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After two years, Meg Fairfax has finally started to make a success
of herself. Her skills as a baker have made her enough to buy the
bakery she loves and she’s planning a wedding to her fiancé. But
Frankie hasn’t been entirely honest and both the bakery and
Meg’s happiness are threatened when she discovers the truth.
Meanwhile, Meg’s younger sister, Sarah, is attempting to build a
life for herself in London but soon realises it’s far from what
she expected. Finding herself alone on the city streets, she seeks
comfort in the arms of a young cockney named Sam Waites. With so
much to lose, will the sisters find the security and happiness they
seek? Â
Meg just wants her family to be together at Christmas. But her
mother's illness gets worse every day and her sister is off doing
god knows what. So when Meg loses her job in the bakery she doesn't
know how they'll cope. Luckily, she knows Frank, the owner of a
local patisserie, who offers her a job. But Meg isn't suited for
fancy cake and frills. All she wants is to feed her family and make
them proud but, as winter takes hold, it feels like everything is
stacked against her. Can she make a success of herself before
Christmas?
Meg just wants to keep her family together. Her mother is
desperately ill and her sister is still in school so it is up to
her to support them. All Meg knows to do is bake and desperation
leads her to Ted Lund, the miserly owner of a local bakery. In a
moment of uncharacteristic kindness, he takes pity on Meg and
offers her a job. But Ted's charity ends there. He'll save money at
any costs, cutting corners by using sawdust in his bread, ignoring
vermin in his flour, and paying Meg a pittance. But despite her
mistreatment, Meg can see what the bakery might yet be. Using her
baking skills, can she turn the shop around?
After two years, Meg Fairfax has finally started to make a success
of herself. Her skills as a baker have made her enough to buy the
bakery she loves and she's planning a wedding to her fiance. But
Frankie hasn't been entirely honest and both the bakery and Meg's
happiness are threatened when she discovers the truth. Meanwhile,
Meg's younger sister, Sarah, is attempting to build a life for
herself in London but soon realises it's far from what she
expected. Finding herself alone on the city streets, she seeks
comfort in the arms of a young cockney named Sam Waites. With so
much to lose, will the sisters find the security and happiness they
seek?
Meg just wants to keep her family together. Her mother is
desperately ill and her sister is still in school so it is up to
her to support them. All Meg knows to do is bake and desperation
leads her to Ted Lund, the miserly owner of a local bakery. In a
moment of uncharacteristic kindness, he takes pity on Meg and
offers her a job. But Ted's charity ends there. He'll save money at
any costs, cutting corners by using sawdust in his bread, ignoring
vermin in his flour, and paying Meg a pittance. But despite her
mistreatment, Meg can see what the bakery might yet be. Using her
baking skills, can she turn the shop around?
Can she escape her past? After being orphaned as a child, Mary is
taken in by her mother's friend Nell and raised as her own. But
when Nell dies her step-father takes too much of an interest in
Mary and she is forced to leave home, landing a job as a bar maid.
Only Whitelocks is no spit and sawdust pub but a new gin palace in
the centre of Leeds. Mary thinks she's landed on her feet. More so
when she catches the eye of William Winn, the charming owner of a
glamorous new hotel. But Mary is the daughter of a music hall
singer and the adopted child of a prostitute. Will she ever be good
enough for a man like William?
From rags to riches? Eliza Wild has come a long way from her hungry
childhood days in a rented miner's cottage on Pit Lane on the
outskirts of Leeds. Her sewing skills have enabled her to go into
business with a wealthy patron and to give her young niece,
Victoria, a better life than she and her sister, Mary-Anne, ever
dreamed of. There's also Eliza's sweetheart, Tom, who is determined
to marry her but having worked so hard to get to where she is, will
Eliza take a chance on love when it means she might lose everything
she has ever worked for?
Can she find somewhere to call home? Victoria Wild is only four
years old but already knows about heartbreak, having been abandoned
by her unwed mother when she was only a baby. Luckily her Aunt
Eliza was there to take her in but times are still hard on Pit Lane
and while Eliza does her best to make sure there is always food on
the table, Victoria bears the stigma of her illegitimacy. Her aunt
also fears the day when Victoria will start to ask about her
father... But even when Eliza is offered a chance to make a better
life for herself and her niece, there are sacrifices to be made.
And more trouble is around the corner - in the form of Victoria's
mother, Mary-Anne Wild, who is finally coming home not to be a
proper mother to her daughter but to exact her revenge on the man
who ruined her life... A gritty, heart-warming saga perfect for
fans of Dilly Court and Maggie Hope
Can two young, coal-miner's daughters survive on their own? When
their mother tragically dies, Mary-Anne and Eliza are left under
the care of their drunken step-father. Unable to rely on him, they
are determined to stick together. But things are complicated when
Mary-Anne, the eldest, falls pregnant with the child of a married
mine-owner. Scared and unsure what to do, the sisters try to hide
Mary-Anne's pregnancy. But such things cannot stay secret for
long... *Don't miss the next book in the series, The Child Left
Behind, available to pre-order*
Will she give in to temptation? When 18-year-old Eve runs away from
her small village to start a new life in the city, she quickly
discovers that Leeds is not everything she expected it to be.
Wandering the cold streets in search of shelter, timid Eve can only
find work as a barmaid at the Bluebell Inn - a place her strict
parents would never approve of. Serving ale and cheap gin to the
rowdy crowd, Eve eventually catches the eye of dashing Sergeant
Joseph Oates - but his intentions are not honourable and he will
leave her with more than just a broken heart... A gritty and
heart-breaking saga set in Leeds from the author of The Girl from
Pit Lane.
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