Carole Boyd

Some secrets can haunt a whole lifetime. In the riverside town of Bedford, four students can hear the haunting voice of a woman singing. The beautiful melody is coming from their neighbour - a reclusive creature who never opens the door to anyone or leaves her home in daylight. They have no way of knowing that the woman next door, Madeleine Delaney is driven by a dangerous memory that for over twenty years has controlled her meagre existence ? Madeleine?s...

Louise and Ben Hunter have a happy, loving marriage. Living and working with Ben's father, Ronnie, they quietly accept their uneventful but contented lives. But when Ronnie dies, their whole world changes.

Although Barney would always love her, his restless soul would not allow him to stay, but Kelly could never have envisaged how his leaving would alter her life. Alone once more, Kelly finds herself remembering the past, particularly the autumn of 1877. Originally published: 1999

Molly is forced to make a choice between the young man she loves, & the family she adores, who now desperately depend upon her. Just 18, Molly is made to realise that, however hard the decision, she must put the children's happiness before her own.

Venice, 1604. When rumours of a rare and priceless diamond begin to circulate, Paul Pindar becomes convinced that the jewel is somehow linked to the fate of his former love, Celia Lamprey.

Mark and Claire seem an ideal couple. During a party to celebrate their daughter's baptism, their son Jeremy is knocked down, he survives, but is severely brain damaged. The once ideal marriage is now troubled by stress. Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000