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The Baker's Girl

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 21:00:22 +0200

Meg just wants to keep her family together. Her mother is desperately ill and her sister is still in school so it is up to her to support them.

All Meg knows to do is bake and desperation leads her to Ted Lund, the miserly owner of a local bakery. In a moment of uncharacteristic kindness, he takes pity on Meg and offers her a job.

But Ted's charity ends there. He'll save money at any costs, cutting corners by using sawdust in his bread, ignoring vermin in his flour, and paying Meg a pittance.

But despite her mistreatment, Meg can see what the bakery might yet be. Using her baking skills, can she turn the shop around?

The Child Left Behind

Sun, 18 Nov 2018 14:58:40 +0200

Can she find somewhere to call home?Victoria Wild is only four years old but already knows about heartbreak, having been abandoned by her unwed mother when she was only a baby. Luckily her Aunt Eliza was there to take her in but times are still hard on Pit Lane and while Eliza does her best to make sure there is always food on the table, Victoria bears the stigma of her illegitimacy. Her aunt also fears the day when Victoria will start to ask about her father...But even when Eliza is offered a chance to make a better life for herself and her niece, there are sacrifices to be made. And more trouble is around the corner – in the form of Victoria's mother, Mary-Anne Wild, who is finally coming home not to be a proper mother to her daughter but to exact her revenge on the man who ruined her life...A gritty, heart-warming saga perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Maggie Hope

A Mother's Ruin

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:00:26 +0200

Will she give in to temptation?

When 18-year-old Eve runs away from her small village to start a new life in the city, she quickly discovers that Leeds is not everything she expected it to be. Wandering the cold streets in search of shelter, timid Eve can only find work as a barmaid at the Bluebell Inn - a place her strict parents would never approve of.

Serving ale and cheap gin to the rowdy crowd, Eve eventually catches the eye of dashing Sergeant Joseph Oates – but his intentions are not honourable and he will leave her with more than just a broken heart...

A gritty and heart-breaking saga set in Leeds from the author of The Girl from Pit Lane.

The Baker's Sister

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:10:16 +0300

After two years, Meg Fairfax has finally started to make a success of herself. Her skills as a baker have made her enough to buy the bakery she loves and she's planning a wedding to her fiancé. But Frankie hasn't been entirely honest and both the bakery and Meg's happiness are threatened when she discovers the truth.
Meanwhile, Meg's younger sister, Sarah, is attempting to build a life for herself in London but soon realises it's far from what she expected. Finding herself alone on the city streets, she seeks comfort in the arms of a young cockney named Sam Waites.
With so much to lose, will the sisters find the security and happiness they seek?

A Sixpence for Christmas

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:00:23 +0200

Meg just wants her family to be together at Christmas. But her mother's illness gets worse every day and her sister is off doing god knows what.

So when Meg loses her job in the bakery she doesn't know how they'll cope. Luckily, she knows Frank, the owner of a local patisserie, who offers her a job. But Meg isn't suited for fancy cake and frills.
All she wants is to feed her family and make them proud but, as winter takes hold, it feels like everything is stacked against her.
Can she make a success of herself before Christmas?

Gin Palace Girl

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:00:24 +0200

Can she escape her past?
After being orphaned as a child, Mary is taken in by her mother's friend Nell and raised as her own. But when Nell dies her step-father takes too much of an interest in Mary and she is forced to leave home, landing a job as a bar maid.
Only Whitelocks is no spit and sawdust pub but a new gin palace in the centre of Leeds. Mary thinks she's landed on her feet. More so when she catches the eye of William Winn, the charming owner of a glamorous new hotel. But Mary is the daughter of a music hall singer and the adopted child of a prostitute. Will she ever be good enough for a man like William?

The Girl From Pit Lane

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 01:37:59 +0200

Can these young coal-miner's daughters survive on their own?

Tragedy strikes a small Yorkshire mining town when Sarah Wild's husband dies in a terrible accident. Widowed and destitute, Sarah is forced to remarry to save her daughters, Mary-Anne and Eliza, from the workhouse. But her new husband is a violent drunk and when Sarah tragically dies too, Mary-Anne and Eliza are orphaned. Unable to rely on their drunken step-father, Mary-Anne and Eliza are left to fend for themselves. They are determined to stick together but life becomes complicated when Mary-Anne, the eldest, falls pregnant with the child of a married mine-owner. Scared and unsure what to do, the sisters try to hide Mary-Anne's pregnancy. But such things cannot stay secret for long. . .