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Deep down she knew she was only dreaming, knew that whatever feelings she cherished for him could never be fully returned. After all, he was the heir to the biggest clay works in all of Cornwall, and she was but the daughter of one of their workmen.
For just as an unexpected passion began to blossom between Morwen Tremayne and Ben Killigrew, the fates seemed determined to stifle its growth. A long, bitter struggle between owner and workforce brought...
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In 1940, the comparative calm of the Pengelly family is disrupted by the arrival of four evacuees from London. While Skye welcomes the new additions with open arms, the other family members have mixed reactions, with varying degrees of hostility.
Meanwhile, the war becomes inexorable from everyday life as, one by one, friends and family are reported missing or killed. Skye is forced to accept that their lives no longer seem to be charmed, and their...
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As she starts to piece together the past, Killigrew Clay begins to face new problems
Primmy Tremayne's daughter, Skye, has always been fascinated by her family's romantic and turbulent history. Travelling from her home in America to Cornwall, she is eager to meet the older generation, especially her grandmother Morwen. On her journey, she finds herself drawn to Philip Norwood, despite his entanglement to another woman.
Drawn into the world of her...
4) White Rivers
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When lawyer Nick Pengelly sees a bewitching portrait in old Albert Tremayne's Truro studio, he believes he has found his destiny.
Then, at his brother's wedding, Nick meets Skye Tremayne Norwood – married daughter of the woman in the portrait – and falls almost instantly in love.
Skye's marriage is failing and she feels powerfully drawn to Nick, but when she is widowed just after they spend a solitary night together she is consumed by guilt.
Torn...
5) Family Ties
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Financial woes and a handsome stranger shake up one woman's marriage in this heart-wrenching historical saga of love and family.
Ben was no longer the man that Morwen married. As financial troubles wrack the Killigrew household, the passion and strength of the man she loved so dearly seem to ebb away, leaving the clay works in an abject state.
Into this turbulent landscape arrives a dynamic stranger from America. With familial ties to the Killigrews,...
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As the world teeters on the brink of war again, change is in the air…
After graduating from finishing school, Celia and Wenna Pengelly go their separate ways – Celia to New Jersey to recover from a broken heart, and Wenna to London, where she discovers ambitions she never knew she had.
However, though worlds apart, both sisters are inexorably drawn towards Cornwall, to the family businesses of china, clay and pottery. And as the world teeters...
7) A Safe Haven
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Sussex, 1763: As young widow Sarah Huxley celebrates her 21st birthday at the family seat of her uncle, Lord Endor, the festivities are interrupted by an uninvited guest: the notorious pirate Black Robbie, along with his crew. By the time Robbie has collected his spoils from the partygoers, it becomes clear to Sarah that he is no common cutthroat, and she is irresistibly drawn towards him, just as he is towards her. So when Sarah discovers that her...
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At least they still have each other…
Imogen Caldwell and her sisters Daisy and Elsie are fighting to save their childhood home and stay in Bristol. After hard times, their father has sold the family business, and family is all they have left.
But then a terrible tragedy tears their lives apart and the Caldwell girls must forge their own futures. With home behind them, and the Second World War looming ahead, their lives begin to change more drastically...
9) Clay Country
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When Morwen Tremayne read her vows to Ben Killigrew, now master of the greatest clay works in Cornwall, she swore to stay by his side until death parted them. Had she known how closely she would have to hold to those words, she would still have sworn them a thousand times and with all her heart…
The Killigrew fortune was built on the sweet earth of Cornwall. But that which is born from the earth shall eventually return, and when crushing disaster...
10) Family Shadows
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Killigrew Clay has become the biggest china clayworks in Cornwall. But its fortunes are never stable, and threats to its future come from a ruthless clay boss, Harriet Pendragon, who sets her sights not only on Killigrew Clay, but on its owner, the handsome Randall Wainwright.
But she reckons without Morwen Wainwright, who has always fought for what was hers. As the matriarch of a large brood of children, Morwen must cope with this new threat, along...
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With hope dwindling, will she find her way again?
The three Caldwell sisters have split up. Imogen has joined the war effort, Elsie has married, and
Daisy is living away from home and missing her sisters.
Although she is busy making new friends and dancing with handsome young men, Daisy cannot avoid the horrors of the war. Working as a nurse and confronted with death daily, she finds herself wondering what the point of it all is.
As the chaos...
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They must band together to get through the toughest of times…
Imogen Caldwell is excelling in her role as an Auxiliary Territorial Service driver, trying her hardest to distract herself from worrying about her fiancé, James Church, who is off fighting in North Africa.
Meanwhile, the Bristol Blitz finally persuades sister Elsie to move her family to Yorkshire in an attempt to leave the war behind. But her husband's physical and emotional wounds...
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The war is drawing to a close, but life for the Caldwell sisters is far from peaceful…
Still waiting for her fiancé, James, to return from fighting in North Africa, Imogen focuses her attention on driving for the Auxiliary Territorial Service General. Between work and looking out for her sisters, she soon finds she has very little time left over to worry.
Meanwhile, Elsie continues to nurse her husband back to health, finally content with her...
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Will she finally get the life she always dreamed of?
Kate Sullivan is a simple country girl, living in Somerset with her parents, until she's left jilted on her wedding day. Suddenly, her life becomes far more complicated than she ever expected it to be.
Travelling alone in London on what would have been her honeymoon, all Kate wants is time to rest, recuperate, and to pick up the pieces of her life. But when a handsome stranger invites her to...
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Can things ever be the same again?
Louise, Ellen, and Angel Bannister have enjoyed the comforts of a wealthy upbringing, but yearn for something more exciting than their anticipated lots in life.
When The Great War rumbles through London, bringing with it social upheaval and unprecedented opportunity, the three sisters see their chance to shape their lives however they want to.
But challenges lie ahead, ones that will test their resolve and...
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