- Let It Shine
- The Woman Who Left
- Jinnie
- Love Me or Leave Me
- Tomorrow the World
- Looking Back
- Somewhere, Someday
- Miss You Forever
- The Gilded Cage
- Bad Boy Jack
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Let It Shine
Let It Shine is a dramatic and enthralling tale of bad choices, family ties and second choices by Josephine Cox, one of the nation’s best-loved storytellers.
As her past catches up with her, can she ever hope to restore happiness?
Ada Williams once believed money and power would bring her happiness. But now she is all alone except for her greedy son Peter, who waits only for the day he will inherit her fortune. Ada, however, has a different plan altogether.
She enters the lives of the Bolton family, living just a few miles away in Blackburn. The Boltons may be poor – but the love they share means they can overcome almost any adversity. But no one could have foreseen the shocking events of Christmas night, 1932, which split the family asunder, leaving Larry crippled and the twins, Ellie and Betsy, in a foster home. Events that Ada Williams, even after all these years, will never forget . . .
The Woman Who Left
The Woman Who Left is a dramatic and gripping tale of jealousy, sibling rivalry and revenge.
Louise and Ben Hunter’s loving marriage is marred only by their unfulfilled longing for a child. Living and working with Ben’s father, Ronnie, they are quietly contented. But when Ronnie dies, their whole world changes.
Ben’s lazy brother, Jacob, returns, convinced he stands to inherit Ronnie’s small fortune. And he means to have his brother’s wife; though just as she did years before, Louise warns him off. Jacob, however, is not so easily dismissed. When he realises Ben will inherit everything, Jacob is beside himself with rage, and commits a terrible deed, one that threatens to destroy everything his brother and Louise hold dear . . .
Jinnie
In Jinnie, the sequel to The Woman Who Left, Josephine Cox weaves an unforgettable and dramatic tale of the lingering power of past betrayals.
Ten years ago, Louise Hunter’s life was torn apart by tragedy. Her husband, Ben, killed himself; her brother-in-law, Jacob, was murdered; and her sister, Susan, abandoned her new-born daughter, revealing the baby is Ben’s child. Louise remains haunted by guilt over the one night she spent with Ben’s friend Eric, and refuses to return Eric’s love. But after adopting Jinnie, she finds new happiness – until Susan decides she wants Jinnie back.
Meanwhile, Adam and Hannah, whose mother was killed with Jacob, are on the run. What Adam witnessed on that dreadful night has put them all in danger, but their beloved grandmother knows that one day they must return to the place where it all began . . .
Love Me or Leave Me
Love Me or Leave Me is a heartrending story of love and friendship and the obstacles that may come between.
Beautiful Eva Bereton has just three close friends: Patsy, whom she looks upon as a sister; Bill, once her childhood sweetheart, now married and living in Canada; and her mother, to whom she is devoted. When a tragic accident turns Eva’s world upside down, Patsy is the only one she can turn to.
A hated figure from the past comes to reclaim the farm and business that Eva had always believed were her parents’. Not even Bill, still in love with Eva, can stop Eva being thrown out on the streets. Together with Patsy, Eva starts a new life far away.
Luckily, they find work and lodgings wherever they settle. But when Eva arrives in Blackburn her past mistakes rise up to haunt her. Yet even when threatened from all sides Eva will never accept that her chances of happiness have been destroyed. Determined and optimistic, she fights on to change her life for the better.
Tomorrow the World
Tomorrow the World is a breathtaking family drama of of heartache, friendship and longing.
Bridget Mulligan loves her husband. He is caring, loyal and dependable – everything a woman could ask for. But she can’t quite forget Harry – the one that got away – and when a snowstorm drives her into his arms, the inevitable happens. Nine months later a child is born.
Overcome with remorse, Bridget is determined that her husband should know the truth, but her confession can lead only to heartbreak. Although he allows his wife and her child to continue living in his home, Tom Mulligan makes it clear that their marriage is over. Lonely and afraid, Bridget finds comfort in the friendship of Fanny, a feisty young mother who knows what it is to be alone. But Bridget’s life can never be complete until she has the love of the only man she ever really wanted . . .
Looking Back
A story of love, sacrifice and a girl who has to grow up too fast . . .
From the moment she learns of the stranger’s visit, Molly Tattersall is filled with a sense of fear. Then her mother disappears, leaving behind a letter asking Molly to take care of her five brothers and sisters. Molly’s wayward father rejects his responsibilities, leaving Molly to choose between the young man she has given her heart to and the family she adores.
It is the cruellest decision of her life, with long-reaching and heart-breaking consequences. Only one thing is certain: Molly’s life will never be the same again.
Somewhere, Someday
One of the nation’s best-loved storytellers brings us an unforgettable drama about love, loss and facing the demons from your past.
Only when she has layed the ghosts to rest can she set herself free . . .
Barney craves adventure, and though he will always love Kelly, he cannot stay. For one long, agonising moment, Kelly watches the man she adores walk away, left wondering if she will ever see him again.
Alone with her memories, Kelly begins to look to the past and the fateful autumn of 1877, when she was just a girl, recalling all that happened to tear her family apart. Now, filled with regrets, Kelly realises she must face the past she has hidden from for so long.
She must go back to where it all began, face her demons and lay to rest the ghosts that haunt her. Only then will her heart be free.
Miss You Forever
A woman’s tale of stolen dreams must end happily in this unforgettable saga.
One winter’s night, in the coalhole in her yard, Rosie finds a woman sheltering there who has been severely beaten by thugs.
At a glance, Kathleen looks like an unkempt, aged vagabond who tramps the roads carrying all her worldly possessions in a grubby tapestry bag. Her only friend is the mangy old dog who accompanies her; the sum of her life is in the diaries she zealously guards. Yet close up, Rosie can see that Kathleen has a gracious beauty – the look of a respectable lady of means.
In hospital, fighting for her life yet moved by Rosie’s care and compassion, Kathleen entrusts the diaries, urging her to look at them. There, in the soft glow of the lamp, Rosie reads a heart-rending tale of stolen dreams, true love, heartache and loss. A tale that, somehow, must have a happy ending . . .
The Gilded Cage
Powerful, hard-hearted Leonard Mears is a man with a dark secret; an illegitimate daughter that he forced his sister to bring up.
The girl is now a young woman who, unbeknown to him, is determined to find the father that abandoned her.
James Peterson, a gifted young man, runs Mears’ factory with more success than Leonard’s own sons. He lives for the day he can have his own business and make his fortune. Only then will he be able to declare his love for beautiful Isabel Mears who he means to release from the gilded cage her father has created. But when the lonely, lovely Sally comes in to his life, his heart and dreams are turned upside down.
Bad Boy Jack
The thrilling saga of a man who must battle against the odds to reunite the family he has split asunder.
Can he find his children, and the woman he loves, before everything is lost?
Unable to cope with raising his children alone, Robert Sullivan abandons them to others, until he has a change of heart and decides to go back for them. But on the way there, he is involved in a horrific accident.
Jack and Nancy are placed in the brutal regime of the Galloway Children’s Home, where Jack’s devotion to his sister and fiery temper land him in more trouble. The children find themselves at the mercy of the corrupt Clive Ennington, who splits them up and sells Nancy off to the highest bidder.
Meanwhile Mary, Robert’s only love, is forced to seek a new life for herself. She decides to marry Paul Marshall, the handsome owner of a seaside guesthouse but her chance of happiness is threatened by his embittered aunt. As Robert recovers in hospital he is determined to find and reunite his family. But when he realises the terrible consequences of his actions, he begins to wonder if he will ever see Mary and the children again.