All she wanted was a mother’s love…DESPISEDPenny’s childhood was spent in the shadows of her mother’s business schemes, feeling alone and unimportant. It fell to Lorna, her mother’s acquaintance, to take care of the lonely little girl, but the rejection always cut deep.DETERMINEDWhen Penny turns sixteen and tragedy strikes, Lorna’s cousin Maureen, a feisty ex-...

From Sunday Times bestselling author Kitty Neale, a brand-new Christmas saga. Pre-order now!London, 1911. Joy Squirrel's dream has finally come true: she is pregnant with the child she's always longed for. But there's a problem. The baby isn't her husband Samuel's. It's the result of one terrible mistake with Eddie Mallory, the cruel neighbour.Through the decades Joy raises her child, navigating war, widowhood, and poverty. But Edd...

Is a happy ever after impossible?FracturedAlison is the ugly duckling of her family and has always been treated with disdain by her mother. After years of being bullied, she is drawn to the one man who shows her affection. But when he brutally rapes her, leaving her pregnant, she is cast out.ForgottenShunned by her family, Alison must start to make her own way and plan a life for herself and...

All they ever wanted was somewhere to call home…BeatenWhen Jenny’s mother abandons her and her younger siblings, Jenny is left at the mercy of her abusive father Henry. And when Henry beats his eldest daughter so badly that she ends up in the hospital, it seems like there’s nowhere left for them all to go.BrokenBut carpenter Craig has fallen head over heels for Jenny, and he offers her a place to stay. Happy a...

Will she make it on her own?Her strength is all she has left…When Dorothy meets Robbie, he sweeps her off her feet. The pair’s whirlwind romance soon leads to an engagement, but then an unexpected pregnancy changes everything. Robbie disappears without a word, leaving Dorothy to face the shame and heartbreak alone.Determined to carry on, Dorothy throws herself into work, helping to support her struggling parents in Battersea. But with her father’s h...

London, 1916. It's only when her father dies that Louisa and her mother realise just how much debt their once-wealthy family is in. The only way she can save them is by marrying old, rich and leery Mr Mullen - Louisa can't imagine a fate worse than that. So when charming up-and-coming businessman Dickie Newman offers to marry her after a chance encounter, it seems like the perfect escape. She has no idea how dangerous her new husband is.1934. Being...

You can never leave a bad man behind…Mavis Pugh has had a hard life. Despised and abused throughout her teenage years, she turned to the first man who showed her kindness. But her new husband, Alec, quickly revealed himself to be a violent bully.When Mavis escapes from Alec, she thinks the worst is behind her. Moving to a large family house with her two children is more than she ever dreamed of, and when handsome sign-writer Tommy takes an interest in her, she can't believe...

Happiness comes at a price…Though besotted with one another, Amy Miller and Thomas Frost have never had it easy. From very different sides of the tracks, their romance was doomed from the moment Thomas’s overbearing mother Celia vowed to separate them.Celia writes to her eldest son, asking him to come home and help to split the pair up. But when Jeremy returns to Battersea it’s clear he wan...

Disowned and desperate. But can she change her fate?DeniedSeventeen-year-old Constance has had a privileged upbringing in Clapham, with staff to attend to her every need. But her parents have always been cold and distant, never showing her love.DisownedCraving affection, Constance falls into the arms of Albie Jones, the cook’s grandson. But one fateful encounter leaves her ashamed and pregnant, and she is soon shunned from the...

She'll do anything to save her brother… but is it too late?When Sarah Jepson’s mother Annie dies, Sarah is left with her little brother Tommy to care for. Alone in the world, the two of them must make a life for themselves in the wake of the terrible upbringing they have endured.But when Tommy is struck down by illness, Sarah’s new life collapses. Lost in grief, she turns to the handsome Roger to save her – only to find that he is not who he seems…W...

When all seems lost, can hope shine through?Can she trust what her heart tells her is true?Hilda Stone and her daughter Ellen have lost everything. The Blitz has taken their home, whilst the war stripped them of their husband and father. So when a stranger foretells the impossible, Hilda is desperate to believe her. Then, against all odds, Hilda’s lost husband Douglas returns home from the dead – just as the stranger predicted.Years later, Ellen has...

London, 1923. Cyril Black is finally out of prison. Rather than going home to his wife and son, he visits his mistress only to find that she's given birth to his daughter - and wants nothing to do with her. His wife, Florrie, reluctantly agrees to take them in. But there's no love in her heart for another woman's child...At sixteen, Penny Black lives in constant fear of her mother's temper. Her only friend is her twelve-year-old neighbour, Katy Darwin. When they ...