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From the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse comes a moving story of family, adoption and identity • Losing her adopted mother threatens all she's ever had • Daisy was adopted. But when her mother dies, she finds her secure existence thrown into turmoil by the discovery of a scrapbook • Inside it is information about her real mother • However, when Daisy drops everything to go in search of her roots, she uncovers a harrowing story of greed, misery and corruption. She also risks hurting her adored Dad, the only true family she has left • Can she cope with the truth about her real parents? • And more importantly, who is the real Daisy?

Lose yourself in this powerful historical novel based on a real life tragedy from the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse • For one girl, betrayal goes hand in hand with trust • When their father tragically kills their mother, Dulcie and her sister are sent to an orphanage. Told that a 'better life' awaits them in another country, they are shipped off to Australia • But the promises made turn out to be lies • And it seems to Dulcie that everyone who ever said 'trust me' somehow betrayed that trust. So when she finds a kindred spirit in Ross, another orphanage survivor, hope swells in her heart • But can she ever get over the past betrayals and learn to trust again? • And can she fight not only for herself, but also for her sister?

Discover the moving novel based on a true story about a woman triumphing against overwhelming odds, from the international bestseller Lesley Pearse • She made one mistake, and now she'll never see home again • Mary, a Cornish mariner's daughter, makes the biggest mistake of her short life when she steals a silk hat. Convicted and sentenced to be transported to Australia, she endures horrific conditions aboard ship before landing in a brutal and barbaric country • It will take all her courage just to survive • But Mary is also determined to make something of herself in this rugged man's world • And she dreams that one day she will find a way of crossing the cruel seas that lie between her and home

On the outbreak of war, Belle Reilly's husband Jimmy enlists and heads for the deadly trenches of northern France. Volunteering to help battlefield wounded, Belle is posted to France as a Red Cross ambulance driver. There, a tragic accident brings her face to face with Etienne - a man from her past she's never quite forgotten

From the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse comes the compelling tale of one girl caught in a family mystery, a struggle against cruelty and a quest for love • Without her mother she is alone in the world • 1930 • Twelve-year-old Adele is placed in a bleak, cruel children's home after a family tragedy drives her mother to madness. But when trust is betrayed Adele has no choice but to run away • Alone and friendless, she heads for Sussex, to seek out the grandmother she has never known. However, the journey, without food or shelter, leaves her desperately ill • Surrounded by the beautiful Rye Marshes, Adele is finally nursed back to health • Can she now dream of a new life? • And what will happen when her mother reappears, bearing shocking family secrets?

From the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse comes the compulsive page-turner about a girl searching for the truth, which may be a little too close to home • Her family is threatened and only she can save it • When sixteen-year-old Charlie witnesses a brutal attack on her mother by two strangers she is shocked and terrified • But after talking to the police, she realises that her father's business dealings can't be so innocent • With her father away, it is left to Charlie to protect her mother. And somehow she must find out who wants to hurt her family - and why - without losing faith in her beloved parents • Can she unravel the mysteries of the past that haunt her family? • Or will the truth wreck everything she loves?

Rosie is a compelling novel by the bestselling author Lesley Pearse • Her brutal, violent family will be the death of her • Without a mother, Rosie is at the mercy of her father and thuggish brothers. Then one day a friend comes to the farm in the form of cockney housekeeper Heather Farley • But soon enough Heather vanishes, abandoning Rosie to her fate. Only when Thomas Farley comes to find his sister several years later, does Rosie learn the terrible truth about Heather - and her family • Running away from home, she finds herself pursued by the man who brought ruin on her family. Is he out to get her too? Or could he have some other reason for chasing her? • Lesley Pearse, author of the UK and international best-sellers Stolen and Belle, tells a captivating and powerful story of family and secrets in her compelling novel Rosie

One good deed takes her into another world • Sixteen-year-old Matilda is a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saves the life of Tabitha, a minister's daughter. Welcomed into Tabitha's family, Matilda is offered the chance of a lifetime • She leaves behind London's slums and enters the darkest corners of New York. Traveling across the vast plains to the Wild West, she finds herself in San Francisco, a city in the grip of the gold rush • Streetwise and strong-willed, Matilda forges a new life for herself and Tabitha among pioneers like Captain James Russell - a man to whom she is deeply attracted • Yet a civil war will soon rip apart this new nation • Can Matilda and those she loves brave separation and carry on, never looking back?

A woman washes up on a Sussex beach, barely alive • She's wearing an old-fashioned dress and her hair has been hacked off • There are signs she has been bound by her wrists and ankles • She doesn't know how she ended up there, or even her own name • The police are baffled and when the doctors examine her, they make a shocking discovery: She has recently given birth • Who is she? • And where is her baby?

Uncover a web of thrilling secrets and injustices in this gripping novel from international bestselling author Lesley Pearse • She was convicted of killing her best friend • Scotland, 1995 • Laura Brannigan has been put away for murder • She insists that she didn't kill Jackie. But her search for true justice seems futile. Then she receives a letter that takes her back to her youth and the memory of an old love, Stuart • Twenty years ago was a heady time for Laura: she'd escaped an abusive home, and together with Jackie they had made a fresh start. They had sworn to be sisters forever • What could have possibly gone so wrong? • And why is Stuart writing to her now? • Does he believe Laura's innocence and can he help free her from prison . . . and her past?

Be whisked away in the moving story of a girl travelling far and wide for a better life, from the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse • Tragedy sent her on a journey far from home • Fifteen-year-old Beth's life is shattered when she and her brother Sam are orphaned • Believing that only in America can they make a fresh start, brother and sister leave Liverpool and embark on the greatest adventure of their lives • In New York, Beth's talent with the fiddle earns her the friendship of gamblers, chancers and other rogues. Dodging trouble across America, Beth and her friends head for the Klondike river in search of gold • But how far must Beth go to find happiness? • And will her travels lead this gypsy to a place she can ever call home?

Discover this thrilling exploration of love, life and morality from the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse • She defied her parents and married for love • Following her heart, Fifi moves with Dan to London where they rent a seedy flat in Dale Street, Kennington • Though Fifi must now become acquainted with squalor, she is soon drawn into the goings on behind the shabby front doors of her new neighbours • But it is the Muckles, at number 11, who are the street's focus. Rumours of criminal depravity and shocking behaviour are rife • So when Fifi steps in to help their youngest child, she risks the wrath of this frightening family • Suddenly, not only her marriage and her family, but the lives of all the inhabitants of Dale Street are at the mercy of the immoral Muckles