Patsy of Paradise Place

It's a whole new way of life for Patsy Callaghan when her father stops going to sea because he realizes that her mother, Maeve, is neglecting her. When he is killed in an accident, Patsy keeps his haulage business going with the help of Billy Grant, the boy who worked with him. Maeve seduces Patsy's boyfriend and then when Patsy tells her that she is pregnant Maeve disowns her leaving her homeless. Only Billy remains loyal but then he is badly injured at work—will Patsy and her baby ever be part of a family again?

Harris, Rosie

Romance

Arrow

Abbie, neglected by her mother, vows that one day she will leave the Scotland Road slum. Although vibrant and attractive she has a constant need for reassurance. Will her feeling of insecurity stand in the way of her future happiness?

Looking For Love: a dramatic page-turner set in the heart of Liverpool from much-loved and bestselling saga author Rosie Harris

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Cornerstone Digital

In 1924, twins Tanwen and Donna Evans are as different as chalk and cheese. Tanwen is a pretty, bubbly extrovert, while Donna is plain and shy. Tanwen is popular, but Donna soon meets tall, handsome Dylan Wallis and falls in love. But Tanwen sets her sights on Dylan with disastrous consequences for them all.

Pins & Needles

The Cobbler's Kids

<p>Returning from the war, handsome Michael Quinn the cobbler is a changed man. He moves his family from their comfortable home to live over a shop in Liverpool’s notorious Scotland Road. Admired and liked by his customers, he is a tyrant at home, ruling his family with a rod of iron and a fist of steel. When their mother dies, 14-year-old Vera is expected to keep house for him and her brothers Eddy and young Benny. And so begins a life of hardship and little joy for Vera, where Michael drinks away their money, and even the small wages Eddy and she manage to earn are barely enough to keep the small family going. Then one day Michael brings Di Deverill home and life becomes an even greater hell for Verawill she ever be saved from a life of drudgery and few rewards?</p>

Sunshine and Showers

<p>After pretty 17-year-old Sheryl Williams marries dashing soldier Alun Powell, life seems to alternate between periods of stunning happiness and times when bad luck and despair almost drown her happiness forever. When their baby, Caitlin, is born, and Alun, having recently left the army, is unable to find work, they are reduced to living in Cardiff’s Tiger Bay. When Alun is involved in a vicious fight and imprisoned, estranged from her own family, a desperate Sheryl is forced to turn to the Powells. At first reluctant to help, they agree to take in little Caitlin while Sheryl seeks work in Cardiff. Barely able to keep herself together Sheryl spirals into a life of unhappiness and despair, wondering if she will ever be able to look after Caitlin again. Then one fateful day, seven year-old Caitlin takes off for Cardiff without a word to the Powells, in search of her mother. As night falls and the police continue to look for the young girl Sheryl is distraught and fears she will never see her beloved daughter again.</p>

The Power of Dreams

<p>When all hope is gone, are dreams enough? After losing both her parents, 16-year-old Merrion Roberts is left to bring up her baby sister. Unable to cope alone, she teams up with Rhonda Rees, a trained milliner, who also has a young baby. They share rooms in notorious Tiger Bay in Cardiff, struggling to make ends meet. In time, though, they are able to open up a little shop and it seems as if life is looking up for both young women. But fate soon intervenes, and they are reduced to living in even greater squalor, barely able to eke out enough money to support themselves let alone their two children. Meanwhile, Merrion's brother and her childhood sweetheart have both gone to sea and she has almost given up hope of ever seeing them alive again.</p>

A Mother's Love

<p>Finding herself pregnant, Julia Winter is forced to leave home rather than bring shame on her family. Reduced to living in the slums of Liverpool, she eventually finds work in a respectable hotel where Eunice Hawkins, the manager's wife, is also expecting. For a while, Julia dares to hope for a better life for herself and her unborn child. But soon tragedy strikes—Julia's baby is stillborn at the same time as Eunice gives birth to a healthy baby girl, Amanda. Although heartbroken at the death of her own baby, Julia helps to look after Amanda. However, Paul and Eunice Hawkins hide a secret too terrible to reveal and it is only after their untimely deaths and teenage Amanda's sudden disappearance that Julia finds out the truth. And just when she might have a chance of happiness at last, she is faced with the hardest decision of all.</p>

Sing for Your Supper

Karen and Tudor Morgan have moved from a small mining community to the bustle and noise of Cardiff in search of a new life. Tudor longs to be a star entertainer and so Karen gets a job, leaving her husband to look after their young daughter Delia, doing stints at clubs in the evening, whenever he can get them. Until one day Tudor is arrested for begging and Karen is horrified to learn that he has been busking during the day and taking three-year-old Delia with him to collect the money. When Tudor comes out of prison, he gets an honest job but soon he is back to his old ways. And when his life of petty crime quickly turns into something far more sinister, it is all Karen can do to ensure she and her daughter survive.

Contemporary

<p><div> <div> <div>When Gaynor&#8217;s God-fearing father drives her childhood sweetheart away, she&#8217;s certain she will never love again, untilnbsp;a young German helps her to forget her sorrows.nbsp;Then warnbsp;is declared, andnbsp;he must return home, leaving Gaynor heartbroken once more. When her parents discover she&#8217;s pregnant and insist she cannot keep the child,nbsp;she runs away to Cardiff, only to find herself penniless and alone in a strange city. She is forced to give birth innbsp;a workhouse, but shortly afterwards is taken in by a friendly Spanish family who care for her and little Sara. She quickly falls for the charms of the eldest son, thinking she has finally found love and a chance of happiness at last - until a telegraph arrives to shatter her dreams. . .</div> </div> </div></p>

Love Against All Odds: a compelling and moving saga set on the brink of WW2 from much-loved and bestselling author Rosie Harris

A Dream of Love

<p>An enthralling new saga set in Liverpool from the author of Love Against All Odds. When Molly’s father returns from the war a broken man, the whole family is forced to move into the slums of Liverpool. Despite many difficulties, Molly is determined to make a better life for herself, hoping that one day she’ll find love. But abused by a man she trusted and estranged from the boy who was once her best friend, Molly wonders if this dream will ever come true. When her father is killed in a fight and her mother turns to drink in her sorrow, Molly finds herself the only wage earner. She tries to take care of her mother and younger sister, Jodie. But when a fire destroys their home, not only do Molly and Jodie lose their mother, but they find themselves homeless and with a very bleak future ahead of them.</p>

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