Glasgow 1943. After becoming pregnant out of wedlock only to find out her betrothed was already marr..

1935. At 36 Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin Thomas acting as his unpaid servant. But..

Austria 1938. Anne von Korvacs watches in horror as Hitler's tanks roll through the streets of Vienn..

Dora and her old enemy Lucy are paired up on the children's ward for the final three months of their..

June 1914. Edie Moore is a Governess for Lord and Lady Moreland living comfortably at the grand Down..

It is 1940 and Staff Nurse Polly Brown has been granted a posting at Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital o..

Heiress Tara Nankervis is beautiful yet pained. She is forced to share a devastating secret with her..

On her deathbed Lucy Fallow’s mother makes her promise to look after her younger siblings and keep..

September 1940. As Luftwaffe bombs rain from the skies over London the women of Lavender Road are fi..

Someone had once told Emma Molinero the daughter of an itinerant carnival performer that she was mad..

When World War II breaks out Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the h..

Polly living in grinding poverty loses her mother in childbirth and finds herself alone on the stree..

Rose has a promising future stretching out before her until a cruel twist of fate seizes it. Will sh..

When Mara Gregory receives a letter from the father whom she believed to have died when she was a ch..

When Daisy’s family lose their croft on the Connemara coast her Aunt Jane housekeeper to Dr and Mr..

Edinburgh Yuletide 1743. Seconded back from the wars in Europe to captain the city’s Town Guard Ro..

Working at the Foyles bookshop was Molly Cooper's dream job. But with the country at war she's deter..

York 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm...

After a stray bomb destroyed his childhood home the only thing that has kept Francis Brady going is ..

London 1950Peggy Ronoscki is happily settling into life running her guesthouse on Mulberry Lane surr..

Living in the Stationmaster's cottage at Partick Carrie Burgess leads a charmed life cushioned from ..

1939. When the man Georgie has always loved is sent to France on a secret mission every knock of the..

As the war takes its toll the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country…Dora is th..

Rationing bombing disease and pit disasters are part of Rose Kelly's World War 2 childhood. When the..

Hetty Gilbert is a canal child with no permanent address so when she needs to join the library she c..

Daniel has lived his whole life with his mother adoptive father and his stepbrothers and sister in a..

It's the late 1950s and change is in the air. For the Napier family up at the big house the old ways..

At the end of Hawthorn Close there is a charming park which boasts two magnificent magnolia trees an..

It's Christmas Eve 1920 when Abby Kirby's family is ripped apart. Leaving everything she's ever know..

Missing home Rachel seizes the opportunity to train as a district nurse in a village near Rochdale e..

On the day that her youngest child leaves home Alice Hatton discovers two disturbing truths in a mat..

After the death of her parents in a bombing raid Mary Jones discovers a secret in her father’s dia..

Germany 1939: Christa Sommer boards the Kindertransport unsure that she'll ever see her parents agai..

Join the Marsh family again as they spend Christmas with Millie and Jeremy at Chateau Dumont. It's a..

1943. After the heartache of the previous year Connie Baxter now appears to have everything a girl c..

She's on trial for murder. . . Now it's her turn to tell her story. . . The truth is that I loved Ja..

Nineteen-year-old April Wilton has just enlisted in the WRENs in Portsmouth where she works servicin..

1938 Britain and Germany are on the brink of war and tension and fear is felt throughout Europe. In ..

Sep McGilby always said that Emily Kennedy had a happy face. And at 16 Emily had a lot to be glad ab..

17-year-old Alice Tozer comes as a maid to the Tozers' farm in Burracombe in the spring of 1918. She..

Cathie Kinrade is used to hardship. Growing up in a fishing community on the Isle of Man in the 1930..

Manchester 1940: the minute war was declared best friends Sally and Debs volunteered for the home gu..

1945. War is over and people are celebrating but in the small town of Rivenshaw in Lancashire Judith..

Born out of wedlock when her mother was only fourteen Lucy Pocket has spent all her life with her di..

Britain is at war and May Lynch loves the life she’s leading as a pilot and poster girl for the Ai..

1890. Alice is the sole bread-winner for her family working at the local cotton mill. But when she s..

As a small child Nellie Peace was always dreaming but sensed her mother’s rejection. Abandoned and..

In defending herself against her brutal husband 18-year-old Ruby Clark is forced to flee London. She..

June 1940. Despite losing her mother at a young age and her father away on important war work 17-yea..

Bridget Kittrick headstrong and independent is ready to show her worth when she's left in charge of ..

With her dreams of dominating Melbourne's fashion scene in tatters Nella Martini returns to Torrente..

Young Luke Tyler has everything going for him: brains looks and a larrikin charm that turns heads. T..

Trixie and her fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland newly stationed at the MacKay estate. When th..

In the small mining village of Meryen a dark secret lurks…Amy Lewarne finds her life changed forev..

Ireland 1851. After enduring years of the devastating potato famine Ellen Kittrick is a survivor. To..

As the war continues to keep her family far away Peggy Reilly must continue to look after her girls ..

It’s 1943 and Peggy Reilly is at her best when the troubles of war come knocking at the door of Be..

Eleven-year-old Stella Barry is forced into service when her family find themselves living hand-to-m..

Leaving Liverpool behind Libby Gilbert embarks on a transformative journey to London with her newfou..

Ever since the death of her beloved husband Peter Caroline's life in Bath has not been the same. Fri..

Her name was Hannah Boyle but to the people of the village she would always be 'The Girl' - Matthew ..

An unexpected inheritance is most people's dream but not so for Paula. She's happy and secure in Wes..

A new century brings change to Eden Harris's ordered world. Despite years of service to the Bradbury..

Lancashire 1895. Lillian Hesketh has taken a new name and a brave step towards a happier life. Sudde..

Tasmania 1929: Ten-year-old-twins Tom and Harry Abbott are orphaned by a tragedy that shocks Hobart ..

It is 1907. Liverpool is a bustling and busy city. Sisters Livvie and Amy Goodwin are just 16 and 13..

In the wake of World War Two the whole country is desperate for houses with very little money availa..

1925 a damp wintry night in Berlin. Englishman Philip Gibson in Germany to seek the answers to a tan..

1879: Shipwrecked off the west coast of Australia Louisa Reynolds is aided by an aboriginal girl and..

Since escaping his family’s notoriety in Australia Will Kidd has been content to live the life of ..

Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry and it falls to her to become sol..

Growing up in Birmingham Sylvia and Audrey Whitehouse have always been like chalk and cheese. When t..

Scotland 1722: on a windswept island an enigmatic poetess foretells tragedy and the birth of an extr..

As the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore Sarah Fuller and her sister Jane are forced to leav..

From the age of eight Charity Crosse has been living with her grandfather and begging on the streets..

When Florrie Maltby refuses to marry Gervase Richards she sets off a chain of events that will alter..

Laura Collins is struggling to make a good life for her daughters Tess and Tina. So when she is offe..

Halifax 1876. On the death of her mother and sister Isabelle Gibson is left to fend for herself and ..

Eighteen-year-old Connie Baxter works as an usherette at the Criterion Picture House in Gosport. Her..

Aurora Pettigrew has a loving family a nice home a comfortable life. She's waiting for the right man..

In a small seaside town popular with summer visitors Cecily and Ada run their father's grocery shop...

In the mid-1850s life for an orphan was grim as Kirsten MacGregor discovered when her parents died s..

Young Jeanette Walker often wonders what became of her mother who disappeared without trace during a..

Despite her privileged upbringing Daisy Lennox has always longed to make something of her life. She ..

Mirabel Cutler was raised by her father to be a lady. But when he dies suddenly Mirabel finds hersel..

The hedonism of London in the roaring twenties is a world away from Annabel Tarleton's ordinary coun..

Now that her family is grown content in the knowledge that she loves them Lucy Henshaw decides she i..