When nine-year-old orphan Georgia James is unexpectedly fostered by the kindly Celia and her bank manager husband, she can hardly believe her luck. But then - on her fifteenth birthday - she suffers the cruellest betrayal of all, at the hands of her foster father and is forced to run away, leaving everything she loves behind her. Penniless, sleeping rough, Georgia is soon introduced to the sleazy Soho world of brassy strippers, sweat shops, camaraderie and hardship. Fired by a fierce ambit...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Without a Trace. A compelling story of courage, friendship and love by international number one bestselling author Lesley Pearse, read by Emma Powell.Coronation Day, 1953.In the Somerset village of Sawbridge, young shopkeeper Molly Heywood slips away from the celebrations to her friend's cottage and makes a shocking discovery: Cassie is dead and her six-year-old daughter Petal has vanished without a trace.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Survivor, Lesley Pearse's stunning new novel in the bestselling and enthralling Belle series. read by the actress Alison Dowling.London, 1939Eighteen-year-old Mari is defiant, strong-willed and selfish.She has craved independence her entire life and now, with the World on the brink of war, Mari has finally escaped the sleepy fishing village of her ch...

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Forgive Me, a compelling story of a daughter uncovering her mother's secret past from the No. 1 bestselling author, Lesley Pearse. Read by the actress Alison Dowling.Cheltenham, 1991When Eva Patterson returns home from work one day, a devastating scene awaits her. Her mother, Flora, lies dead in the bath. Beside her is a note saying only: 'Forgive Me'.Eva is shocked to find ...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Never Look Back by Lesley Pearse, read by Holli Dempsey.One good deed takes her into another world . . .Sixteen-year-old Matilda is a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saves the life of Tabitha, a minister's daughter. Welcomed into Tabitha's family, Matilda is offered the chance of a lifetime.She leaves behind London's slums and enters the darkest corners of New York. From there she tr...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Secrets by Lesley Pearse, read by Sophie Ablett.Without her mother she is alone in the world . . .Twelve-year-old Adele is placed in a bleak, cruel children's home after a family tragedy drives her mother to madness. But when trust is betrayed Adele has no choice but to run away . . .Alone and friendless, she heads for Sussex, to seek out the grandmother she has never known. However the journey, wit...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Father Unknown by Lesley Pearse, read by Lucinda Dryzek.Orphaned, lost. Who is she really? One young woman's search across the globe for a past - and a future . . .Losing her adopted mother threatens all she's ever had . . .Daisy was adopted. But when her mother dies, she finds her secure existence thrown into turmoil by the discovery of a scrapbook. Inside it is information about h...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Lesser Evil by Lesley Pearse.She defied her parents to marry for love . . .Following her heart, Fifi moves with Dan to London where they rent a seedy flat in Dale Street, Kennington. Though Fifi must now become acquainted with squalor, she is soon drawn into the goings on behind the shabby front doors of her new neighbours.But it is the Muckles, at number 11, who are the street's focus. Rumours of...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Rosie by Lesley Pearse, read by Gabrielle Glaister.Her brutal, violent family will be the death of her . . .Without a mother, Rosie is at the mercy of her father and thuggish brothers. Then one day a friend comes to the farm in the form of cockney housekeeper Heather Farley.But soon enough Heather vanishes, abandoning Rosie to her fate. Only when Thomas Farley comes to find his sister several years l...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Charlie by Lesley Pearse.Her family is threatened and only she can save it . . .When sixteen-year-old Charlie witnesses a brutal attack on her mother by two strangers she is shocked and terrified. But after talking to the police she realises that her father's business dealings can't be so innocent.With her father away it is left to Charlie to protect her mother. And somehow she must...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Stolen by Lesley Pearse, read by Lucy Brownhill.Sussex, 2003When a beautiful blonde girl is found half-drowned on a beach, she has no memory of who she is or what horrors have left her there. But an article about her in a Brighton newspaper rings alarm bells for beautician, Dale, who shows the police photographs of Lotte Wainright. The girls met working on a cruise ship and their friendship blossomed as they sailed the seas...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Till We Meet Again by Lesley Pearse, read by Samantha Womack.Susan walks into a busy doctor's surgery and guns down two members of staff. Then she calmly waits for the police.Beth is the lawyer assigned to defend Susan. But her client is uncooperative until both women realise that twenty-nine years earlier, they were childhood friends.As the evidence against Susan mounts up, both she and Beth begin ...