Corsair The Maid's Courage Goodwin Rosie

Life is tough on the cobbled backstreet courtyards of Abbey Street, Warwickshire, in the 1840s: boys are destined for the pit and girls for the mill. Despite this, clever, feisty Maryann is happy there - until her mother dies. Her family collapses, leaving Maryann coping with everything, exhausted and lonely. Especially as Toby, the boy she is set on marrying, insists they wait • When things are at their bleakest, Maryann is offered a lifeline: a position as nanny to the daughter of the mill owner, Wesley Marshall. Though the house is filled with secrets and heartache, there is kindness, too, and to Maryann's surprise she grows close to Marshall. But their relationship has not gone unnoticed and it threatens to unleash a world of problems on them all

A desperate act to save her family . . . Dilly is devastated: with her husband unable to work and four children already at home, they cannot afford to feed their new-born baby. Heartbroken, she heads into the night to deliver her baby girl to the Farthing family at the big house. Having just lost their own daughter to measles, the Farthings adopt the baby and offer Dilly a lifeline: a job as a maid • This act of desperation will change the lives of both families irrevocably and the onset of WWI even more so. Sons are taken, love is declared, hearts are broken and terrible acts are committed. Through it all, Dilly does everything she can to preserve her family. But when the chance for true love finally comes, will she choose family over her own happiness? • A moving and uplifting story of family, loyalty and love, from much-loved author Rosie Goodwin

Hardworking widow Dilly Carey has struggled out of poverty to make a successful life for herself. Surrounded by her children and grandchildren, Dilly should be content, but she is still troubled by the one secret she must never share. Olivia, the daughter Dilly gave away at birth, cannot find out the real truth about her parentage • It's time for Dilly to make her peace with the choice that she was forced to make. As Dilly finds the strength and courage to visit her son's grave on the battlefields of the Great War, will she also find a way to a new happiness - and a new love?

Years ago Dilly made the devastating decision to give her baby daughter to wealthy local family, the Farthings. She is still living with the consequences of her choice when the daughter she gave away all those years ago turns up on Dilly's doorstep, with a baby girl in tow, begging for help. Olivia has a secret she only feels safe telling Dilly • Sworn to secrecy, Dilly agrees to help, delighted to be spending time with her new granddaughter and daughter. She can't tell Max Farthing, the man who took in Olivia all those years ago and who Dilly has feelings for. For Max has problems of his own: he's married to Camilla, who has lost leave of her senses. Could Dilly and Max ever come together? • Dilly's Lass is a wonderfully heartfelt portrayal of families beginning to rebuild after WW1, from much-loved author Rosie Goodwin

"Секрет Малленов" • К переизданию трилогии "Маллены" Рози Гудвин написала роман "Секрет Малленов" в стиле Кэтрин Куксон - заключительное продолжение одной из самых популярных серий Куксон • Каждое поколение семьи Маллен было омрачено несчастьем и трагедией, говорят, что они прокляты и это показывает драматическая белая прядь в их черных волосах. Ужасы Первой мировой войны наконец-то закончились, и, как и многие другие семьи, семья Малленов была опустошена потерями, ранами и воспоминаниями, которые почти слишком ужасны, чтобы их вынести. Но даже когда они пытаются восстановить свою жизнь после войны, тайны и ложь прошлых поколений всплывают на поверхность, вызывая разрушения иного рода • Язык издания: английский • To coincide with the re-publication of the Mallen trilogy, Rosie Goodwin has written The Mallen Secret in the style of Catherine Cookson - a final instalment to one of Cookson's most enduringly popular series

A powerful story of abuse, neglect and hope from this well-loved writer • When a mysterious fire kills her adoptive parents, Madeleine's worst fear comes true - she and her beloved brother Oliver are separated. Worse still, Maddie is blamed for starting the fire and, labelled a difficult child, she is sent to a children's home. Far from idyllic, and buried deep in the countryside, the home well conceals the misery of its young occupants. Subjected to a harsh regime of abuse and degradation, Maddie makes a brave attempt to escape. But her brief weeks of freedom are thwarted when she is caught and taken back to River House • Maddie clings to her determination to one day be reunited with Oli, and it is this which gives her the strength to endure what lies ahead

Louise Hart has endured a great deal of pain from her callous husband Paul, but one cold December night in 1959 she can take no more. She and her son Davey escape their Coventry high-rise flat and flee to Tanglewood, the dilapidated ivy-clad mansion where her mother Dolly runs an animal sanctuary. Miserable and frightened, Louise longs to turn her back on the past, and create a happy new life for Davey. But Paul is in trouble with men more dangerous than himself. Unable to pay his debts, he blackmails Louise and those who love her, keeping a shadowy presence in their lives. Even the arrival of Charlie Fox, a stranger who becomes a true friend, cannot guarantee that the future will be safe

As she grows up, Charlotte longs for freedom, but her captivating innocence leads her into trouble. Sent to Ireland to hide a shameful pregnancy, she discovers that once again her father has deceived her. She is forced into a convent's harsh and humiliating regime, where she must eventually give up the one thing that makes her life worthwhile • When Charlotte returns to England, older than her years, she chooses to forget the past. Becoming a London midwife, she longs only to help other women at this hardest and most joyful moment in their lives. But her deep compassion, and desire to prevent anyone else suffering the same horror she did, leads her into a darker and more dangerous place

"Песчаный танцор" - интересный роман Рози Гудвин из серии книг о Кэтрин Куксон • Несмотря на писательский успех, жизнь Мэйзи никогда не была легкой. Но с помощью Гамильтона, воображаемой лошади, которую она придумала, чтобы сбежать от суровой реальности, ее юмор и смелость помогают ей выжить. Теперь, когда Мэйзи замужем за Томми, надежды на счастье разбиваются вдребезги: он становится ревнивым и властным, угрожая даже ее отношениям с любимым приемным сыном Гарольдом • После трагического несчастного случая Мэйзи неохотно соглашается вернуться в свой родной город Феллберн, Тайнсайд, чтобы начать все сначала. Но поведение ее мужа становится все более непредсказуемым, и один из его новых сотрудников, странный мужчина по прозвищу Песчаный танцор, вселяет страх в ее сердце каждый раз, когда она встречает его

The year is 1506, and the streets of Lisbon are seething with fear and suspicion when Abraham Zarco is found dead, a naked girl at his side. Abraham was a renowned kabbalist, a practitioner of the arcane mysteries of the Jewish tradition at a time when the Jews of Portugal were forced to convert to Christianity. Berekiah, a talented young manuscript illuminator, investigates his uncle's murder, and discovers in the kabbalah clues that lead him into the labyrinth of secrets in which the Jews sought to hide from their persecutors • A challenging mystery and a powerful indictment of the evils of intolerance, The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon is an extraordinary and spellbinding historical thriller

A family pulled apart. A love silenced • For as long as Briony Valentine can remember she has been soft on Eddie, the boy next door. But their chance of romance is stifled when the Luftwaffe begin dropping bombs on the midlands. Eddie is called up to serve, as is Briony s father, tearing her world apart. As the telegrams arrive, all she can do is pray • Despite past disagreements, Briony s affluent grandparents open their doors to the three Valentine children, offering them the safety of Cornwall far from the bombs and far from the only world they ve ever known • Will the Valentine family ever unite, and will Briony ever see Eddie again? • A moving, compelling and wonderfully authentic portrait of family life amongst the perils of WWII, from a much-loved author

One dismal day in 1857, Maria Mundy arrives at Hatter's Hall, the local mental asylum, not as an inmate but as a worker. Here, she is ordered to care for Isabelle Montgomery, the daughter of an influential land-owner. But Isabelle is not insane. She, like many other young women confined within the walls, has been banished here by her family. Hatter's Hall serves to hide unmarried women, in the family way, from prying eyes • As the women s lives become entwined, they realise the dangers they face. But there is only one way out of Hatter's Hall. The women must escape and there is one man who can help, Isabelle s brother Joshua who can barely keep his eyes off Maria. Otherwise, there s every chance they might never leave