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Lesley Pearse
One of the world's favourite storytellers tells the extraordinary story of her life
Lesley Pearse didn't publish her first novel until she was 48. Now she has sold over ten…
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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…
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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…
Twelve-year-old Adele is placed in a bleak, cruel children’s home after a family tragedy drives her mother insane. But when the owner betrays her trust Adele has no choice but…
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The enthralling new novel from the 10-million-copy, No. 1 bestselling author
After the funeral of her mother, Sally, Alice Kent is approached by a man claiming to be her father.
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_______________________________ When nine-year-old orphan Georgia James is unexpectedly fostered by the kindly Celia and her bank manager husband she can hardly believe her luck.
To have both, she must battle against the legacy these two women have left her, the deep prejudices and dangers of Whitechapel in the 1960s - with its gang leaders…
Eve should never have married Don Hathaway. He is a bully. Worse than that, he hurts her. But, after…
PRE-ORDER THE GRIPPING NEW NOVEL BY THE NATION’S FAVOURITE STORYTELLER, LESLEY PEARSE Praise for Lesley Pearse ‘Storytelling at its very best’ Daily Mail ‘Gripping and suspenseful’ Daily Express ‘A twisting…
The new novel from the international No. 1 bestselling author
When Ruby and Verity met as girls they came from different worlds. Verity was privately educated, living in a beautiful…
The enthralling new novel from the 10-million-copy, Number One bestselling author
Fifteen-year-old Maisy Mitcham and her twin brother Duncan lose their mother to an asylum one night in 1960.
The…
Betty Wellows is running for her life …
Young Betty dreams of settling down to an ordinary life in…
A thrilling exploration of lies, deception and trust from the 10-million-copy, No. 1 bestselling author
Amelia White always dreamed of being a reporter … And it might never have happened…
The enthralling new novel from the ten-million-copy, Number One bestselling author
Is there a murderer across the street?
It’s 1964 and twenty-three-year-old Katy Speed is fascinated by Gloria and the…
In the Somerset village of Sawbridge, young shopkeeper Molly Heywood slips away from the celebrations to her friend’s cottage and makes a shocking discovery: Cassie is dead and her six-year-old…
Camellia Norton is orphaned at fifteen when her mother’s body is fished from a river in rural Sussex. But her past won’t stay buried forever, and eventually Camellia begins the…
Ellie is a sweet-natured brunette, generous of heart with a sparkling smile and an accent which reveals her East End background. Set against the hardship and austerity of post-war Britain…
A heartbreaking historical novel from the No.1 bestselling author of Stolen Charity Stratton’s bleak childhood is changed for ever when both her parents are killed in a fire.
Where has she come from? Why can’t she remember who she is - or what happened? She’s wearing an old-fashioned dress and her hair has been hacked off. She’s obviously…
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…
Charlie is the latest from bestselling author Lesley Pearse. Her family is threatened and only she can save it… When sixteen-year-old Charlie witnesses a brutal attack on her mother by…
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…
Till We Meet Again is the latest gripping novel from Lesley Pearse. She kills two people in cold blood - why? Susan walks into a busy doctor’s surgery and guns…
In 1786 a fisherman’s daughter from Cornwall called Mary Broad was sentenced to be hung for theft. But her sentence was commuted, and she was transported to Australia, one of…
She defied her parents to marry for love … Following her heart, Fifi moves with Dan to London where they rent a seedy flat in Dale Street, Kennington. Though Fifi…
Her existence would be the ruin of her mother… Baby Hope, the unfortunate proof of Lady Harvey’s adultery, is smuggled out of a privileged aristocratic household to a nearby village…
She was convicted for killing her best friend… Laura Brannigan is in jail for murder. She insists that she didn’t kill her best friend, Jackie. But her search for justice…
The gripping new Sunday Times bestselling novel. Welcome to Willow Close where everyone is a suspect …
On the day Nina and Conrad Best move into their new home in…
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…
She witnessed a murder - and now her life is in danger… Fifteen year-old Belle, though raised in a London brothel, is an innocent. But when she witnesses one of…
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…
Eva Patterson’s life is forever altered by the devastating discovery of her mother, Flora, dead in the bath leaving only a note: ‘Forgive Me’. Until Flora’s suicide, Eva’s world had…
It is 1938 and headstrong eighteen-year-old Mari Carrera leaves a gossipy small town in rural New Zealand aboard the SS Rimutaka. Rather too careless with her reputation, Mari is bound…
