Jeanne Whitmee

• 1979
• / General Fiction
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Brought up by foster-parents in a London dockside inn, 16-year-old Polly Harris has always had two burning ambitions: to sing in the music halls and to discover the identity of her real mother. Against a background of London in the 1880s we follow Po...

• Feb-1997
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Children of single parents in post-war London, Cathy and Ros find the transition into adulthood difficult. Cathy marries her godfather but feels lonelier than ever while Ros finds her career threatened by a theatrical mother. But through a joint busi...

• Jan-1998
• / General Fiction
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Abandoned by her parents, mixed-race baby Fleur is brought up by her grandparents in the East End. When they die, she is alone again at the age of 19, with nothing but her mother's last address on a scrap of paper. Starting her new life will bring he...

• Jul-2000
• / Mystery
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When young, beautiful orphan Kathleen Reardon arrives in Boston from Ireland, she is ready to begin her new life as a scullery maid. Her stepbrother and true love, Patrick, is the new "tiger" in the stables, and so far has managed to keep his natural...

• Jan-2001
• / Suspense
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Imogen takes on a new identity after being injured in a London terrorist bombing. Unbeknown to her, her new identity is that of a female criminal and her erstwhile cronies, thinking Imogen is for real, want their fortune in jewels back...

• Apr-2002
• / General Fiction
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ORANGES AND LEMONS - Evacuated from the turmoil of war-torn London, young Shirley Rayner finds herself billeted at the home of Tony and Leonie Darrent, stars of the West End stage and screen - a far cry from her humble background as the illegitimate ...

• May-2004
• / General Fiction
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• Oct-2004
• / Contemporary Romance
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After her doctor father's death in the Great War, Abigail Banks, a photographer, returns to her childhood home of Eastmere. There, Abby is reunited with her childhood friend Sophie and welcomed back by the poor Johnson family, who have never forgotte...

• Dec-2006
• / Contemporary Romance
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• Oct-2008
• / General Fiction
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Artistically talented Danielle is resentful when her mother cannot afford to send her to art school. When Danny discovers that her mother gave birth to her as a surrogate child for a wealthy couple but then could not part with her, she decides to go ...

• Apr-2009
• / Romance
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Hazel, Lillian & Ruby might never have become friends if it hadn't been for the war. Hazel is a young teacher with a guilty secret; Lillian, sole carer to her domineering invalid mother & Ruby, an evacuee waif from the East End of London, abandoned b...

• Jun-2009
• / Romance
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Kathleen Brady is evacuated during World War II and separated from her two stepbrothers and mother. She lives on Magpie Farm with the Spicer family and falls in loves with the enchanting Chris. However, Kathleen is embarrassed about her background a...

• Jun-2012
• / General Fiction
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Three strangers share the lottery jackpot. Each has her own very different idea of how she will spend the money. Anna wants to buy the business she has worked in since leaving school; Sharon dreams of gaining the courage and independence to leave her...

• Feb-2013
• / Romance
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For Elaine, her first love was all consuming, but when Chris, the love of her life, inherited a large sum of money everything changed. With the help of her friend, Mary, Elaine slowly began to forge a new life and fell in love again, with Ian. When a...

• May-2013
• / General Fiction
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Frances, Sophie and Katie meet again at a school reunion and discover hoe their lives have changed. Each builds an idealized picture of her life, but soon each of them discovers that her friends' wonderful lives are far from perfect....

• Oct-2014
• / Contemporary Romance
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The outbreak of war brings mixed feelings for Judy Truman, and it is a relief to get away from the East End and her disastrous marriage. With her two small daughters, she is evacuated to a Norfolk seaside town. Life becomes relaxed, the children flou...

• Aug-2015
• / General Fiction
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The Davies family is as dysfunctional as they come. When Frank marries a younger woman, Susan, his 10-year-old daughter Louise feels pushed out, and even more so when baby Karen arrives. Neither her father's outrageous spoiling of her, nor the drama ...

• / General Fiction
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'This servant's life is not for you. You were born to please men, not to wash floors.' Hurt and betrayed, fifteen year-old Bryony Luscombe hears those harsh words and knows instinctively that her love for Paul Blythe, Heir to Bashfield hall, is wort...

• / General Fiction
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When revolution breaks out in France, Abigail Labeque is forced to stay with her mother's uncle in Dorset, England, but ends up involved in a mysterious plot, and caught between her love for adventurer Roget and her betrothal to a man she despises....

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• / General Fiction
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Working on an assignment with the abrasive and chauvinistic photographer Corin O'Rourke, Cara Dean finds herself falling in love with him, but when a misunderstanding occurs that sends him out of her life, Cara fights to get him back...

• / General Fiction
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The end of the war brings unwelcome changes for Mary Snow. Her husband, Paul, announces his intention of returning to his acting career - but without the encumbrances of a wife and child. Returning to her home town with her daughter, Mary finds picki...