Valerie Wood / Val Wood

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  • Bibliography:
    32 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1993
  • Latest Book:
    November 2024
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Book List in Order: 32 titles

  • The Hungry Tide

    In the slums of Hull, at the turn of the eighteenth century, lived Will and Maria Foster, constantly fighting a war against poverty, disease and crime. Will was a whaler, wedded to the sea, and when tragedy struck, crippling him for life, it was John...

  • Annie

    Set in the countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds and the River Humber, this is a companion volume to "The Hungry Tide", which won the first Catherine Cookson Prize. Annie has killed a man in the slums of Hull, and now she flees along the paths of the Hu...

  • Children of the Tide

    It is the late 1850s and a tired woman holding a baby walks from Hull to one of the big houses in Anlaby â€" the home of the wealthy Rayners. She knocks at the door, and shoves the baby at young James Rayner. The father was ‘young Mr Rayner’, and...

  • Rosa's Island

    Rosa grew up an orphan in a remote, watery island fastness on the wild East coast of Yorkshire. Taken in as a small child by the motherly Mrs Drew, she realised as she grew up that this large and seemingly close farming family contained many troubled...

  • Doorstep Girls

    Ruby and Grace have grown up in the poorest slums of Hull. Friends since early childhood, they have supported each other in bad times and good. But their families are bound together by more than friendship, and secrets from the past threaten to make ...

  • Far From Home

    When Georgiana Gregory and her maid, Kitty, make the long sea journey from their native Hull for New York, they hope to begin a new life in the freedom of the newly-formed United States of America. Georgiana wants to escape from the confines of Engli...

  • The Kitchen Maid

    Jenny is determined to make her own way in the world, and she secures a job as the kitchen maid in a grand house in Yorkshire. Gradually, she gains the attention of the young master of the house, and they fall in love.But their hopes and dreams turn ...

  • The Songbird

    The choice was hers - fame and fortune or true love.Poppy Mazzini, born in Hull over her father's grocery shop, lives up to the promise of her fiery red hair and Italian ancestry. Her lovely singing voice and good looks lead her to her great ambition...

  • Nobody's Child

    When Laura Page returns to the remote Holderness village of Welwick, it is to try and discover the mystery of her mother Susannah's early life. Now a prosperous business woman in Hull, Susannah never speaks of her childhood, when she was brought up w...



  • Fallen Angels

    In the hardest of times, can their dreams ever come true?After her devious husband Billy tries to sell her at a wife sale, Lily Fowler finds herself alone, frightened and heavily pregnant on the streets of Hull.Running out of options when even the wo...

  • The Long Walk Home

    Young Mikey Quinn, scavenging on the streets of Hull, is thrown into prison for stealing a rabbit from the butcher. His chief accuser, a well-to-do lawyer, has a daughter, Eleanor, whom he badly mistreats. When Mikey is released he goes to London to ...

  • Rich Girl, Poor Girl

    Winter, 1860. Rosalie has been granted a life of comfort and wealth but neither of these protects her when her mother suddenly dies. Polly has lead a life of grinding poverty; after losing her own mother, she finds herself alone on the bitterly cold ...

  • The Gypsy Girl

    When Polly Anna's mother died when she was just three years old, it seemed the workhouse was the only place for her to go. But with the help of Jonty - a young misfit who soon became her best friend - she managed to escape, running away with the fair...

  • Homecoming Girls

    Hull, 1874. The beautiful, mysterious Jewel Newmarch, adopted as a baby, turns heads wherever she goes - her exotic looks point to her origins far away from the streets of Hull. Even at her cousin Elizabeth's wedding, she is the belle of the ball. Bu...

  • The Homecoming

    A moving tale spanning two continents, from this well-loved author. Hull, 1874. The beautiful, mysterious Jewel Newmarch, adopted as a baby, turns heads wherever she goes -- her exotic looks point to her origins far away from the streets of Hull. Eve...

  • The Harbour Girl

    It's Scarborough, 1880. Young Jeannie spends her days watching her mother and the other harbour girls sitting at the water's edge - mending nets, gutting herring - and waiting for her friend Ethan Wharton to come in on his father's fishing smack. As ...

  • The Innkeeper's Daughter

    A young girl struggles to realise her dreams when her life is derailed - from the Sunday Times bestselling author Val Wood.---------------------Holderness, 1846.For reliable, thirteen-year-old Bella, life isn't turning out quite as she'd hoped. She l...

  • The Maid's Secret

    An exclusive short story from the much-loved author Val WoodThe truth could change the lives of all those around her . . .Ellen has worked as a servant girl since she was twelve â€" her mother had always taught her that she must earn her own keep unt...

  • His Brother's Wife

    1860. Harriet Miles is trying to take care of her seriously ill mother, and just when she thinks things couldn’t get any worse she is fired from her job at the hostelry. The last thing she expects after her mother dies is a marriage proposal from a...



  • Every Mother's Son

    Harriet and Fletcher Tuke have worked hard to raise their children well. Daniel, the eldest son, has always accepted that his birth father died soon after he was born, and Fletcher has raised Daniel as his own. But as Daniel comes of age and begins t...

  • Little Girl Lost

    Margriet grew up as a lonely child in the old town of Hull. Her adored father often travelled by sea to the Netherlands, leaving her with an unaffectionate mother and only her imagination of a little Dutch girl, Anneliese, to keep her company. When d...

  • No Place for a Woman

    When Lucy’s parents are killed in a train crash, her kindly uncle steps in to look after the little girl â€" to the initial apprehension of his wife and her son. However, Lucy’s sweet, spirited charm slowly wins over her new family, and as she ov...

  • A Mother's Choice

    For ten years, Delia has had to fend for herself and her son Jack, and as a young unmarried mother, life has never been easy. Every new coat and pair of shoes was bought with what little money she could scrape together as a singer on the stage. But w...

  • A Place to Call Home

    Ellen thought she’d always live in the remote, pretty coastal village where she grew up. After all, her husband, Harry, works on a farm where he’s guaranteed a job and home for life. But when the old landowner dies and the couple and their young ...

  • Four Sisters

    A powerful story about the bond of sisterhood and how it can triumph against any adversity, from the Sunday Times bestselling author.Hull, 1852. Matty has had to care for her three younger sisters ever since their mother's death ten years ago. She an...

  • The Lonely Wife

    **Don't miss the sequel to The Lonely Wife! Children of Fortune is available now**---------------------------------A powerful story about a woman's struggle to claim what is rightfully hers, from the Sunday Times bestselling author Val Wood.1850: Bea...

  • Children of Fortune

    The stunning follow-up to The Lonely Wife from bestselling author Val Wood.'With fully developed characters and a compelling story, it's no wonder the author won the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction for her debut... A great choice for a book club'...

  • Winter's Daughter

    With her trademark warmth and powerful characters, Winter's Daughter is a stunning new Victorian saga - about a young child separated from her mother, and the family who bring her in from the cold.'As always, Val tells it from the heart . . . A stirr...

  • Foster's Mill

    Escape into the world of Val Wood’s historical saga this winter and cosy up with this utterly gripping fireside read!Holderness, Yorkshire, 1988.Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about the local communityâ€...



  • Emily

    • / Romance
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    Emily was only five years old when she was sent away from her ma and pa and her brother Joe to go and live with old Granny Edwards. A loving and hard-working child, she goes into service when she is twelve at the house of Roger Francis, whose connect...

  • Going Home

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    For Amelia and her brothers and sisters, the grim past which their mother Emily had endured seemed very far away. As pretty as a picture, and now learning to be a teacher in York, Amelia looked forward with pleasure to becoming acquainted with the yo...

  • The Romany Girl

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Orphan Polly Anna finds love and acceptance with a colourful travelling fair, becoming a horserider and acrobat. Set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire Wolds, this saga spans three generations....

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Valerie Wood / Val Wood has published 32 books.

Valerie Wood / Val Wood does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Foster's Mill, was published in November 2024.

The first book by Valerie Wood / Val Wood, The Hungry Tide, was published in September 1993.

No. Valerie Wood / Val Wood does not write books in series.
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