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...

Seven years ago, Charlotte Russell's father walked out on her family. Ever since, the task of caring for her bitter mother and sick uncle have fallen heavily on Charlotte's shoulders. If only she had agreed to marry Joe Llewellyn the first time he asked. Unable to leave her family to fend for themselves, Charlotte is constantly delaying her own happiness, and fears that Joe may soon move on. Then, as 1950 begins, Charlotte's father reappears, bringing with him his brood of children from hi...

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...

The classic wartime sagas, now in a special omnibus editionRead Grace Thompson’s delightful Holidays at Home series, now in one volume!These heartwarming sagas follow the inhabitants of St David’s Wells, a small Welsh seaside town, charting the highs and lows they experience during the Second World War. From engagements to tragic accidents, ice-creams to utter deprivation, this bestselling series from the much-loved author Grace Thompson will enchant and en...

Times are changing in Pendragon Island...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 Bar...

As war rages, a husband’s love becomes everythingWith the war drawing to a close, St David’s Wells prepares to welcome the soldiers home. Everyone is looking forward to a new dawn.But Alice Castle is suspicious of a strange woman, Netta, who is taking an unhealthy interest in Alice’s husband’s return. Other well-loved characters from previous books in this series have their stories told as we take one last look at life in St David’s Wells.

The wonderfully atmospheric follow-up to The Posthorn Inn from bestselling saga writer Grace ThompsonOn the wild and restless Welsh coast in the early years of the nineteenth century, illegal smuggling is a necessary evil if the community is to survive. As a year passes, the village must come together to battle against poverty and the Excise men.But that’s not all that goes on beneath the rugged cliffs, and it’s the last thing on the mind of young ...

Beautiful, rich, and popular: the Weston Girls seem to have it all… until they fall in love with the wrong menThe Weston family have always pinned their hopes for creating a dynasty on their glamorous granddaughters. But Joan and Megan – confident and eligible though they are – regularly set tongues wagging with their outrageous behaviour. Their grandmother Gladys decides she must organise a party to find them suitable husbands – and that’s when everything really g...

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 ...

Even the most idyllic towns hold dark secrets...Pendragon Island is the perfect place for holidays, with a stretch of clean golden sand and a glorious funfair nearby.Yet for one local family, the happy holiday atmosphere risks becoming a cruel joke, as the unusually-named Lewis Lewis’s affair with close friend Nia Martin threatens to tear his marriage apart.The irritation of Lewis’s wife Dora is cha...

Badgers Brook once again provides sanctuary for a family in needMarried life hasn't been easy for Hope Murton – her mother-in-law, Marjorie, is overbearing and critical, and Hope's husband, Ralph, refuses to stand up for himself. Eventually Hope persuades him to move out and to set up a new home at Badgers Brook with their small son, Davy.Soon they are beset by tragedy when a road accident leaves Ralph conf...

An emotional story of ordinary people and their far-from-ordinary lives.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 ...