The Present.Something sinister lurks in quiet suburbia. A Paranormal Team investigate poltergeist activity terrorizing one family in the unassuming Essex town of Manningtree. As night falls, a nightmare awaits them; whatever the motive, it is personal.The Past.England is rife with civil war. Life is cheap, and death trivial. Though, for the common man, another war rages. It spreads like wildfire, preying on the weak. God-fearing folk employ the skills of one man, the ...

When death comes suddenly, and grief sits thick, secrets hide, and ghosts remain.After moving back to her ancestral home with her parents, April finds more than just her beloved grandmother waiting for her. For more than a century, the rural Suffolk house has been waiting, guarding its secrets.Discovering a lost photograph of a mysterious young woman, fate draws April deep into her family's history and the life of her great-great-grandmother, Annabelle.Thro...

The new book in the heart-warming WW2 family saga series! ‘Just the balm our souls need right now’ Women’s WeeklySummer 1942. Despite grim reports on the wireless and rationing hitting hard, Lily Collins and her fellow shop girls from Marlow’s department store are determined to put out the bunting for a family party.But Beryl’s husband Les returns from North Africa a changed man, and Gladys worries for her own fiancé’s safety. The ...

Uplifting and heartwarming: drama, courage and romance at Marlow’s department store this ChristmasFor Lily Collins and her fellow shop girls at Marlow’s Department store, another Christmas with ration books, shortages of goods and staff – not to mention a store coping with war damage – will be a real challenge.But the girls rally round and put their worries aside to make this, the hardest wartime Christmas yet, one that their families, and their town, will ...

From the author and illustrator of Shark Goes to the Dentist!Octopus and friends are enjoying a game of hide and seek when suddenly Octopus finds himself stuck in a plastic bag!Can his friends find him and help him?

A spellbinding, timeless and beautifully told adventure about two sisters and their journey to find each other again.Sisters Tansy and Belle are the stars of the grand finale of a circus show; a dazzling and perfectly timed trapeze act where they soar through the air like shimmering butterflies. One night, desperate to impress her older sister, Tansy attempts a spectacular jump and falls. Now terrified of heights, all Tansy can do is watch from below while Belle shines above. But w...

Once considered a kind of delinquent activity, skateboarding is on track to join soccer, baseball, and basketball as an approved way for American children to pass the after-school hours. With family skateboarding in the San Francisco Bay Area as its focus, Moving Boarders explores this switch in stance, integrating first-person interviews and direct observations to provide a rich portrait of youth skateboarders, their parents, and the social and market forces that drive them towar...

After moving back to her ancestral home April finds more than just her beloved grandmother waiting for her. For more than a century, the rural Suffolk house has guarded its secrets. Discovering a lost photo of a mysterious woman, fate draws her into the family's history and the life of her great-great-grandmother, Annabelle. Through dreams and Annabelle's diary April finds grief, loss and secrets. She must unfold the mystery of her family legacy and lay the ghosts to rest.

War brings changes three friends could never foresee…‘Highly recommended’ Anna Jacobs‘A warm domestic drama’ People’s FriendIt’s 1942 and as shortages of staff – and goods – begin to bite, young Lily Collins is nervously stepping up to sales junior at Marlow’s department store.Bombs are still falling and Lily and fellow shop girls Gladys and Beryl need a stiff upper lip to wave boyfriends, husbands a...

The latest in the heartwarming WW2 family saga series!‘Uplifting and full of warmth, this tale of friendship and love is another brilliant instalment in this much loved historical fiction series’ MyWeekly‘This heartwarming, nostalgic book is a fitting finale to a delightful series’ Woman’s WeeklySummer 1945. After victory in Europe, best friends Lily, Gladys and Beryl are looking to the future. Bu...

The new book in the heart-warming WW2 family saga series! As the tides of war turn, friendship has never been more important…Spring 1944. As the Allied forces push on towards longed-for victory, Lily Collins yearns to join up and do her bit. But where does her duty lie?Her best friend Gladys faces having her first baby alone, with her new husband back with the Navy.And their friend Beryl is run off her feet building her bridal-hire business amid the...

The chilling, stay-up-all-night suspense thriller for fans of C.J. Tudor, Riley Sager and Stephen King.A missing child. A broken community. A horrifying secret.When a baby is kidnapped in broad daylight with no witnesses, a sleepy suburb is rocked to the core and ten-year-old Flora Lanyon is left terrified.Decades later, Flora takes a job as a live-in carer for elderly couple, Agnes and Abraham, moving into the decrepit watermill wh...