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  • Bibliography:
    36 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1981
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Full Series List in Order

The Cordwainers

1 - The Shoemaker's Daughter (Sep-1992)
2 - The Oyster Catchers (1993)
3 - Honey's Farm (Jun-2011)
4 - Arian (Jul-1995)
5 - Sea Mistress (Jul-1995)
6 - The Wild Seed (Jan-2000)

Book List in Order: 36 titles



    • / Historical Romance
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    Golden-haired Seranne first learned the joys of love from the roguish nobleman Fenn Cornwallis...until he abandoned her to his step dark brother Dervil. His touch brought new desires to life in hot-blooded Seranne, yet from jealousy he held her at ar...



  • "Copper Kingdom" is set at the turn of the century in the South Wales town of Sweyn's Eye - the old name for Swansea, where Iris Gower has lived all her life. The story centres around two families and one woman. The families clash through years of cl...



  • Mary Jenkins has every reason to be proud: from humble beginnings she has risen to become overseer in the Canal Street laundry. But when Bill Gray, her sweetheart is imprisoned for a murder he swears he didn't commit, her world becomes a frighten...



  • Rhian Gray left Sweyn's Eye to work in Yorkshire, where she became the mistress of Mansel Jack, an ambitious mill-owner. When she returns to her home town, she finds it torn apart by the Great War. Rhain must decide whether her future lies with Manse...



  • Set in South Wales at the turn of the century, Catherine Preece - young, courageous, lonely, and desperate for love - is trying to run a South Wales hill-farm single-handed, and to support the husband she never loved, now crippled and embittered afte...



  • The Loves of Catrin tells the story of Catrin Owen whose life began in the grim world of a Welsh copper town in the nineteenth century. Born and bred in the poverty-striken streets that sprawled round the smelting works, Catrin dreams of escaping fro...



  • The young and lovely Nerys Beynon is alone in the world when Siona Llewelyn, the ferry boat man and patriarch of a large but closely-knit clan, takes her in. Siona's long-suffering wife, Emily, the mother of seven sons and now with child, has wor...



  • On one side are the mine-owners, men like Sterling Richardson, his weak corrupt brother Rickie, and Luke Proud, a newcomer to the saga. On the other are the Murphy brothers, miners and rabble-rousers, the Llewellyns and Jim O'Connor, the charismatic ...



  • Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, this is the powerful beginning of The Cordwainers, a series from bestselling author Iris Gower.READERS ARE LOVING THE CORDWAINERS!"I loved this book from start to finish..." - 5 STARS."Seriously reco...






    • / General Fiction
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    Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Cathy Sharp, this is the moving second instalment of The Cordwainers series by bestselling author Iris Gower. READERS ARE LOVING THE CORDWAINERS!"I have really enjoyed reading this whole series...I would recommen...



  • Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, this is the powerful next instalment of the Cordwainers series from bestselling author Iris Gower.READERS ARE LOVING THE CORDWAINERS!"I have really enjoyed reading this whole series...I would recomme...



  • Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, this is the powerful fifth instalment of the Cordwainers series from bestselling author Iris Gower.READERS ARE LOVING THE CORDWAINERS!"I have really enjoyed reading this whole series...I would recomm...



  • Fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Kitty Neale will love this moving, emotional and riveting saga from the pen of bestselling author Iris Gower. READERS ARE LOVING DREAM CATCHER! "Captures the imagination" - 5 STARS"This was such a gripping story...



  •   She had nothing left to lose. Or so she thought . . . One woman’s tragic past melds into a future of danger and deception in this suspenseful novel.   Charlotte knew nothing of her parents except that they’d died when s...



  •   It was said in a prophecy that she would bring forth a King of England in this novel based on the life and loves of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII.   Margaret Beaufort was rich, beautiful, and just thirteen years of age when she d...



  • Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, this is the sensational final instalment of the Cordwainers series from bestselling author Iris Gower.READERS ARE LOVING THE CORDWAINERS!"I have really enjoyed reading this whole series...I would rec...



  • Fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Kitty Neale will love this captivating and heart-wrenching saga from the pen of bestselling author Iris Gower. READERS ARE LOVING DAUGHTERS OF REBECCA! "A real page turner" -- ***** Reader review"I couldn't put ...



  • When Kessie Danton travels to Norway to manage the Sonefjord Hotel she is shocked by the instant antipathy between herself and the owner's son. But is there a powerful attraction simmering?...



  • Jessie Price was young and beautiful, and happy to be travelling the drovers' roads on the way to London's Smithfield Market. Her ambition was to raise herself up from her lowly position as a milkmaid and to run her own dairy . For a while she was su...






  • Into the life of Gwenllyn Lyons comes a young man who has lost his memory. They fall in love but she fears that some day his past may come to haunt them, where another woman might be waiting for him and where she, Gwenllyn, will be the other woman....



  • A story of love and ambition among the folk of the Palace Theatre, a place of glamour and excitement to the people of Swansea, Wales at the turn of the twentieth century. The Palace will be the first story in a thrilling new series about the Palace T...



  • When love has to take second place to power, money and influence for the good of community, young Charlotte Mortimer has little option but to agree to a marriage proposal that looks more like a business arrangement.


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  • Two sisters. Only one can follow their heart.Swansea, 1941. When her home is bombed, Meryl Jones is evacuated to Carmarthen. Hating it there, she runs away.She is found by Michael, a half German farmer, and falls deeply in love with him â€" but he is...



  • The Second World War is over. Artist Riana Evans falls in love with a dilapidated mansion in Wales, despite its rumoured ghosts, and is delighted when its elderly, eccentric owner sells it to her for a pittance. The ‘ghosts’ prove good for busine...



  • Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, this is the emotional third instalment in The Cordwainers series by bestselling author Iris Gower.READERS ARE LOVING THE CORDWAINERS!"I have really enjoyed reading this whole series...I would recomme...



  • When her beloved father dies, Manon Jenkins is left homeless and alone. She longs for Caradoc Jones, son of a famous Welsh cattle drover and, in desperation, she accepts a job as chaperone to Caradoc's spoilt sister Georgina, and joins the drovers on...



    • / General Fiction
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    Flung from her native England and held captive in the sumptuous but barbaric Russian court, golden-haired beauty Seranne is desired by many men. She wants nothing more than the love of her estranged husband, Dervil Cornwallis, however. But the hand o...



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    • / Romance
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    The King is dead… her life is no longer under her control.King Henry V’s beautiful widow, Catherine, is determined to marry Owen Tudor, a Welsh gentleman-at-arms.But her life decisions are not her own, overshadowed as she is by more powerful men ...






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    Who is trustworthy? And who is worthy of her heart?When her grandmother dies, Catherine Llywellyn finds herself alone in the world. Her inheritance is a comfort, but her grandmother's will states she must go to the family home, Langland Hall, to live...



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    • / General Fiction
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    A gripping tale of deception and doubt from much-loved and bestselling author Iris Gower. A crime of passion that will have you hooked...Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING'Well written with a real twist to th...



    • / General Fiction
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    A sensational story of tragedy, riches, poverty and love from bestselling author Iris Gower. If you like Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, you will love this..! READERS ARE LOVING FIREBIRD!"Her characters come to life and feel as if they're [your] neigh...



    • / General Fiction
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    If you like Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Kitty Neale, you will love this atmospheric, mesmerising and heart-wrenching saga from the pen of bestselling author Iris Gower.READERS ARE LOVING KINGDOM'S DREAM!"Totally engrossed from the minute you start...



    • / General Fiction
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    If you like Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Kitty Neale, you will love this emotional and captivating saga, set amongst the romantic clay potteries of South Wales, from the pen of bestselling author Iris Gower.READERS ARE LOVING PARADISE PARK!"I loved...



    • / General Fiction
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    Let bestselling author Iris Gower sweep you away with this captivating and mesmerising saga. If you like Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Kitty Neale, you will love this!READERS ARE LOVING SWEET ROSIE! "The storyline and the characters make this book c...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Iris Gower has published 36 books.

Iris Gower does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Rowan Tree, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Iris Gower, Beloved Captive, was published in January 1981.

Yes. Iris Gower has 1 series.