Beyond the Shining Water

('By turns wilful and enchanting, an enthralling new novel...)

'By turns wilful and enchanting, an enthralling new novel' - BOOKS BY MAIL 19th-century Liverpool: Lily Elliott is a little girl for whom nothing is too good. Petted and indulged by her adored Ma and Pa, she dreams of the day when she will be the captain of her Pa's ship - until the news comes that her Pa is dead. As her mother sinks into a dream world, and many debts surface, Lily's safe, happy world comes apart. Then two rescuers appear. One is Liam O'Connor, a poor seaman who selflessly befriends the unhappy little girl. The other is wealthy Joshua Crowther, in whose grand country mansion the desperate women finally find refuge. But Lily and her mother have placed themselves in terrible danger...

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Strand of Dreams

(The story of Molly O'Dowd from the cotton mills. Molly mu...)

The story of Molly O'Dowd from the cotton mills. Molly must make her own way in an unforgiving world, yet dares to reach for happiness in spite of everything.

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A Place Called Hope A PLACE CALLED HOPE By Howard, Audrey ( Author )Oct-01-2001 Paperback

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Painted Highway

(They are as different as two sisters can be. Vibrant and ...)

They are as different as two sisters can be. Vibrant and headstrong, Ally Pearce loves working on the Edith, her family's narrowboat, proving she's the equal of any man on the Leeds to Liverpool canal. Betsy, delicate, calculating and sensuously beautiful, wants only to become a 'lady' - and will use the most unladylike means to become one. When Dr Tom Hartley enters the sister's lives after a tragic accident both are attracted to him - but for very different reasons. Tom seems blind to Betsy's ruthlessness. Ally is devastated when her sister announces that they are to be married. Then Betsy disappears to pursue a better prospect and Tom and Ally realise it's their chance to put the past behind them and make a fresh start. But will it be with each other?

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Beyond the Shining Water

( Set in the teeming slums of 19th-century Liverpool, Aud...)

Set in the teeming slums of 19th-century Liverpool, Audrey Howard's enthralling new novel is a story of an innocent girl's journey from riches to rags—and to a new life beyond it all.

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Audrey Howard 4 Books Collection Pack Set RRP: £27.96 (Painted Highway, Angel Meadow, Whispers on the Water, A Place Called Hope)

(Title In This Collection:- Painted Highway Angel Meadow...)

Title In This Collection:- Painted Highway Angel Meadow Whispers on the Water A Place Called Hope Painted Highway The Pennine waterways are the setting for Audrey Howard's spellbinding story of one girl's struggle to make her way in the world. Whispers on the Water From the sinking of the TITANIC through the end of the WWI, Grace Tooley and her family face nearly unbearable heartache and loss. As brother after brother is killed, Grace falls in love with one man, marries another, and loses her own child. A Place Called Hope To Sir Robert Blenkinsopp, his frail, exquisite wife Amy is just another possession - to be used, misused or discarded like anything else at Newton Law, his grand estate on Northumberland's wild moore. The gamekeeper they call Duffy thinks he has never seen anything quite so brave as Amy Blenkinsopp as she faces up to her husband - and is overjoyed when the brute is found unconscious at the bottom of his own staircase, deprived of the power of speech and movement. Angel Meadow Nancy Brody is different from the rest of the folk in Angel Meadow, the appalling slum where her drunken mother Kitty was a prostitute ...Only nine years old, Nancy decides to save her sisters Mary and Rose from the workhouse. She gets work for them all at the Monarch Cotton Manufacturing Mill - and then sets out to better herself and her sisters. Saving every penny, working every waking hour, Nancy succeeds, becoming a manufacturer herself.

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As the Night Ends

(Driven by her idealism and courage, Alex Goodwin will mak...)

Driven by her idealism and courage, Alex Goodwin will make any sacrifice to win votes for women. Her despairing family, unable to rescue her from yet another dangerous prison sentence, is overjoyed when Patrick O'Leary comes into her life. A hard-working young surgeon, Patrick is as idealistic as Alex and loves her with all his heart. Then they are separated - first by a quarrel, then by the terrible war which engulfs their world, and finally, after a miraculous reunion, by a tragedy that seems to make it impossible for either of them ever to love again . . .

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Softly Grow the Poppies by Audrey Howard (8-Nov-2012) Paperback

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Distant Images

( As they dazzle all the men at Queen Victoria's jubilee ...)

As they dazzle all the men at Queen Victoria's jubilee ball, Beth and Milly Goodwin seem to be mirror images of one another—beautiful, graceful and rich. They can take their pick of any man in St. Helens, but the only man in the room either of them wants is the one who could destroy both their lives.

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Between Friends

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The Silence of Strangers

(Set in the 1840s in the Lancashire coalfields, this is th...)

Set in the 1840s in the Lancashire coalfields, this is the story of two women who love the same man. Heiress Nella Fielden sets her heart on Jonas Townley and marries him, but his heart belongs to Nella's protegee Leah, a lowly miner's daughter. Tragedy follows when Nella learns she has a rival.

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The Flight of Swallows

( Charlotte Drummond knows she has a duty to obey her fat...)

Charlotte Drummond knows she has a duty to obey her father. Girls, especially well-bred upper-class ones, are expected to be submissive to the men in their lives. But Charlotte's father is a cruel man, viciously beating her and her brothers for the slightest reason. He even wants to marry her off, at just sixteen years old; to a man she does not love. Lion-hearted Charlotte wants to defy him but to protect her brothers from his fury she agrees to become the wife of Brooke Armstrong. Only when tragedy strikes will she will be able to admit that she loved him from the moment they met. But will it be too late?

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The Flight of Swallows (By: Audrey Howard) published: December, 2009

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The Juniper Bush

(Christy is the only daughter of a wealthy businessman and...)

Christy is the only daughter of a wealthy businessman and is betrothed to the squire's son, but just weeks before the wedding, tragedy strikes her family and she is abandoned by her fiance. Heartbroken and confused she makes a hasty marriage but never forgets her true love. From the author of THE MORNING TIDE.

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A Place Called Hope

( To Sir Robert Blenkinsopp, his frail, exquisite wife Am...)

To Sir Robert Blenkinsopp, his frail, exquisite wife Amy is just another possession to be misused and discarded. Amy is overjoyed when the brute is found unconscious at the bottom of his own staircase, deprived of the power of speech and movement. With the help of the servants and a new companion, she makes the estate not only happier but richer as well. But Sir Robert Blenkinsopp is not dead. Imprisoned in the wreck of his body, his only companion a loathesome servant, he is plotting a vicious revenge on Amy, her children, and the man who has come to love her.

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Not a Bird Will Sing

(A new family saga set in the countryside around Liverpool...)

A new family saga set in the countryside around Liverpool in the 1870s in which a young girl is adopted by a farmer's wife, and later it is agreed that she should marry their son, who will inherit the farm, but after the marriage the young woman falls in love with another man, and heartache and tragedy ensue.

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(Distant Images) By (author) Audrey Howard published on (April, 2005)

(As they dazzle all the men at Queen Victoria's jubilee ba...)

As they dazzle all the men at Queen Victoria's jubilee ball, Beth and Milly Goodwin seem to be mirror images of one another: beautiful, graceful and rich, they can take their pick of any man in St Helens. Only those who know them best realize that Milly's dark brown eyes hide a wild, untamed wantonness, while Beth's silvery-grey ones betray her idealism and kindness. But the only man in the room either of them wants is the one who could destroy both their lives. Hugh, sixteenth Lord Thornley, is a rake who needs to marry an heiress to restore the fortune his father gambled away. Even a lowly daughter of a glass manufacturer will do - provided she is biddable and strong and willing to bear the son he needs. Beth, he decides, will make him the perfect wife. But it is Milly who traps him into a loveless marriage - and sets in motion a chain of events that could destroy everything they hold dear.

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Angel Meadow (Coronet Books)

( From the age of nine, Nancy Brody knew she wanted to sa...)

From the age of nine, Nancy Brody knew she wanted to save her sisters from the life of prostitution that plagued their mother. She finds them jobs and becomes a manufacturer herself, but there are many more obstacles the brave young girl must face before she can find true happiness.

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As the Night Ends (Hardback) - Common

(A saga of tragedy and true love set on the eve of World W...)

A saga of tragedy and true love set on the eve of World War I.

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Rivers of the Heart

( Beautiful and untameable, Kitty Hayes has only ever lov...)

Beautiful and untameable, Kitty Hayes has only ever loved one man. From the moment she met him, she believed with all her heart that her adopted brother Freddy would one day be her husband. When he chooses to marry her sister instead, it breaks her heart, and she enters into a loveless marriage. It is only when her selfishness leads to an unforgivable accident that she realizes what she has lost—and by then, it may be too late.

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Woman from Browhead: AND When Morning Comes

(Annie Abbott returns to Browhead, the beautiful, lonely h...)

Annie Abbott returns to Browhead, the beautiful, lonely hill farm above Bassenthwaite Lake, with only her pride and her baby daughter to sustain her. Her parents are dead, her old friends dare not be seen with an unmarried mother and the other farmers will not help a woman who presumes to buy sheep and raise crops without a husband at her side. Except for one man. Reed Macauley, son of the district's most prosperous landowner, knows that Annie is the only woman he will ever love. Secretly, he helps her any way he can. Secretly, because Reed has married another woman...

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Reflections from the Past

(Audrey Howard's new novel, set in Lancashire's glass work...)

Audrey Howard's new novel, set in Lancashire's glass works, is the bittersweet story of a girl torn between two powerful men. When Abby Murphy discovers she's heiress to one of St Helens' largest glass works, her whole life is turned upside down. Torn from her poverty-stricken family and forbidden to see her childhood sweetheart, Roddy Baxter, she is forced by her tyrannical grandfather to become a lady. Then Roddy disappears and soon, it seems inevitable that Abby will have to marry her grandfather's chosen successor, Noah Goodwin, and bear his children. Trapped in a marriage where she is little more than a possession, Abby is determined that no matter what else might change, nothing will stand in the way of her steadfast passion for Roddy. But is she prepared to give up everything she has now for a love from the past?

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Day Will Come: AND Beyond the Shining Water

(Daisy Brindle begins life as a 'field girl': t tramping t...)

Daisy Brindle begins life as a 'field girl': t tramping through Lancashire working at the hardest and most degrading labour. Her life is dominated by the pitiless gangmaster who treats the women and children under his control like slaves. Then one day Miles Thornley rides into her life. Daisy dares to dream of a better life. Soon, she has the chance to give herself to Miles. It is not until later that she understands that Miles is spoilt and arrogant, a dangerous enemy. Driven from the Thornley mansion to the streets of Liverpool, Daisy is rescued by a man of honesty and character, the sea captain Sam Lassiter. Relentlessly, Daisy plots her revenge on Miles Thornley. Until Sam Lassiter makes her choose between him and her obsession.

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When Morning Comes

(When Lucy Dean - eighteen, with no money - marries James ...)

When Lucy Dean - eighteen, with no money - marries James Buchanan - a man of thirty-four with a great fortune -it is anything but a happy match. For James is hopelessly in love with his wife while Lucy - too young, too serious and too determined to sacrifice happiness to duty - doesn't know what love means. Then the Great War comes, and Lucy's heart wakens, with truly shattering results for them both.

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Shining Threads (Coronet Books)

( This book continues the story of the family who dominat...)

This book continues the story of the family who dominated The Mallow Years. Set in the Lancashire hills at a time of war abroad and searing poverty at home, this is the story of a headstrong girl and the men who love her.

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Softly Grow the Poppies

(Rose Beechworth is mistress of a charming country house -...)

Rose Beechworth is mistress of a charming country house - her own, left to her by her wealthy father. In the summer of 1914, she is not even looking for love. Alice Weatherly turns Rose's world upside down. The loveable young heiress longs to kiss Captain Charlie Summers goodbye - she takes Rose to Liverpool's Lime Street station and into the heart of Charlie's brother Harry. Even though they are neighbours, they have never met, for Rose ignores the social round, while Harry's time is taken up desperately attempting to keep his father's ramshackle estate together. When he inherits Summer Place, a magnificent mansion with a proud history, he gladly lets it become a hospital for wounded soldiers. As the war takes its terrible toll and Charlie disappears into the fog of battle, Alice - the spoilt runaway heiress - becomes a heroine, while Rose finds herself running two great houses. It seems impossible that any of them can ever find happiness again. 'Her thousands of fans recognise the artistry of a true storyteller' Lancashire Life

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The Mallow Years (Coronet Books)

( This is the story of the love between a daughter of a m...)

This is the story of the love between a daughter of a mill-owner and a weaver. Their love develops and has to struggle for fulfilment through times of terrible distress, violence, and passion.

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Shadowed Hills

(Set high in the Pennines, where farmers and shepherds eke...)

Set high in the Pennines, where farmers and shepherds eke out a precarious living from the wild moorland, this is a passionate story of an untamed girl who brings heartache and tragedy to those she loves.

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Tomorrow"s Memories

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Sainsburys Angel Meadow

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A Time Like No Other

( Lally Fraser, widowed at 20, has at last found comfort ...)

Lally Fraser, widowed at 20, has at last found comfort with the dashing young woolen mill owner Roly Sinclair. But when Lally finds she is expecting Roly’s child, she turns to his dour brother Harry, who has always been secretly in love with her. Harry offers Lally his hand in marriage, and Roly is anything but pleased. Threatening scandal or worse, he sets out to destroy them both. When Harry is injured in a vicious attack, Lally must take charge of the mills to protect her children and the man she is growing to love from the onslaught of his own brother.

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Rose Alley

(Rose Alley is one of the city's worst slums - a place whe...)

Rose Alley is one of the city's worst slums - a place where hunger, filth and violence are a way of life. It's no place for proud Queenie Logan and her daughter Gillyflower. And it seems Queenie's dreams of escape will come true. Transformed by Miss Hunter's School for Girls, Gilly opens a successful dressmaking shop. And though she always thought she would marry the boy next door, soon she is courted by one of the richest young men in the city.But they have made a terrible enemy, who lurks in the Liverpool slums and seeks his chance to destroy them. And in the respectable new world they have joined someone else will prove even more dangerous to Gilly and those she loves.

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