Readers love Anna Jacobs' heartwarming and gripping novels!'Amazing' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Thank you, Anna, for the pleasure you give in all your books' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Another brilliant, hard-to-put-down book' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Another triumph for Anna Jacobs' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'BRILLIANT READ' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐****Hope will keep them together when life drives them ap...

When Miranda Westerby's estranged and unpleasant great-aunt suddenly passes away, it appears that she left a legacy behind: a home in the idyllic village of Fairford Parva, Wiltshire. However, there are strings attached to the inheritance . . .The move prompts more discoveries about her family history than Miranda bargained for, which leave her confused and hurt. But while she might not have any flesh or blood around, Miranda does have the chance to shape a new circle of people dea...

*******The first book in the gripping Rivenshaw Saga, set at the end of World War Two***1945. The war in Europe is over. It should be a time of utter joy and celebration.Most women can't wait for their men to return, but in the small town of Rivenshaw in Lancashire, Judith Crossley fears having her husband back in the house. He'd grown into a bully and a drunkard, and on the occasions he'd come home from leave, he'd hit her. He wasn't a goo...

When Mara Gregory receives a letter from the father whom she believed to have died when she was a child, her world is turned upside down. Aaron Buchanan only discovered that he had a daughter a couple of years ago and now he's desperate to play a part in her life.In the face of her mother's opposition, Mara arranges to go to Australia to meet her father and his family. Will she find him the disappointment that her mother promises? And when Australia brings another man into her life,...

Love can cross oceans . . .Forced to leave her family in Ireland, fate sends Keara Michaels across the sea to Australia, pregnant and penniless. Theo Mullane truly loves her. But with an ailing baby son, he cannot follow his heart as he longs to.Mark Gibson leaves Lancashire to avoid marriage. But gold prospecting is a dangerous pursuit, so Mark runs away again, this time to Western Australia, where he empl...

Rachel Smedling is not like the other women in her isolated Pennine village: she is taller, stronger and weaves cloth like a man. Without her, the household would fall apart, for her mother is ailing and her vicious drunkard father seems to hate her so much, he would happily offer money to any man who would wed her. When her mother dies, Rachel is at the mercy of her increasingly violent father. Her only escape is by marrying a kindly man with whom she finds happiness, i...

Rachel Norris wants to forge a new life and career. And she wants to forget her past.When Rachel qualifies as nurse, she does so because she wants to help others and make a difference. But she is also running from a past life that must stay hidden forever.Completing her training, Rachel moves to London but misses home desperately, so when she hears about an opportunity to train as a district nurse in a village near Rochdale, she seizes the opportunity, even...

'Best period book I have EVER read! - 5-star reader review'Emmy Carter's mother is a prostitute - and her life has made Emmy determined to avoid the same fate. But Emmy is beautiful, so attracts unwanted attention; her mother's protector has his eye on her, as does evil Marcus Armistead, her employer's nephew. Marcus is excited by Emmy's virginity and has her kidnapped, but Emmy hits him over the head and escapes. Marcus, futher enraged, kills her mother and become...

Will she marry below her station?Beatrice Dencey is constantly reminded by her aunt, the Dowager, that she must marry appropriately. And so must the Dowager's beloved granddaughter, Eleanor Graceover. Charged with finding Eleanor a suitable husband, Beatrice is sent to London with a list of pre-approved gentlemen.Once there, she quickly rules out every man on the list. All except the handsome and charming Justin Serle, wh...

'One of the most lovely and heartwarming books I have ever read! 5 STARS' - Between the PagesLancashire, 1930.Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry, and since her mother died years ago it falls to her to become sole provider for her little sister. But women's wages are half those of men and pawning the few belongings she has left will only keep their vicious rent collector at bay for a few weeks, so even...

Futures are fought for and love is found afresh in the Wiltshire countrysideWhen Ella discovers that her husband, Miles, is secretly planning to sell the farm her family has owned for hundreds of years, it's the final straw. Her already rocky marriage is over.Determined to save Willowbrook and protect her daughter's future, Ella resolves to build the farm into a successful B&B. New arrival in the village Cameron offers to...

Abigail Beadle has given two decades of her life to caring for her late father and preserving the family home, Ashgrove House in Wiltshire. When her loathed stepmother, Edwina, dies, Abigail is glad to be released from her bullying. She will also be able to look after the house properly, perhaps have a real Christmas at home, without Edwina's stranglehold on the finances.But her stepmother left behind a will that casts doubt on Abigail's inheritance and raises the possibility that ...