The Carpenter's Daughter

In the small mining village of Meryen, a dark secret lurks…

Amy Lewarne finds her life changed forever when she finds her brother, Toby, dead. And troubles follow when Titus Kivell, the head of a powerful yet belligerent family, puts his son Sol in Toby's place.

Despite his wild and formidable nature, Amy is inexplicably drawn to Sol, as he is to her. But will his family ties be the ruin of her?

This is the first is a beautifully drawn Cornish saga.

Never Let Go

Trouble is brewing in the Cornish village of Nanviscoe, and this time it might be too much even for kindly widow Dorrie Resterick to solve . . .

Dorrie Resterick has enough to worry about without the arrival of Stella Grey and her family in the village - she's already planning a surprise welcome home party for her honeymooning niece, Verity, and her new husband Jack, as well as trying to convince the locals that the ghost of Jack's disturbed first wife, Lucinda, is not haunting their marital home.

But it soon transpires that the ghost may be realer than Dorrie first imagined, as something - or someone - seems determined to cause trouble . . .

Unforgettable

1947. Kindly, unassuming widow Dorrie Resterick continually finds herself confidante to others' troubles. She would prefer to keep in the background, but life throws her many a mystery, and once she even found a scrap of evidence in a dreadful local crime the double murder of two villagers.

While the police decided the scrap of paper Dorrie brought to them solved the case, Dorrie was never sure and when new tenants arrive at long-abandoned creepy cottage Merrivale, the site of the murders, their actions inadvertently plunge the whole village into danger.

Reflections

A Cornish saga from a much-loved author - Cornwall, 1920s. Beth Tresaile has been happily reconciled with her estranged mother for over a year and is looking forward to her best friend Kitty Copeland spending Christmas with them.

But Kitty's request that her brother Stuart join them throws Beth in turmoil - for Stuart and Beth were once lovers, and she lives in fear of her friend discovering her secret shame.

But Stuart's arrival sets in motion events that even Beth could not have expected . . .

Dream Chasers

The final instalment in the Victorian Meryen Saga series - Matthew Faraday, squire of the mining village of Meryen, decides to hold a May Day festival. But the day is spoiled for him when he argues with spirited Clemency Kivell, the girl he loves. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing in the village for more than one family. Matthew struggles to cope without Clemencys support but when Clemency realizes her feelings for him, has she left it too late?

Leaving Shades

After a tragic miscarriage, Beth Tresaile returns to Owles House, the place of her miserable childhood, accompanied by her best friend, Kitty Copeland. Beth feels she can no longer go on unless she gets revenge on her estranged mother, Christina, who neglected her and finally abandoned her on a cold winter's night. But there are many shocks - and joys - in store for Beth, as she learns the truth of the past, and there are fresh troubles on the horizon when her married lover, Kitty's brother, wants her back . . .

Holding The Light

The new book in the popular Meryen series - 1849. When Poltraze Farm is bequeathed to 16-year-old Clemency Kivell in return for her having rescued the squires infant son, her autocratic father, Seth, moves the family there and renames it Trenbarvear. But his vindictive bullying causes anguish and tragedy, and one by one, the family deserts him. He plots murder and revenge on them all, and only the strength and wits of Clemency can save those she loves.

All In A Day

The new Meryen saga set in Victorian Cornwall - Rachel Kivell cant wait to leave Meryen and elope with her married lover, but Doctor Lockley is not all he seems . . . Meanwhile, when the carriage Squire Nankerviss bankrupt cousin, Lady Helen Churchfield, was travelling in is found overturned, with no sign of the lady, the village pulls together to find her. And when they finally do, bloodied and near death, it seems this was no accident.

Out Of Shadows

Sarah Kivell had thought that the death of her tyrannical husband Titus, head of the once noble but now criminal Kivell clan, would set her free. But little did Sarah anticipate that Titus would reach beyond the grave in the form of his belligerent son Kit, whos determined to wreak havoc on the lives of all those in Meryen . . .

Keeping Echoes

Three young women do what they must do to survive in a male-dominated world In a poor copper-mining village, carpenter's daughter Amy Lewarne finds her life changed for ever when she finds Toby, her missing brother, dead. Titus Kivell, head of a belligerent and reclusive family, feels it time to break out into the swiftly expanding world of the Victorian era, and puts his wild son Sol in Toby's place. Amy and Sol are drawn to each other, but fate seems to conspire against them.

A Whisper Of Life

It is 1948, and the village of Hennaford is struggling to recover from the war. Johnny Harvey is disillusioned; injured in the war and disturbed at the changing society; life seems to be passing him by. Meanwhile, sixteen-year-old Tess Viant, crippled with polio and abandoned by her family, is befriended by Jill Harvey. Jill is delighted to be pregnant after four years of marriage to Tom, but when complications arise, it's Tess who has to help Jill . . .

A Stranger Light

A family's struggle for love and hope in the aftermath of war In the aftermath of the Second World War, Faye Harvey struggles against the stigma of being a single mother. Then Mark Fuller, badly ravaged by his POW experiences in the Far East, arrives in Cornwall to see the three children under the guardianship of Faye and her uncle Tristan. Mark, about to enter an amicable divorce, still needs nursing. Faye is drawn to him ? but then the father of her son, a Scottish laird, turns up, offering marriage now his wife is dead. Faye is torn, but her main concern has to be what is best for her son. Meanwhile Tristan falls for the new housekeeper Susan Dowling, but their age difference and her distrust of men seem to make love impossible. And over at Ford Farm, Faye's cousin Lottie Harmon, waiting for her former GI husband to come from America, beings to fear she may not want a new life with him after all . . .

Never Just A Memory

War lashes the Harvey family 1944. Emilia, now happily married to Perry Bosweld and expecting his child, worries about her son Will in the RAF. And Ben Harvey is horrified when he's suddenly faced with the daughter he?d turned his back on. Emilia and Ben hurl painful truths at each other, but Ben takes it the hardest, and disappears when he is approached to act as a Special Operative Executive behind enemy-occupied lines in France. At the same time as the war puts their loved-ones? lives in danger, secrets from the past continue to threaten to overwhelm the Harveys. But, as ever, new arrivals to Cornwall and fresh passions act as dramatically unpredictable catalysts in the family's chemistry . . .

From A Distance

It is 1931, and eight years have passed since the events described in Moments of Time. Emilia and Alec Harvey have a five-year-old daughter, Lottie, who is a source of joy to her mother, and a comfort at a time when her marriage seems to be under strain. Alec is absent-minded and prone to melancholy, and when he is badly hurt in a storm at Ford Farm, his misery draws him to seek solace with his brother Ben's new wife, Brooke. When Perry Bosweld, a disabled army surgeon, re-enters Emilia's life she finds that she is still attracted to him. Yet Emilia's first duty is to her husband and to the farm, and she will not allow herself to swerve from this path...

Moments Of Time

The second volume in a new saga from the popular Cornish author The Great War is over, and the Harvey family of Ford Farm are slowly picking up the pieces of their lives. But Alec and Emilia's newly-wedded bliss is tragically shattered when their third child is born with a life-threatening disease, a fate which Alec in particular finds hard to accept. Meanwhile Alec's relationships with his two brothers, Ben and Tristram, are strained by their differing loyalties and ambitions for the farm and Emilia is torn reluctantly between them...

Touch The Silence

It is 1917, and the First World War is casting its dark shadow over the lives of the Harvey family of Ford Farm. One brother has been killed already, and Tristam is at the Front. Though newly engaged to pretty dairy-maid Emilia Rowse, a friend since childhood, younger brother Ben is desperate to be called to serve his country. But a horrific eye-injury causes him to be declared unfit, a blow from which young Ben will never recover. Tensions mount as he is forced to remain at the farm with his elder brother Alec, a man with closely-guarded secrets of his own...Top of page

Pengarron Rivalry

A new generation of the Pengarron family enter centre-stage with the departure of Lady Kerensa and Sir Oliver for London. Kelynen, the youngest daughter, is left resentful and upset by her father's treatment of her: though she had been looking forward to running the estate single-handedly, Sir Oliver has unexpectedly forbidden it, and instead ordered her brother Luke, the selfish son and heir, to forget his playwriting career and return to Pengarron - much against Luke's will. It seems at first that only Kane, the eldest of the siblings -and the only one to be adopted - is truly happy. Pengarron Rivalry is about the struggles of the next generation to make their own way in life, whilst living under the restraints of an era when a father's wishes were paramount.

Pengarron Dynasty

The fourth book in the spell-binding Pengarron series Set in Cornwall, in the late 18th century, this new volume in the Pengarron series focusses on the long-standing triangular relationship between Kerensa Pengarron, beautiful wife of Sir Oliver, and her first love Clem Trenchard - a man whom she has tried, unsuccessfully, to forget. The christening of little Harry Pengarron brings old scores to light, bringing Oliver and Clem face to face for the first time in years. But the next generation of Pengarrons must face its own problems, too: Luke, the embittered, crippled heir to the estate, is forced to flee from London after his dealings with a secret and dangerous clique, known as the Society, lead him into trouble. Returning to Cornwall he is determined to build a life for himself independently of his family, yet finds himself reluctantly caught up in their problems.

Pengarron's Children

Pengarron Pride

Pengarron Land

Listening To The Quiet

Jo Venner returns to the small tin-mining village of Parmarth in Cornwall, to take up the post of schoolmistress. As a child she had spent happy days there playing with the local children, and enjoying the affection shown her by Celia Sayce, owner of the 'big house'. Rejected by her own mother, Jo had found in Celia the encouragement and love she craved. But now Celia is dead, and Parmarth has changed. Jo falls swiftly in love with Luke Vigus, an itinerant, half-gypsy dealer who stirs Jo to depths of passion she has never known before. But Luke is burdened with the responsibility of an alcoholic mother, and his three young half-siblings - and their relationship can never be accepted by the villagers. Marcus Lidgey, the schoolmaster, is drawn to Jo, and offers her the support she needs in her demanding role. Yet he too harbours dark secrets from his past, and is gradually, dreadfully, losing his mind...

Porthellis

A saga set in the Cornish fishing village of Porthellis in 1938. Hannah Spargo is happily married and enjoying life until a face from the past returns to shatter the peace. Daniel Kitow is angry with the world, convicted of a crime he did not commit and losing Hannah to his rival has made him hungry for revenge.

Roscarrock

For years, Roscarrock, the partially hidden house on the cliff, has held a peculiar fascination for the children of the village. A childhood investigation to spy on the house leads to the death of Hannah Spargo's brother, and to her banishment from her home and family.

Trevallion

Rosemerryn

Laura Jennings's maternal feelings are usually satisfied by her role as "surrogate mother" to Spencer Jeffries' six-year-old daughter Vicki. When Spencer and Laura decide to marry, things don't work out well - are they trapped in a loveless marriage, or too stubborn to admit their true feelings?

Kilgarthen

Trevennor's Will