Windsor Selection S.
4 total works
Louise and Ben Hunter have a happy, loving marriage, marred only by their unfulfilled longing for a child. Working together on the family farm for Ben's father, Ronnie, they watch the seasons pass with joy, especially now Ben's lazy and lustful elder brother has left to set up his own business. But Ronnie's death brings Jacob home, sure he will profit from his family's grief - and hoping to find some way to steal Louise from his brother. When Jacob realises Ben will inherit the farm, he is furious, but determined to reverse his father's last wish. As his plot to seize Ben's livelihood takes shape, Jacob's selfish greed threatens to destroy everything the Hunters hold dear - their home and their family, their friends, their marriage and even their lives...
Unable to cope with raising his children alone, Robert Sullivan abandons them to others. However, he has a change of heart and decides to go back for them. But on the way there, he is involved in a horrific accident. Jack and Nancy are placed in the brutal regime of the Galloway Children's Home, where Jack's devotion to his sister and fiery temper land him in more trouble. The children find themselves at the mercy of the corrupt Clive Ennington, who splits them up and sells Nancy off to the highest bidder. Meanwhile Mary, Robert's only love, is forced to seek a new life for herself. She decides to marry Paul Marshall, the handsome owner of a seaside guesthouse but her chance of happiness is threatened by his embittered aunt. Robert recovers in hospital and is determined to find and reunite his family. But when he realises the terrible consequences of his actions, he begins to wonder if he will ever see Mary and the children again.
From the moment she sees the stranger, Nell is filled with a sense of fear. Even after he leaves, and despite her mother's reassurances, Nell suspects that their lives are about to change. A short time later, Nell's mother disappears, leaving Nell to care for her seven brothers and sisters.
The powerful new bestseller from Josephine Cox -- one of our foremost storytellers. It is 1902. Emily is sixteen years of age and blissfully in love with John, two years her senior. Together they are secretly planning a life, when they are violently driven apart. Denied the man she loves, and dominated by a brutally possessive uncle, Emily is devastated when she is cruelly taken advantage of. When a child is born, her life is in tatters. And she cannot reveal the identity of the father to anyone, or there will be a terrible price to pay. Trapped and ashamed, she seeks solace in her daughter, Cathleen, but there is little consolation. As time passes, and still there is no sign of the man she loved, Emily resigns herself to the fact that he may never return, and her life begins to take another direction. However, John is never far from her mind. Is her love still waiting for her?But when history threatens to repeat itself and the father of her child once again preys on her, she must put all thoughts of John aside and find a way to safeguard her daughter.