Jessica Stirling

Jessica Stirling's 'A Corner of the Heart' is set in 1930s England, where an East End girl with ideas of her own makes a surprising journey from the back streets of Shadwell to the salons of Mayfair.

Rich in tangled affections and intriguing characters, 'The Paradise Waltz' captures all the pain and humour of life in a small, gossip-ridden village in the dream-time between two world wars when wireless and the cinema were changing everyone's ideas about romance. Originally published: 2009

On the brink of a disastrous marriage Nicola rebels, & flees to Edinburgh to seek refuge with her sister. Charlotte's own marriage has turned their father into an enemy & it seems that Nicola too may be cut off from her share of his estate.

Susan Cahill enjoys her job at the BBC until a bomb destroys the building and brings unwelcome responsibilities and an autocratic new boss, Walter Boscombe. He has no time for ambitious young women from Shadwell and seems determined to break Susan's spirit - and her heart. Breda Hooper, Susan's widowed sister-in-law, and her small son are rescued f

The marriage of Sylvie and Gowry McCulloch was not made in heaven and has gone through difficult times. Settled now in Dublin, they have a daughter, Maeve, whom they both love dearly. Then Francis Hagarty explodes into their lives.

Lindsay Franklin has just left her Glasgow school and finds her role as a marriageable young lady more than agreeable. But her life changes when her charming, Irish cousin Forbes comes to Glasgow to join the family shipbuilding business.