In India in 1857, the beloved wife of a British colonel dies during a native riot, an incident that spawns one hundred years of hatred, revenge, and violence and leads to a tragic romance....
When Rory Gallagher calls off his wedding to childhood sweetheart Kate Dowie, she vows never to return to the Wiltshire country estate that has been her family's home for generations. Jilted only hours from the altar, she has no choice but to re-buil...
From the day of her husband's murder, Francesca has known only hatred, violence and jealousy. Fleeing to England she at last finds love with Patrick Devlin, but a peasant girl from Italy is no asset to an aspiring politician, and he ends their affair...
After dropping out of university when she falls in love and becomes pregnant, Thea is left a single mother in need of an income when Hal leaves. She and a friend, Cora, become strippers, but their lack of respect from the community means that when Co...
Sarah, Roz and Janie are firm friends from the school run at Wynchcombe Primary. But they also have something else in common: each has a dream. For Sarah, it is finding a way through the constant struggle of bringing up her partially deaf son Rory al...
Three lives converge...Charles, a respected professor of History, is writing a book on a Victorian crime of passion. Lotte is unhappily married to Gordon, a bully of a man who has reduced her self esteem to an almost irretrievable low. She stays for ...
Anna has just turned 30, secured a partnership at work, and is expecting her first baby. Her life should be complete, but it isn't. When she discovers her husband's affair, she takes her baby and escapes to Portugal where she meets Will. On her retur...