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This character-driven drama takes us into spring, 1915. Far away in France, the Great War was not over by Christmas as was confidently predicted. It shows no sign of ending, and the peaceful calm of Cresswell Manor in Devon has been shattered. It is now a convalescent home for soldiers from the Front. They arrive in increasing numbers to recover from their wounds, their minds and bodies broken. The old social order is crumbling as surely as time begins to break the walls of the ancient manor house. With their menfolk still fighting, the women left behind take on the burden of running the estate as well as their homes and households, working harder than they ever have before. Some of the women battle on and remain faithful, while loneliness encourages others to stray. Will life ever be the same again for Rowan, in conflict with society and fearful of what the future may hold, or for Esmeralda, who is riddled with guilt? Is it too late for Hannah to find her life's companion, and will Dolly ever be reconciled with the man she loves? These questions and more are answered as the characters struggle to find peace amidst the chaos of wartime Europe.

It is 1899. England is fighting the Boers, Queen Victoria's reign will soon be over and change is in the air. A young girl from Devon, Phoebe Drewitt, escapes her brutal father and a hard life on Dartmoor, her head full of dreams. She is rescued by the reclusive, middle-aged Kendall Bartholomew, but are his motives as innocent as they appear? For Arnold Randolph-Smythe, shopkeeper and upstanding citizen of Barlton in Devon, life is more than satisfactory. His shop is successful and his daughter adores him, though his rich wife does not. Yet appearances can be deceptive. Dulcie, his wife, meets Phoebe and invites her to their home. The arguments, hatreds, and love that follow have profound repercussions for all involved.

Eliza Forester is left motherless at the tender age of three when her father orders his wife from the house, accusing her of infidelity. He keeps the child, not out of love, but to spite his wife, and Eliza grows up believing her mother is dead. Her happiest times are spent with Ruby and Jerome, the children of tenant farmers on her father's estate. When, at 16, Eliza's innocent friendship with Jerome turns to love, Eliza—like her mother—is banished to London to live with her aunt. Her father, determined she will make a "good" match, lies to her that Jerome has married, and forces her to wed aristocratic, dissolute Hedworth Lambton. It is the greatest mistake of her life.

Nach dem Tod ihres Ehemannes glaubt Ann, nie wieder Glück zu finden. Doch die Begegnung mit dem geheimnisvollen Alex bringt neue Hoffnung. Während ihre tragische Vergangenheit sie verfolgt, scheint auch Alex ein dunkles Geheimnis zu haben.

Kate Howard is no longer a struggling author. A successful writer, for the past three years she has lived happily with her lover Stewart and her daughter Lucy in an old farmhouse in the beautiful, wild Auverge region of central France. When her son announces that he too intends to move to France, it would seem that life for Kate could not be sweeter. Then comes a bolt from the blue, a phone call from Kate’s literary agent in London that threatens her whole way of life. But worse is to follow with the arrival of newcomers Mo and Tristram. Mo is a striking beauty and charming—when it suits her. As Kate discovers, she’s one of those people who brings chaos to other people’s lives, and Kate’s is no exception.

Een Engels meisje geniet in Parijs haar opvoeding als de Tweede Wereldoorlog uitbreekt; zij sluit zich aan bij het verzet.

Nach dem Selbstmord ihres Mannes beginnt Chrissy wieder als Krankenschwester zu arbeiten. Doch im Krankenhaus wird sie in Intrigen verwickelt und schliesslich sogar des Mordes verdächtigt.

Jill expected to live happily ever after with her husband. She believed that if she worked hard enough, no one need know of the problems that lurked beneath the surface. But, when disaster strikes, Jill is catapulted alone into a new life and faces the millennium a changed and tougher woman.