Download or read book Bitter Seed written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isabel Kenton is left to run the family business when her father dies on the eve of the Great War and her twin brother enlists in the Flying Corps. A clairvoyant tells Isabel that 'yours will be a different war' and so it proves to be as she faces hostility from the male-dominated steel industry, making both fearsome enemies and loyal friends. Owen Farr is the charming solicitor who befriends Isabel, but is he all that he seems? Hewett Calcott is an industrialist from a neighbouring town. He helps Isabel when others turn against her, but he also has his secrets. James Hawley is the handsome foundry worker injured in battle, who becomes a loyal friend. World War I devastates lives, but it also empowers women more than ever. Not everyone is happy about this. Isabel faces danger and adversity from all sides, so can she prevail and solve the mystery of her origins?

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Download or read book Child of Sin written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lizzie Burton is an orphan of mysterious origins. She has been a housemaid at Portland House for as long as she can remember. Deborah Hammond is also an orphan from the workhouse and, like Lizzie, has been in service since childhood. All the girls have is each other so when Lizzie gets pregnant and is dismissed, Deborah goes with her. Sadie Trent is the kindly seamstress who takes them in and finds them work with the exclusive dressmaker she works for. However there is more to the dressmaker's business than meets the eye and as the tragedy of Lizzie's life unfolds Deborah finds herself drawn into a dangerous underworld. Can there ever be a happy ending for a child of sin?

Download or read book Sixpenny Girl written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saran Chandler is a locksmith's daughter but following her father's death, her happy family is torn apart and she is left to fend for herself. Luke Hipton is a workhouse orphan with a murky past who is wise beyond his years and becomes her loyal friend and companion. After the death of her father, Saran Chandler stands helplessly by as her mother and sister are sold by the vile Enoch Jacobs. But when Enoch drowns, Saran swears that she will not rest until she has secured her family's release. Penniless and alone, she barely knows where to start until she teams up with workhouse orphan Luke. Together they try to survive in the harsh environment of the industrial Midlands but before long they make both dangerous enemies who prey upon the vulnerable. Will they ever find Saran's family and their happily ever after?

Download or read book A Sister s Tears written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emma Lawrence endures harsh treatment at the hands of her aunt and uncle, the Gilmores, for the sake of her sister, Rachel. But after Rachel is brutally raped and strangled, Emma must escape to save her own life. She befriends Timothy and Lily Elsmore, two resourceful orphans who quickly become as close as family. But she will never be safe while her evil uncle, Fenton Gilmore, remains intent on his plan to own a brothel, with Emma vital to his ambitions. Can Emma battle hardship and tragedy to get her hard-won happily ever after? Or will her uncle succeed in depriving Emma of more than just her inheritance...

Download or read book A Promise Given written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel Cade is a miner's daughter on the run from a crime she did not commit. Jared Lytton is the hot tempered but well-meaning mine owner who cannot stop thinking about her. Stunned by her stepmother's accusation that she killed her beloved little brother, Rachel is even more shocked to be sent to the workhouse to await trial. There, Rachel is in despair, but just as she is about to give up hope, Jared steps in to rescue her. Running from her past, Rachel tries to move on, but her enemies have a habit of catching up with her. Fighting just to stay alive, with every meal hard earned, she is caught in a promise her pride will not allow her to renege on. Will she ever find peace, happiness and a love of her own?

Download or read book A Love Forbidden written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miriam Bryce has never known her mother's love. And when she finds herself pregnant and deserted by her lover Saul, her mother is quick to throw her out of her home. Injured in an accident she is saved by a rich businessman who takes her into service. But life has more dark moments in store for Miriam, and the one person she can trust and rely on, is the one person she's forbidden from falling in love with. Leah Bryce is the mother whose bitterness and cruelty blights the lives of her children. Ralph Bryce is a miner and Miriam's elder brother who has always been there for her. Saul Marsh is a ladies man whose cruel love threatens to destroy Miriam. Once Miriam's baby loses its life, a chain of events is set in motion, secrets are revealed and the past must finally be laid to rest.

Download or read book The Judas Touch written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2002-01-03 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Number One bestseller. When Tam's brother Benjie is wrongly accused of theft, and locked in a prison cell, his sister makes a solemn promise that she will not let the little lad down. But Fate makes her break her word almost immediately: Benjie is transported to Australia and Tam must embark upon an epic journey to find him. Friendless and penniless, she makes her way to Bristol, finding employment as a lady's maid on board the Porpoise, a ship bound for the colonies. The voyage is long and perilous and Tam's life is threatened by two depraved seamen; though First Mate James Allen offers her his protection, she cannot return his love. For Tamar's heart already belongs to another seafaring man - Captain Nathan Burford, who, like Tamar, haunts the seas looking for lost loved ones. Under the blazing Australian sun, Tam must endure hardship and cruelty, but she also encounters generosity and friendship from unexpected quarters on her quest. Will one poor girl right a terrible wrong and rescue her brother from the Judas Touch?

Download or read book Peppercorn Woman written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2002-06-06 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Throw it to the dogs! Do as I say or by Christ I'll do it myself and throw you in after it!' Tyler Cadell's cruel order spells heartbreak for his wife Garnet and their new-born baby. She flees to save herself, but cannot save her child and the memory of that tragic loss haunts her days. Taken in by a band of Black Country Romanies, Garnet is touched by the warmth and generosity of the gypsy people, even if not all of them offer her an equally charitable welcome. Although loved by their leader, Judah Kane, Garnet moves on once she has regained her strength and determines to take revenge on her husband. Meanwhile Tyler has assumed the role of grieving widower in order to ally his fortune with that of Lady Olivia Denton: the reappearance of his legal wife would be a major inconvenience. Indulging his voracious sexual appetite with the sensual gypsy girl, Marisa, Tyler learns of Garnet's whereabouts and determines to be rid of her once and for all.

Download or read book Heritage of Shame written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1914 and Europe is on the brink of war. Anne Corby flees Russia following the death of her parents, but as she is pregnant with an illegitimate child - the result a brutal rape - Anna returns to her home town of Darlaston, hoping to seek sanctuary with her Aunt Clara. She takes with her nothing but a mysterious amulet given to her by her rescuer to deliver to an old friend of her parents in the Black Country. But home is fraught with danger too. Anne's aunt Clara sees the girl's bastard as a threat to her ownership of Glebe Metalworks and she resolves to be rid of her niece by any means necessary, so she enlists her evil son Quenton to help her. Meanwhile, Laban and Unity Hurley who have a prestigious company of master saddle makers, take Anne in, teach her the art of leather working and help her to make a success of the iron foundry. And, as war clouds gather, Anne struggles to save her child and to survive her heritage of shame.

Download or read book Unholy Love written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2003-01-06 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Philippa Cranley is living a lie. Her tyrannical father Archer forces her to masquerade as a man in order to comply with the terms of her maternal grandfather's Will, and enable him to inherit the glassworks. By threatening her fragile mother with imprisonment in a mental institution, he forces Philippa to become Philip, wearing men's clothes and unable to reveal her identity to anyone. To increase her humiliation, Archer Cranley forces 'Philip' to do a stint in the glassworks, which puts her in danger from her rough co-workers as well as from the machinery itself. There the girl is befriended by Joshua Fairley, whose pity is aroused by the gentle 'lad'. But soon Joshua finds his feelings for 'Philip' are more than just pity, and is tormented by the thought that he is being tempted into a homosexual relationship. Luckily, by the end of the novel Philippa is able to reveal the truth and marry Joshua.

Download or read book Devil s Own Daughter written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A feature on Old Wives' Tales is not exactly the assignment to make Kate Mallory's pulse race. She fancies herself an investigative journalist and crime reporter and has the stories under her belt to prove it. But her research throws up a vital clue to the series of arson attacks and gruesome murders that is baffling the Darlaston police force. Teaming up once more with Richard Torrey, the enigmatic man whose tough exterior conceals his intuitive psychic powers, Kate gets on the trail of a story too good to miss. But it will lead her into a deadly encounter with a ruthless woman, a coven of Satanists - and Evil incarnate.

Download or read book Pauper s Child written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sanford family are dogged by misfortune. Callista Sanford's father was well educated but ended up working in a steel foundry, before mysteriously taking his own life. Callista is left struggling to support herself and her ailing mother. Regular employment eludes her, and her pride will not let her accept charity. Instead she is reluctantly betrothed to the boorish rent collector, Oswin Slade, who seeks to advance himself by defrauding and then blackmailing his employer, the sinister Mrs Derry. But she is more than a match for him, as he finds out to his cost. Everything starts to change for Callista when she meets kindly Daniel and Abigail Roberts, who have known tragedy too. They offer her employment and a home and, under their tuition, she discovers an artistic flair she didn't know she had. But a happy ending is not certain because an unseen enemy lurks in the shadows, determined to see the demise of the pauper's child.

Download or read book A Penny Dip written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of five sisters, Margaret Rose Astbury grew up in Wednesbury during the first half of the twentieth century. Despite the constant struggle to make ends meet, and the hardship and worry of wartime, life in the Black Country was not all doom and gloom. In the crowded terraced houses and teeming communal yards, there was love and laughter aplenty. Meg was no angel, and was often up to her armpits in mischief. But she knew she could rely on her sisters to stick up for her and her mom and dad were too soft-hearted to punish any of their beloved daughters. With all the humour and narrative skill that have made her novels bestsellers, Meg Hutchinson paints a loving portrait of family life in a more innocent age.

Download or read book For The Love Of A Sister written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2005-12-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How far will she go for the love of her sister? When Myra Brent's sister Eden visits her at Moorcroft House, instead of welcoming her, she gives Eden a stinging slap. Eden is devastated by her sister's cruel behaviour. Myra had always been devoted to the younger girl; what could have caused this change of heart? Myra is simply trying to prevent her beloved sister from catching the predatory eye of Ava Russell, the cruel mistress of Moorcroft House. But her action will have dire consequences. Believing herself abandoned, Eden sets off, penniless, to make her way in the world alone. Although she will enjoy the kindness of strangers, Eden's path will also cross that of vicious evildoers, bent only on drawing innocents into their web of depravity and corruption. And in the meantime, Myra makes the greatest sacrifice of all - for the love of her sister. ********* Praise for Meg Hutchinson: 'The mistress of simmering sagas' - Peterborough Evening Telegraph 'Hutchinson knows how to spin a good yarn. One for those cold nights curled up in front of the fire' - Birmingham Evening Mail 'Meg Hutchinson was the undisputed queen of the clogs and shawls saga' - Tarura Library

Download or read book Ties of Love written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2005-06-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Don't go, Amber, don't leave Denny an' me alone, I be feared of this house.' If only she had heeded her ten-year-old sister's words! But Amber Neale returns from India to the devastating news of Bethany's death and her brother's disappearance. The man she holds responsible is mine-owner Uriah Buckley, a powerful man in Darlaston, and Amber knows he will make her life a living hell if crossed. But loyalty to her siblings prevails, and she determines to seek out the truth. Amber's only ally is Rani, the gentle Indian girl who owes Amber her life. Together they create a line of floral face creams and cosmetics, and go on to found a successful beauty salon. But wealth and success do not fill the heart. Amber still aches with the loss of her beloved family, and demons from her life in India haunt her dreams. Meanwhile the vile Uriah Buckley waits in the wings, determined to despoil the innocent girl rather than see her uncover his vicious secret.

Download or read book The Deverell Woman written by Meg Hutchinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a legacy of hate ever be overcome... Maura Deverell lives with her ailing mother in the beautiful Irish hamlet of Clonmacnoise, where the locals still believe in ancient magic. Their cruel landlord Seamus Riordan threatens to throw the women out of their cottage unless Maura agrees to marry his young son, Liam Riordan. But before Maura can decide, she is brutally raped by Liam's brother Padraig, who is determined to use the beautiful Maura for his own pleasure. Ireland is locked in the grips of the potato famine, but Maura though weakened by hunger, still finds the strength to defy the Riordans. On her deathbed, Maura's mother makes her promise to leave Ireland for good, whilst cursing the Riordans with her powerful magic. Escaping to Birmingham, Maura tries to rebuild her life, but all the time she longs for home. Will it ever be safe for her to return to her beloved Ireland?