For twenty years, Anna Bouverie has been the dutiful wife of a village rector, scraping by on his pitiful salary, making cakes for the church bake sales, ironing her husband's surplices, and clothing herself and her children in hand-me-downs. But when an expected promotion to archdeacon falls through, her husband retreats into bitterness. Faced with isolation, the lost hope of a better life, and the bullying of her daughter at school, Anna finally...

Gina and Laurence had been the best of friends since childhood--but never in love. When they were grown they married others, but when Gina's husband moves out she runs to Laurence for comfort and finds the kind of love that will send both of their marriages to the brink of betrayal.

Six women from diverse backgrounds form a strong friendship through their Friday night get togethers, until one of them meets a man who changes the group's dynamics.

Lila Cunningham and her father, faced with financial ruin, accept the offer of a house in Malta, where Lila attracts the attention of three very different young men; and when Hitler begins his bombing attacks on the island, she learns the power of true love to overcome fear.

Age difference causes discontent in two separate relationships in England.

Rachel's insistence on remaining the focal point in the lives of her three grown sons begins to have a detrimental effect on their lives and marriages.

In A Second Legacy, Trollope follows two generations of remarkable women. Deserted by her husband, Alexia Langly and her infant daughter move to her crumbling ancestral home in Scotland. Carving out a new life for herself, the young woman will find the strength to realize a dream. Two decades later, her daughter sets out to complete the legacy. A dual narration captures both women's spirits.