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This character-driven drama takes us into spring, 1915. Far away in France, the Great War was not over by Christmas as was confidently predicted. It shows no sign of ending, and the peaceful calm of Cresswell Manor in Devon has been shattered. It is now a convalescent home for soldiers from the Front. They arrive in increasing numbers to recover from their wounds, their minds and bodies broken. The old social order is crumbling as surely as time begins to break the walls of the ancient manor house. With their menfolk still fighting, the women left behind take on the burden of running the estate as well as their homes and households, working harder than they ever have before. Some of the women battle on and remain faithful, while loneliness encourages others to stray. Will life ever be the same again for Rowan, in conflict with society and fearful of what the future may hold, or for Esmeralda, who is riddled with guilt? Is it too late for Hannah to find her life's companion, and will Dolly ever be reconciled with the man she loves? These questions and more are answered as the characters struggle to find peace amidst the chaos of wartime Europe.

Eliza Forester is left motherless at the tender age of three when her father orders his wife from the house, accusing her of infidelity. He keeps the child, not out of love, but to spite his wife, and Eliza grows up believing her mother is dead. Her happiest times are spent with Ruby and Jerome, the children of tenant farmers on her father's estate. When, at 16, Eliza's innocent friendship with Jerome turns to love, Eliza—like her mother—is banished to London to live with her aunt. Her father, determined she will make a "good" match, lies to her that Jerome has married, and forces her to wed aristocratic, dissolute Hedworth Lambton. It is the greatest mistake of her life.

Kate Howard is no longer a struggling author. A successful writer, for the past three years she has lived happily with her lover Stewart and her daughter Lucy in an old farmhouse in the beautiful, wild Auverge region of central France. When her son announces that he too intends to move to France, it would seem that life for Kate could not be sweeter. Then comes a bolt from the blue, a phone call from Kate’s literary agent in London that threatens her whole way of life. But worse is to follow with the arrival of newcomers Mo and Tristram. Mo is a striking beauty and charming—when it suits her. As Kate discovers, she’s one of those people who brings chaos to other people’s lives, and Kate’s is no exception.

Alice Tregowan's Cornish estate, Gwenfer, represents her sacrificed dreams of wealth and privilege for love and freedom. For La Blewett, Alice's childhood friend and the daughter of a poor miner, Gwenfer symbolizes everything she could never attain.

Jill expected to live happily ever after with her husband. She believed that if she worked hard enough, no one need know of the problems that lurked beneath the surface. But, when disaster strikes, Jill is catapulted alone into a new life and faces the millennium a changed and tougher woman.

When Thomasine Lambert moves to a peaceful country village, she discovers that her new close-knit world seethes with romance, intrigue, and even violence. What is Tom White's secret and sinister trade? Why does a champion dog breeder find her reputation and livelihood under threat? When the vet spurns his housekeeper's affections, what terrible revenge does she plan? Anita Burgh's blockbusting new novel is peopled with a vivid cast of characters that will ensure Breeders a special place in the heart of readers everywhere.

Three women, each despairing in their own way, discover an organisation which appears to offer them hope. At first they are amused and intrigued by the ways of the group; they relax and are lulled into a false sense of well-being. But the meditation and encounter groups become more sinister, and as the novel builds to a gripping climax, we see that dramatic change is inevitable for each of them.

Peggy believes that her family is close and loyal. But when their financial problems reach crisis point, some cracks begin to appear. Then suddenly, she wins over a million pounds on the National Lottery. Only when her dreams come true does Peggy count the assets that cash cannot buy.

When her husband dies suddenly, Ann Grange's happiness is shattered. She emerges from her despair but is drawn into a war with her son because of a chance meeting with an attractive, mysterious Greek. From the author of "The Golden Butterfly", "The Azure Bowl" and "The Stone Mistress".