Elizabeth Gill

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  • Bibliography:
    47 Books
  • First Book:
    January 2004
  • Latest Book:
    February 2025
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Book List in Order: 47 titles

  • When Day Is Done

    When Dryden's wife dies after a long illness she leaves him with their beloved son, Tommy, and free - in theory - to pursue his true love. But Vinia is married to Dryden's employer, Joe, manager of the Black Prince coal pit in County Durham, and Joe ...

  • The Foxglove Tree

    Returning to his home town from the Great War, Allan Jamieson is hailed as a hero. But inside he is a changed man, so affected by his experiences at the front that he withdraws from his wife and their young son. Alone in his grief, Jake turns to Lill...

  • Swan Island

    The first in a new trilogy from a well-loved author - 1920s, Durham. Ellas happy childhood in Swan Island is abruptly ended when her father dies, leaving the family bankrupt and forcing them to leave the area. Over the years Ella settles into domesti...

  • Silver Street

    A wartime tale of love and loss - With the Second World War looming, Iris Black spends the night with the man she loves, Johnny Fenwick. But when she discovers the dark truth about Johnnys family, Iris decides to leave him and go and train as a nurse...

  • Sweet Wells

    An atmospheric saga set in north-east England - Maddy Grant is a country girl, living on the fells above the small town of Sweet Wells in the Durham dales, where her family has lived for hundreds of years. But unbeknown to her, Maddys beloved home wa...

  • Dream Breakers

    A northern lad's struggle to make his dream of football stardom come true . . . whatever the cost - 1967. Jenna Duncan's only ambition is to marry the boy she loves and have a little terraced house away from her dull job and her parents' boring life....

  • Paradise Lane

    A tale of love, loss and discovery in the Edwardian era London 1902. Annabel Seaton is hardly surprised when Thomas Grant--the most eligible young man in London--proposes marriage, but she is delighted. What shocks her, however, is her parents’ ...

  • Snow Hall

    A historical tale of sacrifice, folly and passion, from a much-loved author 1907, County Durham. Lorna Robson works long and tiring hours in her aunt’s hat shop. Although she tries not to complain, the genteel poverty they live in depresses her...

  • Dragon's Field

    A touching historical saga of poverty, loss and love - 1909, Northumberland. When Shona Hardy’s worst fears come true and her fisherman husband James’ boat is lost at sea, she finds herself alone in a village where she has always been an outsider...



  • Miss Appleby's Academy

    The bestselling emotional saga set in County Durham. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Maggie Hope and Nadine Dorries. Emma Appleby's arrival in the County Durham village of Tow Law is sudden and mysterious, provoking deep suspicion in the locals. A...

  • The Road to Berry Edge

    A beautifully written and deeply evocative story of love and loss in regency England, The Road to Berry Edge explores the pain of bereavement and the joy of learning to love again.As Rob Berkeley comes home to Berry Edge, ten years after his brother'...

  • Shelter from the Storm

    A tragic and moving rural saga Shelter from the Storm is a powerfully resonant novel about the consequences of early trauma and the harsh reality of life in a bygone age.After a deeply harrowing incident at the hands of mysterious stranger, a woman g...

  • The Fall and Rise of Lucy Charlton

    A gritty, emotional saga about tragic loss, a mysterious inheritance and one woman's determination to succeed in the male-dominated society of 1920s northern England.Since childhood, Lucy Charlton has dreamed of working with her father in the family ...

  • Hannah and the Amazing Truck-Spotted Butterfly

    In her class, Hannah is enthusiastically studying about the life cycle of the butterfly. She brings her new found knowledge home, and the next morning, before school, she playfully transposes the metamorphosis process to her brother who is hiding und...

  • Doctor of the High Fells

    From the bestselling author of Miss Appleby's Academy, comes a gritty saga perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Maggie Hope and Nadine Dorries.

    Prue's heart beat hard - she had heard of the low seams of the mines of northwest Durham and she had ...

  • Crime de Luxe

    “Give me my rights or I will let them kill you. Think what has happened already -- ”Benvenuto Brown is on the luxury liner Atalanta, heading for New York. His thoughts are on his forthcoming one-man exhibition, not murder " until a seemingly in...

  • The Crime Coast

    A tragic discovery was made at Bishop’s Hotel last evening when a maid, on entering the suite of Signora da Costa, a rich Argentine guest at the hotel, found her dead body on the bed wrapped in an eiderdown.Paul Ashby is excited to be heading off o...

  • What Dread Hand?

    Before she could touch him she saw it -- the handle of a weapon sticking out between his shoulder-blades. Playwright Martin Pitt’s acclaimed new play, The Lily Flower, is having its London premiere. When the curtain rises, in attendance are the lov...

  • The Quarryman's Wife



  • The Coal Miner's Wife

    Torn between love and duty... When Vinia walked down the aisle she knew it was a marriage of practicality: as the owner of the local pit, Joe could provide her with a life of status. But her heart lies with another... With gypsy blood in his veins...

  • Orphan Boy

    Will he ever find the life he longs for? Born to a mother who died in childbirth and an uninterested father, Niall McAndrew grows up a solitary child, without a home to call his own. His only friend is Bridget, a young girl forced prematurely into wo...

  • A Widow's Hope

  • The Pit Girl

    To make a home, she must break the rules. Can she triumph over tragedy? After her father's death, Kate Ferrar is expected to move from London to a mining village in County Durham to live with an uncle she barely knows. Restricted by the confines ...

  • The Runaway Children

  • The Miller's Daughter

  • The Foundling School for Girls

  • The Guardian Angel

  • Nobody's Child

  • The Lost Child

    1877, Durham.After a traumatic and harrowing incident at the hands of a stranger, a woman gives birth to a child. However, she is persuaded by her husband to give him up to a local couple. On the same dark and stormy night, a local pit owner turns hi...



  • A Miner's Daughter

  • An Orphan's Wish

    Will she be able to keep her family together? 'A novel that reminds us that there is always hope in the face of darkness' Katie Fforde After their parents die unexpectedly, Connie, Dom, Leo and Pearl are forced to journey to Wolsingham, England, in ...

  • The Lost Girl from Far Away

    The heartbreaking new novel from the author of An Orphan's Wish.Having recently arrived in England, abandoned by her father and brother, Isabella is left to look after her dying mother in an abandoned house. When the worst happens, she suddenly finds...

  • A Daughter's Wish

    From the  author of An Orphan's Wish comes a tale of love and destiny perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries, Anna Jacobs and Ellie Dean. When Thomas Grant - one of the most eligible young men in London - proposes to Annabel Seaton, she can'...

  • New Elizabeth Gill 3

    The new heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, historical saga from Elizabeth Gill.After falling pregnant unexpectedly, sixteen-year-old Catrin is devastated when her neglectful father sends her away and has her baby taken from her.Then she's reunited with he...

  • A Sister's Dream

    The new heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, historical saga from Elizabeth Gill.After falling pregnant unexpectedly, sixteen-year-old Catrin is devastated when her neglectful father sends her away and has her baby taken from her.Then she's reunited with he...

  • Untitled Durham City 3

    1909, Northumberland.Shona has always secretly thought of her husband James's fishing boat as the enemy. She wishes she could ask James to do a different job, a safer job, but it would have made him laugh, and she's too proud to tell him she fears fo...

  • The Hat Shop Girl

    From the author of A Daughter's Wish comes a gritty tale of one woman's determination to find a home to call her own, perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Anna Jacobs and Ellie Dean.Having been given up as a baby, Lorna Robson spends her days working lon...

  • Black Prince

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    1877, Durham. After a traumatic incident, a woman gives birth to a child and is persuaded by her husband to give him up to a local couple. On the same dark and stormy night, a local pit owner turns his wife out on to the bleak moors, telling her son ...

  • Far from My Father's House

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    A sweeping story of love, hurt and revenge, Far From My Father's House is a moving account of a young man's life and love after the First World War. As a child Blake is taken in by neighbors after the death of his grandparents and works for his kee...



  • Home to the High Fells

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    When Rosalind West leaves her native Durham for a job in London with the Doxbridge Motor Company she is determined to build a new life. London in 1958 is tantalizingly glamorous - especially when she meets aristocratic rally driver Freddie Harlington...

  • The Homecoming

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    Born to a mother who died in childbirth, and to a father who could never truly love him, Niall McAndrew grows up a solitary child. His only friend is Bridget, a young girl forced prematurely into womanhood, who takes him under her wing and demands hi...

  • The Preacher's Son

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    A new historical saga set in the North-East of England in the 1800s. Born into a family of Methodist preachers in Country Durham, Joshua Castle grows up knowing that he too will become a minister. Though his faith is strong, his young heart is broken...

  • The Secret

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    1944, London. A young man is killed in an air-raid, leaving a wife and two children and a secret. Ailsa, Margaret and Luke are persuaded by Jaime's brother Cal to return to the North East, to the town he came from. Despite their grief and bitterness,...

  • The Singing Winds

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    A stark, emotive saga about love and loss in the North of England at the turn of the 20th century. On her father's death, Kate Ferrar is expected to move from London to a mining village in County Durham, to live with an uncle she barely knows. Restri...

  • Snow Angels

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    A gripping tale of passion and enduring love spanning class and country in 19th century England. Abby Reed, grieving for her mother, finds an unexpected source of comfort and peace whilst exploring the wild, snowy countryside with the brooding Gillan...

  • Under a Cloud-Soft Sky

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    An emotional saga about the meaning of home from a bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Maggie Hope and Nadine Dorries. 1890, County Durham. Dennes Eliot has worked hard to create a better life for himself. Now a respectable worker ...

  • Where Curlews Cry

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    A new contemporary novel from a well-loved author As a solicitor in the small northern mining town of Hexham, Sam Browne knows more than most about the affairs of many of the town's inhabitants. He has known several of his clients - men such as Micha...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elizabeth Gill has published 47 books.

The next book by Elizabeth Gill, The Hat Shop Girl, will be published in February 2025.

The first book by Elizabeth Gill, When Day Is Done, was published in January 2004.

No. Elizabeth Gill does not write books in series.
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