After her mother's death, 20-year-old Sophie Ross is left orphaned in London. With no money and little chance of an income, she tries to get work as a governess to avoid destitution. Now alone in
After her mother's death, 20-year-old Sophie Ross is left orphaned in London. With no money and little chance of an income, she tries to get work as a governess to avoid destitution. Now alone in
Lise is 13 when she arrives in England in August 1939, with just one precious letter from the mother she will never see again. Bullied at school for being German, worse is to come when the Blitz blows
After the Franco-Prussian War and the siege of 1870-71, the St. Clair family return to Paris, only to be swept up into the terrible cruelties and violence of the Commune. Here their young daughter, He
Dartmouth Circle is quiet, exclusive—and that's just the way its residents want it to stay. Especially queen bee and arch busybody Sheila Colby. When she hears that the house next door to he
1921: in the sleepy village of Charlton Ambrose, eight ash trees stand as a timeless memorial to the men killed in World War I. On a dark and chilly night, a ninth tree appears. Who planted it and why
Dartmouth Circle is quiet, exclusive—and that’s just the way its residents want it to stay. Especially queen bee and arch busybody Sheila Colby. When she hears that the house next do
Gritty, heartrending, and unputdownable—the story of two sisters sent first to an English, then an Australian orphanage in the aftermath of World War IIRita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five ye
Squire's son Felix has married a girl who is hiding several secrets—one of them in particular could undo her new life. Charlotte, who arrived from Germany on the Kindertransport during the w
Squire's son Felix has married a girl who is hiding several secrets—one of them in particular could undo her new life. Charlotte, who arrived from Germany on the Kindertransport during the war, is now
Rita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five years old when their widowed mother marries a violent bully called Jimmy Randall and has a baby boy by him. Under pressure from her new husband, she is pe
In 1921, eight ash trees were planted in the dorset village of Charlton Ambrose as a timeless memorial to the men killed in World War I. Overnight a ninth appeared, marked only as for "the unknow
