Some houses keep their secrets. Crawford mansion whispers them in the dead of night.When struggling writer Eliza Harper rents an abandoned mansion in the secluded town of crestwood. She's searching for inspiration, not fear, but Crawford Mansion has other plans. The towns people cryptic warnings fall on deaf ears, and Eliza steps willingly into the shadowed hall. Unaware that she's crossed a threshold into a world where the past is very dark. The mansion has a very dark history; it...

Three girls go to war and find true friendshipEthelruns away from a violent father, a man so fierce he beat her fiancé senseless. Gorgeous Kateleaves her doting parents and their grocery store. Shy and sheltered Rosie, who has grown up with her grandmother, decides to escape her sleepy home town.All three join the NAAFI, determined to do their bit against Hitler. Through the travails of war they become each...

Badgers Brook offers her the chance for a fresh start.As the Second World War ends, Sophie Daniels quits the WAAF with nowhere to go. She wanders around the country searching for a place where she can settle, living in bedsits, barns, and small guesthouses in the meantime. Eventually she finds Badgers Brook, where she meets and befriends nine-year-old Bertie, neglected and running wild.The neighbours warm to her, the place ...

To honour her promise, must she give up her dreams?When Audrey Castle finally marries her sweetheart, Wilf Thomas, she begins to regret her promise to always help out at the Castle's family cafe. When her future dramatically changes, Audrey is even more determined to strike out on her own.War evacuee sisters Maude and Myrtle also made a promise – to never abandon each other – but when Myrtle begins to gain independence, drama breaks out. Life in St. David's...

Break free from Christian codependency and people-pleasing by discovering the biblical power of a guilt-free no. If you feel quietly exhausted, stretched thin by constant commitments, and weighed down by hidden resentment, this hopeful guide offers immediate spiritual relief. You will finally dismantle the draining myth that godliness requires endless availability and self-erasure.Reclaim your peace of mind whether navigating tense family dynamics, demanding workplace relationships...

As 1954 draws to an end, the village of Hen Carw Parc is changing. The post-war boom brings a creeping lethargy as the villagers stay in watching their new TV sets, instead of going out to enjoy each other's company. As usual, however, Nelly is busy keeping tabs on the villagers' comings and goings. There's Griff, whose thieving and dishonesty have long-lasting repercussions; Sheila, whose pregnancy sets tongues wagging; and George, whose helpfulness masks a deeper problem. . . In an effor...

A small Welsh town hosts a lively and varied community - and none more so than Nelly Luke, the cheerful Cockney widow who made a ramshackle cottage her cosy, if unconventional, home. Nelly's generosity and wisdom win her many friends: Fay, the young newly-wed; Amy, the glamorous shopkeeper whose private life is colourful indeed; and her dignified sister Prue, whose family cupboard contains more than a few skeletons. Against the mounting excitement of the Coronation summer, Nelly steers her...

When war threatens, hope will keep them aliveIn 1939, with the war having been declared, evacuees arrive in the small Welsh seaside town of St David’s Wells. When Eirlys Price convinces her parents to take in three young children, she never imagined it could lead to shocking family revelations which threaten all her future plans. Amidst homesickness, local gossip and the challenges of wartime, the community must pull together and wait until summer, when the town wi...

Poachers and dealmakers, the Griffiths family have always managed to scrape by on the edge of the law. As rationing finally draws to an end, the tight-knit community finds itself coming to terms with a new world in which social boundaries are being eroded and opportunities are growing for all. Heartache remains a constant though, with Caroline Griffiths trapped in a sham marriage to Barry Martin, and Rhiannon Lewis still mourning their broken engagement. Meanwhile, the close bond between F...

When tragedy strikes, comfort comes from an unlikely place…**Christmas, 1940.**As the festive season approaches in a small Welsh village, two friends, Patricia and Vanessa, fall for the same man. Vanessa will stop at nothing to win his affections, but it is Patricia who is successful in finding love.Yet when tragedy strikes and Patricia has to piece her life back together, she throws herself into revitalising a traditional ...

Cockney born Nelly Luke is an essential part of the community. Yet not even Nelly, with her shrewd eye, can predict the surprises in store for her family and friends. A new year brings new faces: Maurice Davies is back from the army, and Sheila Powell, a shopgirl, is eager to help him make up for lost time. But for some there's no escaping the past, and widow Prue Beynon finds herself confronted by a legacy she'd rather forget. . . Through the seasons, Nelly watches over the valley with a ...

In a small seaside village in Wales everyone has secrets, but how long can they be kept?After tragedy strikes and Bettrys Hopkyns loses her sister, she is determined to raise Eirlys's daughter Cheryl. She is also duty-bound to uncover the identity of her late sister’s lover, so the baby can know her father.The search takes Bettrys and her young niece to a close-knit village in west Wales; where they find a community seething with love affairs, disloyalty an...