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A brand new series from the bestselling author of A Christmas Promise. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn • For the ordinary people of Empire Street, life will never be the same again • Kitty Fisher has plenty on her plate to keep her busy. Since her mother died when she was just a child, she’s cooked, cleaned and scraped to make ends meet for her drunken father and her headstrong brothers • Rita Kennedy, living with her husband under the roof of his spiteful mother-in-law, is desperate for their own home. Perhaps that will help them get their marriage back on the rails again? • For the two women and others like them on Liverpool’s dockside and across the whole country, the threatening clouds of war will bring heartache and tragedy. It will take courage and the bonds of family and friends to help them see this through

The dramatic story of a young woman's war - full of heartache and triumph from the bestselling author of Christmas on the Mersey and London Belles Kitty has seen her fair share of tragedy and instead of thinking about romance, is determined to do her bit for King and country. Her life as a WREN means she is kept busy much of the time, but when Kitty finds herself stationed back home on Merseyside, she meets up again with Frank Feeny, the brave young officer who has always held a place in her heart. Britain is on the verge of victory, but will Kitty embrace the future and learn to love again?

The compelling new bestseller from the author of The Mersey Daughter and Winter on the Mersey • Alice Lake has arrived in London from Liverpool to start her training as a District Nurse, but her journey has been far from easy. Her parents think that she should settle down and get married, but she has already had her heart broken once and isn’t about to make the same mistake again • Alice and her best friend Edith are based in the East End but before they’ve even got their smart new uniforms on, war breaks out and Hitler’s bombs are raining down on London • Alice must learn to keep calm and carry on as she tends to London’s sick and injured, all the time facing her own heartache and misfortune while keeping up the Spirit of the Blitz…

An emotional portrayal of the lives of four women as Valentine's day approaches, in 1941 wartime London • 'Life brought enough problems and upsets for young hearts, especially young female hearts, without them having to carry the added burden of the war…' • Tilly is passionately in love with the dashing American journalist, Drew. But he is harbouring a secret that threatens their burgeoning love. At the same time, Dulcie's brother Rick walks back into her life, the man who she longed for all those years ago… • Agnes is comforted by the loving arms of her caring train driver fiance Ted. And Sally could not be happier with her talented surgeon boyfriend at her side, especially since he's risked his life to visit her at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve

Heartwarming and nostalgic fiction from the best selling author of The District Nurses of Victory Walk • It’s 1943 and the district nurses have two new recruits… • As the country ramps up for D-Day, the new nurses getting to know their patients on their patch in London’s East End • Lily is quite sure of herself and doesn’t believe she has anything new to learn. She’ll find out the hard way that anyone can be made a fool of when she meets a man who promises her everything • Ruby thinks that nursing might not be for her – is she as hopeless as she thinks, or will tough times bring out the best in her? • As the war takes on a new urgency, everything is at stake can the nurses do what is right for the country and for themselves?

The new heartwarming and nostalgic read in the bestselling wartime District Nurses series • For the district nurses of Victory Walk, there's been little time to bask in the triumph of D-day as London is facing a new threat – the buzz bombs. Everyone is terrified, never knowing where the next one will strike. Into this tense atmosphere, new nurse, Iris, must make her mark. She’s had more experience of nursing than many, but since arriving in East London from the countryside, she has struggled to fit in with the other staff • Meanwhile Alice is facing an agonising wait to hear if her boyfriend Joe has survived D-day – she can barely sleep for wondering if he ever received her letter in which she promised to wait for him? Others too are in limbo, not knowing if their loved ones have made it through

The East End of London has been devastated by the Blitz and the people are struggling to come to terms with their ravaged city. Rationing bites ever deeper and and everything that makes life better is in short supply. For the district nurses, the challenges are tougher than ever • Gladys loves her work in the Civil Nursing Reserve, but just when she needs to rely on her sister at home to help out with the chores, she turns into a handful of trouble. Edith is learning to cope with her boyfriend's injuries after Dunkirk but will she have to choose between her love for him and her career? • With no end in sight, the war reaches its darkest moment … Can the nurses – and the families and patients that rely on them – find the strength to carry on?

The three sisters of Victory Walk in East London will face heartache and tears on the home front • Rose, Clover and Daisy are the pretty blond sisters of the Harrison family, living with their parents and two brothers, and working in East London and the outbreak of WWII. Rose the eldest is a nurse working in Homerton Hospital, she despairs of her younger siblings and their occasional less sensible attitudes to life • Clover is the handful of the family and whenever there’s trouble she isn’t far away. At the first chance she gets, she volunteers for the Auxiliary Service, but things go far from smoothly. Daisy is the baby of the family, but she doesn’t want to be treated like a child anymore and is determined to grow up, whether her family like it or not

На дворе 1942 год. Энни Уокер – хозяйка таверны «Rovers Return» на улице Коронации • Пока её муж Джек сражается за страну и короля, Энни приходится совмещать материнство с поддержанием порядка в таверне • Грейси Эштон работает за стойкой бара и думает, что все девушки, падающие в обморок при виде американских солдат, просто сумасшедшие. Но когда она встречает красивого военного Чака Доусона, Грейси задается вопросом, всё ли в порядке с ней самой • И несмотря на то, что еду выдают только по карточкам, на улице постоянно воет сирена воздушной тревоги, а электричество постоянно отключают – жёны и матери с улицы Коронации не поддаются отчаянию. Правда в «Rovers Return» появляется нежеланный гость из прошлого. Похоже, что Энни он доставит больше хлопот, чем немецкие бомбы… • Наполненный знакомым юмором и теплом роман станет идеальным подарком на День матери

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER was banned on its publication in 1928, creating a storm of controversy. Lawrence tells the story of Constance Chatterley's marriage to Sir Clifford, an aristocratic and an intellectual who is paralyzed from the waist down after the First World War. Desperate for an heir and embarrassed by his inability to satisfy his wife, Clifford suggests that she have an affair. Constance, troubled by her husband's words, finds herself involved in a passionate relationship with their gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors. Lawrence's vitriolic denunciations of industrialism and class division come together in his vivid depiction of the profound emotional and physical connection between a couple otherwise divided by station and society