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Lizzie Lane
Once held captive. Can she ever escape him?HONG KONG 1950
With the war now over, well-regarded obstetrician Dr Rowena Rossiter, of the Victoria Hospital for Women, is ready to plan…
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The next exciting, gritty book from Lizzie Lane in the bestselling Coronation Close saga series.There's talk of war and dark clouds fester on the horizon...
Bristol 1938
A shadowy presence…
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A BRAND NEW series for 2024 from bestselling author Lizzie LaneA country town in need of a good Doctor, but will they accept her as one of their own?
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War is frightening, but so is the man who would possess her.HONG KONG - 1941
One sultry evening at the Victoria Hospital for Women, Dr Rowena Rossiter is off-duty and…
The BRAND NEW book from bestselling author Lizzie Lane's Cottage Hospital seriesTimes are changing as secrets unfold...
Somerset, 1931 Doctor Frances Brakespeare continues to settle into her new life in…
Will her soldier sweetheart make it home for Christmas? Lydia is in training to be a nurse when she first meets Robert and, despite the differences in their class and…
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Will an unlikely friendship be enough to save them? After escaping a train bound for a death camp with a trusty German Shepherd dog, a girl wakes to find that…
Polly longs for an easier, more glamorous life, but with her irrepressible young daughter and her charming - if scheming - husband, will things improve? Charlotte is trying to forget…
Struggling to make ends meet, Mary Anne Randall is offered no help by her drunk and abusive husband. But, as storm clouds gather over Europe, can Mary Anne break free…
Her wastrel father arranges for her sisters to be sent to their grandparents, her brother to be adopted, and Magda to live with her Aunt Bridget. But her aunt holds…
A young girl's tragic loss will shape her dreams and her future...1930 - Douro Valley, Portugal Twelve-year-old Catherine is watching the Rabalo race in Porto when the sound of a…
In the face of changing fortunes, the Strong family must unite to keep their wealth and status...or risk losing it all.As Cholera sweeps through the streets of Bristol, no one…
The Strong family has survived against all odds, but their greatest test is still to come.After a seemingly endless labour, Horatia Strong is delighted to announce that she's given her…
She must face the terror of war alone to survive...1939 - India When headstrong Nadine Burton learns that the woman, she thought was her Indian Ayah was in fact her…
The first in an explosive series featuring the Strong family and a legacy of lies that leads to passion, love, murder and heartbreak...Barbados 1818 One fateful night, a terrible tragedy…
A gritty story of two girls from opposite backgrounds and their search for freedom and happiness.1925 - The Midlands
Born on the canals, feisty Beth Dawson knows danger lurks in…
Maisie suspects her father has an ulterior motive for insisting she gets a job at the tobacco factory. She’s befriended by Phyllis and Bridget who take her under their wing…
BRISTOL 1940. The Tobacco Girls cling together as the clouds of war turn dark. Bridget’s big, happy family fragments when her siblings are evacuated. Maisie’s safe haven is jeopardised and…
As war rages, everyone has to do their bit…Bristol 1941As the clouds of war grow bleaker both at home and abroad, the Tobacco Girls are determined to do their…
As war rages, everyone has to do their bit…
Discover the brand new instalment in Lizzie Lane’s bestselling Tobacco Girls series!
War is fleeting, but true love last forever…May 1944Hope and excitement is in the air when news…
The FINAL instalment in the bestselling Tobacco Girls series!It has finally happened! The war is over and Europe rejoices.
May 1945. VE Day
After battling against the odds, the three…
Joanna Ryan’s father has gone off to war, leaving her in the care of her step-mother, a woman more concerned with having a good time than being any sort of…
All she wants is somewhere to call home…Frances Sweet can’t really remember her real parents. Brought up by her uncle, her cousins Ruby and Mary have always treated her like…
Some battles will be fought on the Homefront…The war has had a devastating effect on the Sweet Family with young Charlie Sweet, lost at sea, presumed dead and bombs falling…
The Sweet family have run the local bakery for as long as anyone can remember.Twins Ruby and Mary Sweet help their widowed father out when they can. Mary loves baking…
The war is over… In Bristol, three very different women wait for their loved ones to return home. But Edna’s fiance returns badly crippled.
Having left her abusive husband for very good reasons, Mary Anne Randall finds herself judged harshly by her neighbours, especially after she has the courage to risk a second chance…
