March 1946. The railways are falling apart rationing is getting worse and black-marketeers are at wo..

When Esther Thorel the wife of a Huguenot silk-weaver rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel the two women..

Manchester 1922. Nancy Pike is out of her depth. A pupil at the Miss Heskeths' school for surplus gi..

When Sam falls in love with Deptford thug Derek and Anne’s best friend Kathleen takes her own life..

As a kid Nina spent her summers at her grandparents' cabin by Stepping Stone Bay. Sunny days spent w..

When twelve-year-old Ada Cooper's elder sister Connie goes mysteriously missing Ada and her younger ..

March 1891. A group of mourners gather for a funeral in a small country churchyard in Worcestershire..

1942. Working in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub isn't fulfilling 19-year-old Trix..

Manchester 1922. Molly Watson has had enough. Engaged for the last three years to a penny-pinching p..

Scottish Highlands 1958. Britain is awash in Cold War anxiety as Mirabelle Bevan heads for the Highl..

Louise's seven-year-old son has been sent away to boarding school against her wishes and she misses ..

When young British agent John Kirby is sent to Russia in 1911 he does not expect to fall in love. T..

Crime was the last thing Durham solicitor Frank Hales had ever expected to be embroiled in yet from ..

When Colonel Delamere dies at the hands of two burglars his solicitor Eric Ward has to carry out the..

Was love out of the question? Charity thought she had it all - marriage to respected consultant Tyco..