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'As warm and affectionate as an old chair in front
of a coal-black range, and as satisfying as a Lancashire hotpot,
Cox's talent as a storyteller never lets you escape the spell' Louise and Ben Hunter's loving marriage is marred
only by their unfulfilled longing for a child. Living and working
with Ben’s father, Ronnie, they are quietly contented. But
when Ronnie dies, their whole world changes. Ben’s lazy brother,
Jacob, returns, convinced he stands to inherit Ronnie’s small
fortune. And he means to have his brother’s wife; though just
as she did years before, Louise warns him off. Jacob, however, is
not so easily dismissed. When he realises Ben will inherit everything,
Jacob is beside himself with rage, and commits a terrible deed,
one that threatens to destroy everything his brother and Louise
hold dear.. |
ISBN: 0 7472 6634 4 |
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ISBN: 0 7553 1004 7 |
The story of Josephine Cox which
shows the dramatic effect of her background on her writing Josphine Cox returns to the land of her birth, the environment which provides so many settings for her novels, and in the company of her fictional characters rediscovers the influences which define her as a writer and which so enthrall her readers. Piers Dudgeon has talked at length with Josephine Cox about her early years, and weaves together her childhood with the people she draws so vividly in her books. He has visited Blackburn where Jo grew up, delved into the town's archives, talked to people there who remember earlier days and taken many revealing photographs to complement the contemporary pictures he has unearthed. The result is Jo Cox's story brought alive through character and reminiscence, photographs and imagination which will delight Jo's legions of fans. |
| Many years ago, Ada Williams did something that has
tormented her ever since. Now, wealthier and wiser, she knows the
time has come to pay the piper. Then her lazy, greedy son Peter, who
cares nothing for her, overhears a private conversation and plans
a terrible deed. In nearby Blackburn town, happily married Sylvia Bolton lives with her family. No one, least of all Sylvia, can foresee the shocking events about to unfold, events that began when Ada Williams was young and foolish. Born in Blackburn and now living in Oxfordshire, Josephine Cox is widely recognised for her authorship of North Country sagas. 'As warm and affectionate as an old chair in front of a coal-black range, and as satisfying as a Lancashire hotpot, Cox's talent as a storyteller never lets you escape the spell' Daily Mail 'A Cookson by any other name' Birmingham Post 'Driven and passionate' The Sunday Times |
ISBN: 0747266387 |
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ISBN: 0747264929 |
From the moment she learns of the stranger's visit,
Molly Tattersall is filled with a sense of fear. A short time later, Molly's mother disappears, leaving behind a letter in which she asks Molly to take care of her five brothers and sisters. Molly's wayward father rejects his responsibilities, leaving Molly to make a choice between the young man she has given her heart to, and the family she adores, and who now desperately depend upon her. Just eighteen, Molly is made to realise that, however hard it may be, she must put the children's happiness before her own. It is the cruellest decision of her life, with long-reaching and heartbreaking consequences. Only one thing is certain: Molly's life will never be the same again. |
| 'You're everything to me. I'd have to lose my life
before I'd lose you.' This is the vow Silas made to Cathleen on the day he asks her to marry him. Throughout their childhood their love has grown stronger and now, in 1900, they start to plan a life together. But a jealous woman is determined to ruin their happiness and uses Silas's father - a good and honest man - to do so, forcing him to make an impossible sacrifice. As a dutiful son, Silas has no choice but to obey his father, and Cathleen must pay the bitter price. Separated, each is swept along to a place where there is no love or peace and no way back.. |
ISBN: 0747257582 |
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ISBN: 0747257574 |
SOMEWHERE SOMEDAY Barney would always love her, but he couldn't stay, not while his wandering soul craved adventure. Although Kelly had always known he would leave, she could never have envisaged how his leaving would turn her whole world upside down. For one long, agonising moment, Kelly watches the man she adores walk away and is left wondering if she will ever see him again. Alone with her memories, Kelly begins to look to the past. In the autumn of 1877, when she was just a girl, something had happened, something so bad it had torn her family apart. Since then, Kelly has hidden her life away in an old shoe box, not daring to look, nor wanting to remember. |
| THE GILDED CAGE Powerful, hard-hearted Leonard Mears ruthlessly presides over his wife and children, exiling them from the outside world and brutally punishing any disobedience. But he is also a man with a dark secret; an illegitimate daughter that he forced his sister to bring up. The girl is now a young woman who, unbeknown to him, is determined to find the father that abandoned her. James Peterson, a gifted young man, runs Mear's factory with more success than Leonard's own sons. He lives for the day he can have his own business and make his fortune. Only then will he be able to declare his love for beautiful Isabel Mears who he means to release from the gilded cage her father has created. But then the lonely, lovely Sally comes in to his life, turning his heart and dreams upside down. |
ISBN: 0747257566 |
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ISBN: 0747257558 |
TOMORROW THE WORLD Bridget Mulligan loves her husband. He is caring, loyal and dependable - everything a woman could ask for. But she can't quite forget Harry - the one that got away - and when a snow storm drives her into his arms, the inevitable happens. Nine months later a child is born. Overcome with remorse, Bridget is determined that her husband should know the truth, but her confession can lead only to heartbreak. Although he allows his wife and her child to continue living in his home, Tom Mulligan makes it clear that their marriage is over. Lonely and afraid, Bridget finds comfort in the friendship of Fanny, a feisty young mother who knows what it is to be alone. But Bridget's life can never be complete until she has the love of the only man she ever really wanted... |
