In the little village of Willowbrook there was a wedding that set the whole parish buzzing. Ian, the villages best mechanic the sort of hands that...
Saturday, 4May Dear Diary, Emma, love, are you free this Saturday? my motherinlaws voice crackled over the handset, warm and familiar, that particular lilting tone Ive...
Family feuds never make a house feel like a home. I can still hear Lily Harpers furious outburst: I hate him! Hes not my father! Let...
Hey love, let me tell you about Aunt Lily, the little fairy we all called her when we were kids down the lane in Bramley. She...
Emily, love, are you free this Saturday? her motherinlaws voice chimed over the handset, warm and familiar, the exact intonation Emily had learned to pick out...
Nobody will ever take him, they used to say. There were no separate rooms in the old Birmingham animal refuge; everything lay in one vast, noisy...
Emily lies beside her husbands hospital bed, tears streaming down her face. A sixyearold girl whispers, Im sorry, Auntie as soon as you leave he throws...
I loathe him! He isnt my father! Let him go. Well manage without him, Lucy snarled at her stepdad, her voice raw with fury. I never...
Ive known Emily Harper for as long as I can remember, ever since she arrived at Willow Grove Orphanage a month ago. She came here after...
The summer sun beat down mercilessly, the street simmering in heat. Sam hustled away from the bus shelter, a battered gym bag slung over his shoulder,...