When Ginny agreed to take her sister's place as au pair to two children on a skiing holiday in Austria, she wondered what she'd let herself in for. She'd been warned that Gareth Chilton, the children's uncle and guardian, was an arrogant – if good-looking – man, and was soon to experience his supremely overbearing manner! But Gareth's tender loving care for his niece and nephew melted Ginny's heart like snow in summer. And that was when her problems really began…

Working for the Distress Call Agency, Tara Dereham travels from London to the seaside town of Silverstrand, to help Mrs Ward run her guesthouse. But when Mrs Ward falls ill, Tara has to manage the business and care for her client's grandson, helped by one of the guests, Steven Harris. But there is a secret in the Ward family, and danger looms for Tara as she learns more of the secret and of the people concerned.About the authorDiney Costeloe, the daughter of a London publish...

Sherry Slade, folk singer and song writer, hears that club owner, Kendal Black, is about to launch a new recording company. When she manages to meet him, hoping he'll listen to one of her demo discs, she is dismayed at his reaction. Angrily, he demands to know where she heard of his plans and dismisses them as pure speculation. He tells her that he has no interest in her work, that though she sings in his provincial clubs, she is not young enough or glamorous enough to work in The Creole, ...

When Pam Smith finally plucks up the courage to escape from her loveless and abusive marriage, she sets in train a course of events that will not only irrevocably change her life, but disrupt the lives of her ex-husband, shady antiques dealer, Roger, and his shrewish daughter, Karen.Terrified that Roger will try and find her and force her to come back, Pam takes refuge with an old school friend, taking care to leave no trail behind her. A stroke of good fortune decides Pam that she...

THE NEW NEIGHBOURS was previously published as DARTMOUTH CIRCLE.A gripping contemporary drama from the bestselling author of The Throwaway Children.When one of the houses in an exclusive cul-de-sac is sold to students, dramas begin to unfold and secrets long hidden come to the surface.Local battle-axe Sheila Colby is appalled when Ned Short sells his house as student accommodation. The residents of...

From bestselling author Diney Costeloe, a young woman fights to save a treasured war memorial and uncovers a tragic story that reverberates from World War I to the present day.'This is our secret, pet. You mustn't tell anyone about us planting this tree for dad. It's our secret.'1921.In the sleepy village of Charlton Ambrose, eight ash trees stand as a timeless memorial to the men killed in the Great War. On a dark and chilly night, a ninth ...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THROWAWAY CHILDREN.A man murders his wife and goes on the run. In the most dangerous decision of her life, a lonely young mother takes pity on him and offers him refuge.The man is Jimmy Randall, who, in The Throwaway Children, murders Rita and Rosie's mother, Mavis, before disappearing. This is the story of what happened next, as he borrows his father's army uniform and masquerades as a soldier, fooling lonely Elsie Tarran...

Four years on from discovering their true heritage, Sally and Luke have overcome their animosity to forge a trusting brother- sister relationship. So when Luke returns home from his post as a detective in the Hong Kong police force, he asks Sally for help to prove the innocence of his friend Irish, locked up in prison for the murder of his wife. Luke believes Irish was set up and wants Sally's help to prove it. But Sally already has her hands full. As well as tending her flourishing busine...

Call the Midwife meets Dr Barnardo’s in this gritty dramaWhen there is nowhere else to turn, St Saviour’s will give them hope…It’s 1947 and London’s East End is still a bombed-out landscape. Sister Beatrice, who runs the St Saviour’s Children’s Home, knows that life is still a precarious existence for many children and it seems that there is no end to the constant stream of waifs and strays who appear at their door looking for a safe haven.One such a...

An unputdownable drama from the bestselling author of The Girl With No Name.Wynsdown, 1949. In the small Somerset village of Wynsdown, Charlotte Shepherd is happily married and now feels settled in her adopted home after arriving from Germany on the Kindertransport as a child during the war.Meanwhile, the squire's fighter pilot son, Felix, has returned to the village with a fiancée in tow. Daphne is beautif...

THE RUNAWAY FAMILY was previously published as EVIL ON THE WIND.From bestselling author Diney Costeloe, a gritty drama about a mother's struggle to protect her family and escape Nazi persecution in World War Two Germany.Germany 1937: Fear and betrayal stalk the streets. People disappear. Persecution of the Jews has become a national pastime.When Ruth Friedman's husband is arrested by the SS, she is left to ...

A gripping story of love, death and danger in Nazi-occupied France from the bestselling author of The Throwaway Children.When Adelaide Anson-Gravetty finds out her father is not the man who raised her, she is both shocked and intrigued. Determined to find out more about her new family, she travels to the convent of Our Lady of Mercy in France to meet her aunt, the Reverend Mother.But when France falls to the German...