Valerie Wood

Scarborough, 1880. Young Jeannie finds herself pregnant and alone. She moves to the port town of Hull where her new, difficult life with a child is often made bearable by the kindness of others. But she finds herself wishing for the simpler times of her past. Originally published: London: Bantam, 2011

Hull, 1874. The beautiful Jewel Newmarch, adopted as a baby, turns heads wherever she goes. Even at her cousin Elizabeth's wedding, she is the belle of the ball. But as she looks on at the happy, newly-married couple she feels a restlessness and intense longing to know her own roots. Originally published: London: Bantam, 2010

1860. Harriet Miles is trying to take care of her seriously ill mother, and just when she thinks things couldn't get any worse she is fired from her job at the hostelry. The last thing she expects after her mother dies is a marriage proposal from a man she barely knows, but her only alternative is the workhouse. And so begins her new life with Noah