A Nurse's Duty

Another compelling saga from the bestselling author of A Wartime Nurse and A Mother's Gift – a must-read for fans of BBC hit series Call the Midwife

Maggie Hope was born in County Durham, during the Depression of the 1930s. She is the daughter of a coal miner and knows first-hand the hardships suffered by miners and their families during that time. 
 
Along with her three sisters, she was raised in a ‘two-up-two-down’ miner’s cottage with no inside toilet. Growing up, Maggie never dreamed she could earn a living from her writing. Instead she left school at sixteen and became a nurse, collecting stories from colleagues who had served during the war. 
 
Maggie gave up nursing when she married her husband and started a family. It wasn’t until she was in her 50s though that she finally began her writing career. She is now the Sunday Times bestselling author of fifteen novels.

Torn between love and duty... 
 
Following a disastrous marriage to a miner, Karen has devoted herself to a nursing career. Rising to the challenge of caring for the wounded soldiers returning home from the Great War, she has resigned herself to putting her vocation before any hope of a romantic life. 
 
However, she finds herself drawn to handsome, troubled Patrick Murphy. But Patrick is also a Catholic priest. Dare Karen risk scandal and her position by falling for the one man she cannot have...?

The Coal Miner's Daughter

A wealthy landlord’s son, and a coal miner’s daughter… 
 
Growing up in poverty, one of six siblings, Hannah Armstrong never thought she’d know anything other than her little mining town. But then she falls for Timothy Durkin, a wealthy Oxford student… 
 
Following her heart, Hannah sacrifices everything she holds dear and follows her new husband to Oxford. But will her new life of luxury be everything she expected - or will she find that once a coal miner's daughter, always a coal miner's daughter...?

The Miner's Girl

A family saga from the bestselling author of A Daughter's Gift and The Servant Girl

A gripping saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Coal Miner's Daughter 
 
A terrible choice between her sweetheart and her reputation... 
 
Orphaned from birth, Mary Trent has always dreamed of the day she can escape from poverty, and when she meets the dashing young doctor Tom Gallagher, it seems her prayers have been answered. 
 
But an untimely pregnancy spells disaster and the threat of returning to a life of destitution. Is a marriage of convenience the only thing that can save her?

Molly's War

From the bestselling author of A MOTHER'S GIFT and A WARTIME NURSE

A gripping saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Coal Miner's Daughter 
 
War, tragedy and a shameful secret... 
 
When Molly Mason's father dies in a pit accident, she is left penniless and alone. 
 
She finds work in a local factory, and cheap lodgings. However, when Molly rejects her new landlord's advances, his revenge is swift: she finds herself accused of theft and thrown in prison. 
 
As the prospect of war grows ever close, Molly finds herself fighting a more personal battle, trying to find anyone willing to overlook her scandalous past...

A gripping saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Coal Miner's Daughter 
 
War, tragedy and a shameful secret... 
 
When Molly Mason’s father dies in a pit accident, she is left penniless and alone. 
 
She finds work in a local factory, and cheap lodgings. However, when Molly rejects her new landlord’s advances, his revenge is swift: she finds herself accused of theft and thrown in prison. 
 
As the prospect of war grows ever close, Molly finds herself fighting a more personal battle, trying to find anyone willing to overlook her scandalous past…

An Orphan's Secret

A gripping saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Coal Miner's Daughter 
 
Life is a long, tough struggle for Meg Maddison… 
 
Growing up caring for her brothers after the death of their mother, it is only her indomitable spirit that gets her through the hard times. And when she marries and starts a family of her own, it seems as if the hardships are over. 
 
But the return of a darkly menacing figure from her past threatens to destroy all she has fought for…

Eliza's Child

Torn between love and duty... 
 
After the birth of their son, Eliza naively hopes her husband Jack will put his gambling habit behind him and become more responsible. But then he loses their home and abandons her, leaving Eliza with no choice but to return to her parents’ house. 
 
She inadvertently attracts the attention of the ruthless mine owner Jonathan Moore. But can she sacrifice her reputation to protect her son?

Maggie Hope

She is the downstairs maid; he is the Master&rsquo;s son... 
 
Forced to become a kitchen maid at Fortune Hall, Hetty Pearson strikes up an unlikely friendship with the younger son of the house, Richard. 
 
But Hetty is just a poor servant girl: what hope does she have of either winning Richard&rsquo;s heart or escaping his older brother&rsquo;s more base attentions? 
 
Note: previously published as THE JEWEL STREETS by Una Horne

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