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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Where there's daring, there's danger ... Isabella Ashton has always been her father's favourite, but when she gets involved with the new Birth Control Movement, he is scandalised. A decade has elapsed since the end of the Great War and running a family planning clinic in Salford is challenging but rewarding work. Bella is grateful for the help of Violet Howarth , a generous-hearted woman who takes her in off the street. Before long, a friendship with...
2) Candy Kisses
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Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Chocolate can also be bitter ... It is a truth universally acknowledged that everyone dotes on Aunty Dot , as much as they do on her homemade sweets. The plump, smiling woman has provided a loving home for many a troubled child over the years, and Lizzie Pringle is no exception. Lizzie would do anything for her foster mother - even take on local sweet manufacturer and notorious bully, Cedric Finch . Until, that is, she falls for his son, Charlie ....
3) Ruby McBride
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Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Where there's a rulebook, there's a rebel ... Ruby McBride has always been on the wrong side of authority. The grand opening of the Manchester Ship Canal is set to be a day of unfettered festivity for Ruby and her younger sister and brother. Even Queen Victoria will be in attendance. But the glories of the ceremony fade into insignificance when their dying mother delivers them to the imposing oak doors of Ignatius House. Abandoned in the not-so-tender...
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Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"Where there's community, there's courage... Jess Delaney has always longed for independence. But when the Blitz reaches Manchester, she is locked in the cellar by her feckless mother, Lizzie. As bombs rain down from a sky turned blood red with flame, Jess waits for Lizzie to return. But fortunes are fickle, and soon Jess finds herself packed off to live with her tyrant Uncle Bernie, a bullying black marketeer. Though he treats her like a servant,...
Author
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Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Blood is thicker than water ... It's a rainy day on Champion Street as Harriet attends the funeral of her beloved father. But then her grandmother drops a bombshell on her out of nowhere and she can hardly take in the words for shock and grief. Joyce , the woman she has always called Mam, isn't really her mother. After all this time, it at least explains why Joyce always favoured Harriet's brother, Grant . Her emotions in turmoil, Harriet discovers...
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Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Flowers spill everyone's secrets ... Working on their busy flower stall in Champion Street Market, Lynda and her mother, Betty , have lots of opportunities to observe their customers and speculate about their lives. Sam regularly buys bouquets for his wife, Judy , so why does she always look so worn out and miserable? Then there's Leo , who comes every week for flowers for his mother, but has never bought so much as a rosebud for his elegant wife....
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Home is where you hang your hat ... When Patsy talks her way into a job on the Champion Street Market millinery stall, the Higginson sisters get more than they bargained for. Riddled with insecurities, Patsy's impudence wins her new enemies as well as friends and her determination to solve the riddle of her own past starts to unravel secrets Annie and Clara would much rather keep hidden. Meanwhile, Molly Poulson hasn't a care in the world until her...
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