Tempestuous Briar Macauley’s single-minded stubbornness to prove to the world that she is the equal of any man leads her into so many disastrous circumstances that her parents despair of ever...

Briony Marsden has led a hard life, forced to do the work of a grown man while enduring her drunkard father’s taunts and blows. But, when he goes too far, life becomes even worse as she makes...

In 19th-century Liverpool, Lily Elliott is not so much spoilt as loved – a little girl for whom nothing is too good, petted and indulged by her adored Ma and Pa, dreaming of the day when she...

Clare Hanrahan has nothing left to lose the day she stumbles into Lew Earnshaw's arms. Her family is gone and her own life hangs by a thread after a desperate season seeking work. By the time Lew...