubt. Ihm ist klar, er muss ihren Verführungskünsten widerstehen ... auch wenn es so leicht wäre, sich in ihr für immer zu verlieren ...
Beth je dcerou londýnského tiskaře a ráda by jednou převzala otcův podnik. Je však žena a od té se neočekává, že by mohla žít nezávisle. Její otec to dobře ví, a proto požádá sira Gawaina Raventona, aby se v případě jeho smrti stal jejím poručníkem. Ten, i když nerad, souhlasí, a když Bethina otce někdo zavraždí, snaží se Gawain vypátrat nejen jeho vraha, ale náhle musí odolávat i samotné Beth, která ho přitahuje jak svým půvabem, tak i upřímnou a nezávislou povahou. Gawain je totiž ženatý a má dvě dcery…
