The Harvey Family Sagas

6 primary works

Touch the Silence

by Gloria Cook

Published 28 February 2003

A family shattered by war and secrets... But hope is on the horizon

1917. The First World War casts its shadow over the Harvey family of Ford Farm. One brother has already been killed, and Tristan now serves at the Front.

Though newly engaged to pretty Emilia Rowse - a friend since childhood - younger brother Ben is desperate to serve his country. But a horrific injury causes him to be declared unfit, and Emilia's life becomes ever more difficult. Tensions mount on the family farm. Everyone, it seems, has closely guarded secrets... Can Emilia find happiness?

Filled with a rich cast of unforgettable characters and packed with period detail, Touch the Silence is the brilliant opening to the Harvey Family sagas. For readers of Anne Baker, Maggie Hope and Daisy Styles.

Moments of Time

by Gloria Cook

Published 29 August 2003

After The Great War, will life ever be the same?

The Great War is over, and the Harvey family of Ford Farm are slowly picking up the pieces. But Alec and Emilia's newly-wedded bliss is shattered when their third child is born with a life-threatening disease, a fate which Alec finds particularly hard to accept.

Alec's relationships with his two brothers, Ben and Tristram, are strained by their differing loyalties and ambitions for the farm, and Emilia is torn reluctantly between them...

The second of the gripping Harvey family sagas from the masterful Gloria Cook, this is perfect for fans of Kitty Neale, Margaret Dickinson and Mary Gibson.

From A Distance

by Gloria Cook

Published 26 November 2004

Passion and tragedy rock the Harvey family

It is 1931 and Emilia and Alec’s marriage is under strain. Prone to melancholy, and injured in a storm, Alec’s misery draws him to seek solace with his brother’s new wife.

But when Perry Bosweld, a disabled army surgeon, re-enters Emilia’s life, she finds that she is still attracted to him. Emilia’s first duty is to her husband and to the farm, and she will not allow herself to swerve from this path…

The third captivating instalment of the Harvey Family Saga, From a Distance is a perfect read for fans of Anne Baker, Maggie Hope or Daisy Styles.

Never Just a Memory

by Gloria Cook

Published 24 June 2005

Tragedy and passion threaten to overwhelm the Harvey Family once again

1944: War lashes the Harvey family. Emilia, now happily married to Perry Bosweld and expecting his child, worries about her son Will in the RAF, while Ben Harvey is horrified when he's suddenly faced with the daughter he’d turned his back on.

When Emilia and Ben hurl painful truths at each other, Ben takes it badly, and disappears as a Special Operative Executive behind enemy lines in France. As the war puts lives in danger, secrets from the past continue to overwhelm the Harveys.

But, as ever, new arrivals to Cornwall and fresh passions act as unpredictable catalysts in the family's chemistry…

Never Just a Memory is the fourth novel in the engrossing Harvey Family Saga series, and is perfect for fans of Ellie Dean, Rosie Archer or Nancy Revell.

A Stranger Light

by Gloria Cook

Published 2 May 2006

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Faye Harvey struggles against the stigma of being a single mother. Then Mark Fuller, badly ravaged by his POW experiences in the Far East, arrives in Cornwall to see the three children under the guardianship of Faye and her uncle Tristan. Mark, about to enter an amicable divorce, still needs nursing. Faye is drawn to him - but then the father of her son, a Scottish laird, turns up, offering marriage now his wife is dead. Faye is torn, but her main concern has to be what is best for her son. Meanwhile, Tristan falls for the new housekeeper Susan Dowling, but their age difference and her distrust of men seem to make love impossible. And over at Ford Farm, Faye's cousin Lottie Harmon, waiting for her former GI husband to come from America, beings to fear she may not want a new life with him after all...

A Whisper of Life

by Gloria Cook

Published 8 November 2006

Can love heal the wounds of war?

It is 1948, and the village of Hennaford is struggling to recover from the war - the Harvey family along with it.

Johnny Harvey is disillusioned; injured in the war and disturbed at the changing society; life seems to be passing him by. Jill Harvey, finally pregnant after four years of marriage, befriends sixteen-year-old Kate Viant, crippled with polio and abandoned by her family. Tess, left behind by society, might just prove her worth when something threatens the life of Jill's unborn child...

The stunning final book of the Harvey Family Sagas. Perfect for fans of Kitty Neale, Margaret Dickinson and Mary Gibson