As the golden Edwardian Age turns into the bloodbath of World War One, a valiant suffragette finds both tragedy and true love. Driven by her idealism and courage, Alex Goodwin will make any...

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...

Amy Pearson’s family is desperately poor, even by the standards of Edwardian Liverpool. But they have each other; until Amy is torn from her home by her rich aunt, a woman obsessed by religion...

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...

Rose Alley is one of Liverpool’s worst slums – a place where hunger, filth and violence are a way of life.

It’s no place for proud Queenie Logan and her daughter Gillyflower. And...

Lucy Dean is a young woman of eighteen years with no money, no job and four young brothers and sisters to support. James Buchanan is a young man of thirty-four years with a great fortune, who...

Charlotte Drummond knows she has a duty to obey her father. Girls, especially well-bred upper-class ones, are expected to be submissive to the men in their lives. But Charlotte’s father is a...

Headstrong Ally Pearce loves working on the Edith, her family’s narrow-boat. Betsy, calculating and beautiful, wants to become a ‘lady’ – and will use the most unladylike means to become...

When beautiful Tessa Harrison and her twin cousins take over their parents’ Lancashire cotton mill, their luxurious upbringing has left them unprepared for their new responsibilities. For Tessa,...