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A wartime nurse brings hope in the dark in the brand new heartwarming and gripping historical novel from beloved bestseller Diney Costeloe.They knew each other as mistress and maid. Lucy, daughter of the house. Mabel the reluctant maid, who had to put her own ambitions aside when her family fell on hard times.By the time World War I breaks out, their paths have gone separate ways. Lucy has married. Mabel has inherited a printing business from an old friend who always grieved to see her enter domestic service.But war is set to change their lives once again. Women will be asked to do the work of the men called up to fight. Class divides will break down and a whole generation of young people from every walk of life will find themselves in turmoil.Love won, love lost, hopes raised, then dashed, families torn apart as fathers, sons and brothers fall in battle. But through it all shines the indomitable will of women who will not take no for an answer, women who vow to rebuild from the ruins one day - and snatch victory from defeat.Praise for Diney Costeloe:'Truly captivating.' Woman & Home'Diney Costeloe delivers an inspiring, heart-rending read with a wonderfully strong female protagonist.' Woman's Own'A treat from the very first page. I could not put it down!' Historical Novel Society'Historical fiction heaven... Anyone who feels that women's hist fict is a simplified genre sub-set would definitely need a rethink after this.' The Bookbag

London, 1912. It is two years before WWI and the conflict which will change the role of women forever. But for now, young Mabel Oakley is caught between her own dreams of becoming a teacher and what is conventionally expected of a girl from her class and background. If only there were some way out...

The story of one baby boy, forgotten by his family after an air raid in WW2 Plymouth, who then disappears. Based on a true story.

As the St Clair family prepare for the grand wedding of their daughter, Clarice, trouble is brewing in the shape of an old friendship, a dangerous secret and new love threatened by unexpected events. Set in 19th-century France.

As the St Clair family prepare for the grand wedding of their daughter, Clarice, trouble is brewing in the shape of an old friendship, a dangerous secret and new love threatened by unexpected events. Set in 19th-century France.

A lost child, a family divided, the bitter backdrop of war - set in 19th-century France.

A gritty and heartrending drama set in 19th-century Cornwall. Orphan Sophie and her friend Hannah are welcomed into the Kilpatrick family but tensions rise and family secrets are revealed.

The gripping sequel to Diney Costeloe's bestselling drama, The Girl With No Name. The war is over, but trouble is brewing...

When one of the houses in an exclusive cul-de-sac is sold to students, dramas begin to unfold and secrets long hidden come to the surface.

A story of a young girl who escapes from Nazi Germany to England on the Kindertransport.

A woman's struggle to defend her family and escape Nazi persecution in World War Two Germany.

The story of two sisters sent first to an English, then an Australian orphanage in the aftermath of World War 2.

A young woman's fight to save a treasured war memorial uncovers a tragic story that reverberates from World War I to the present day.