North Yorkshire, 1941. It's been two years since war broke out and the dangers of war are becoming ever more real for the Calvert-Lazenby family. Against her mother's wishes, 18-year-old Connie has moved out and is training as a carpenter – but life is about to get dangerous...
Raven Hall has been requisitioned by the army, and another love interest arrives for Rosina - but she is still yearning for Harry, who is now in Singapore. Her daughter Evelyn is now in London, working for the fire service in London during the Blitz, facing extreme danger. How can Rosina protect those she loves?
Set in North Yorkshire, A Mother's War tells the story of a widow and her five daughters at the outbreak of WW2.
She works as a pit girl at the local coal mines, alongside her childhood playfellow, Evan - although lately, their friendship seems to be blossoming into something more. But when Queenie King from up at the big house takes a fancy to her, Hettie's life is transformed.
1850s Shropshire. Returning to her mother's birthplace at the age of seventeen, Beatrice Ashford encounters a complex family she barely knows.