Some women build a new life through choice, others through sheer necessity, but each of these four heroines proves she is equal to it. Windfell's Isabelle inherits secrets far darker than her mother ever wanted her to know. Lydia crosses half the world alone rather than stay a prisoner of the mill. Birmingham's Greta finds a fragile new family after her own fails her. And in Liverpool, two orphaned siblings leave everything they know behind for a new life in Australia. Four women, four fresh starts, and the courage it takes to choose your own path.

Diane Allen, Windfell Family Secrets - A mother's happiness, a son's reckless heart, a daughter's dangerous inheritance: Windfell's past refuses to stay hidden in this absorbing Dales saga steeped in buried history.

Libby Ashworth, Runaway Daughter - Accused, alone and on the run, Lydia crosses a continent to find the family who sailed without her. A vivid, fast-paced Lancashire saga about a young woman determined to outrun her past.

Annie Murray, Bells of Bournville Green - A hasty marriage, a lost home, and one act of kindness that changes everything. This is a warm, aching Birmingham saga about family, forgiveness and the friends who become family when it matters most.

Lyn Andrews, Leaving of Liverpool - Orphaned and penniless, two siblings sail for Australia with nothing but each other. A heartfelt story of leaving everything behind and the sibling bond strong enough to survive.

War asks more of ordinary women than anyone should have to give, and these four sagas show exactly what they are capable of. In Belfast, midwife Kathleen risks her heart just as the bombs begin to fall. Two Sheffield sisters weather scandal and loss as the Great War closes in around them. Three strangers in Worthing turn tragedy into an unlikely wartime sisterhood. And in the Yorkshire Dales, a city girl learns what resilience looks like far from the front line. Four unforgettable stories of courage when it matters most.

Seána Tinley, Irish Midwife at War - Belfast under fire, a secret from the past, and a love neither of them can quite let go.

Margaret Dickinson, Mother's Sorrow - cast out, reunited, and tested by war, this is a powerful saga of sisterhood and sacrifice. Two women whose loyalty outlasts every hardship life can throw at them.

Pam Weaver, Sing Them Home - Bombed out and thrown together, three women sing their way through war, only to face peace's hardest test.

Betty Firth, New Home in the Dales - a city girl, a sceptical village, and one charming vet standing between her and the story of a lifetime. A warm, often funny wartime saga about proving yourself in a world reluctant to let you in.