Mary Nichols

Los rumores vuelan… Su nombre estaba en boca de todos. La gente se moría de curiosidad por saber qué estaba haciendo la señorita Elizabeth Harley en los muelles de la Compañía de las Indias Oriental

November 1920. Russia may have survived the Revolution, but a brutal civil war still rages. Families flee as the threat draws ever closer. However, as distant relatives of the Romanovs, the Kirilovs heritage means they are never far from danger. When tragedy strikes, four-year-old Lydia Kirilova is separated from her family; the only key to her identity is the opulent jewel concealed in her petticoat. Struck by Lydias plight, a benevolent diplomat brings her to England. Surrounded by luxury and endless opportunities, Lydia enjoys a life many would wish for. Yet, as uncertainty shrouds even her birth date, she accepts an invitation to visit Russia with a charming, but mysterious man. It is the perfect chance to discover the past she hardly remembers, but will Lydia truly find a home?

England 1918. Young Lady Helen believes her parents when they say she will never find a better husband than Richard - brave, handsome, wealthy, such a charming man and quite a catch. But when her soldier husband returns to war, Helen begins to wonder just who it is she has married - his letters home are cold and distant - and Helen realises that she has made a terrible mistake. And thats when Oliver Donovan enters her life. They begin an affair that leaves Helen pregnant and alone, and she is forced to surrender her precious baby. Over twenty years pass and a second war is ravaging Europe, but that is not the only echo of the past to haunt the present. Laura Drummond is now caught in a tragic love affair of her own and when she is forced to leave London during the bombings, she turns to the mother she never knew.

1939. Warsaw, Poland. Pilot Jan Grabowski receives orders that take him to the heart of the escalating conflict. He leaves behind his wife, Rulka, who sees Poland overcome by the Nazis. In constant danger and amid cruel reprisals, she joins the Resistance. Norfolk. Louise Fairhursts war is very different. Evacuated with her class of ten-year-olds from London she finds herself acting mother as well as teacher to the children. She has much to do settling city children down in the countryside, and she wonders whether she should have stayed in London until a chance meeting with Jan alters her path.

Julie Monday, abandoned by her mother and raised in a childrens home, enjoys a rare moment of happiness when at the age of eight she visits the Essex seaside and meets eleven-year-old Harry Walker. They spend a happy few hours together, but at the end of the afternoon, she must return to the Foundlings Hospital, and Harry goes home to his family. Ten years later, they meet again. Fated to be together, they marry just before the outbreak of the Second World War. But its now 1939, Harry has enlisted in the Royal Air Force, and Julie must face the blitz in wartime London alone with their son. Travelling back from work one day, Julie is caught in the chaos of a direct hit. Rescued from the destroyed air-raid shelter, but injured and with severe memory loss, Julie is given a new identity as Eve Seaton. But it is not easy to become a different person; plagued with disturbing flashes of memory that she doesnt understand, forgetting her former life as Julie Monday proves impossible. She must make a decision: should she make a new life for herself as Eve, or struggle to recover the pieces of a shattered identity?

Norfolk, 1920. Barbara Bosgrove has lived in the market town of Melsham all her life, and is looking forward to the annual Harvest Supper dinner and ball - the first since the dark days of the First World War. George Kennett, a fiercely ambitious man, has had his eye on Barbara since spotting her with her great friend Penny, and Pennys brother Simon. He begins a slow and steady courtship and Barbara is eventually won over, agreeing to marry a man she believes she can rely on. Little does she realise how wrong she can be. Worn down by Georges unfaithfulness during their marriage, Barbara feels she has lost all the vitality of her youth. But Simon is not prepared to let Barbara lose sight of the woman she really is - the woman he has always loved. He reawakens Barbaras passion and fighting spirit, but at what cost?

Summer, 1939. The de Lacey family of Nayton Manor believe they are ready for the changes the war will bring. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, is due to return home from her grandparents farm in France and is expected to marry the dashing Captain Max Coburn. But when Grandpere suffers a stroke while driving Elizabeth to the station, her future is changed. Instead of returning home to Norfolk, Elizabeth chooses to stay and help her grandparents. Max is also stationed in France - but will this help their courtship, or will the war threaten to separate them for ever?Meanwhile, in the village of Nayton, Lucy Storey dutifully cares for her father the stationmaster, running their home in the little cottage by the railway. Her long hard days are brightened by meetings with the handsome Jack de Lacey, who brings a brief escape from her daily routine. As their friendship grows, can they overcome the class prejudices set in their way, or will the jealous signalman Frank Lambert succeed in destroying their romance? For all at Nayton, war becomes a time of risk and danger, of secrets and betrayal, and of finding love in the most unexpected places.

1940. London is facing the full wrath of the blitz and amid the chaos Sheila Phipps isorphaned after a devastating air raid claims her family and her home. She is evacuated toBletchley to live with her aunt Constance, where she forms an unlikely friendship withPrudence Le Strange, who is working in the codebreaking unit at Bletchley.As their friendship grows stronger, the war subjects Sheila and Prue to fresh tragedies as,one by one, those they love are called away to distant battlefields, only to join the growingranks of the missing, the captured and the dead. As the war escalates, the two friends findtheir lives increasingly complicated not only by the secrets of wartime but by those theconflict has dredged up from the past.

A su casa había llegado una mujer enormemente atractiva… Huérfana y pobre, Sophie Langford no tenía otra opción que recurrir a la familia de su madre y el único miembro que quedaba de dicha familia e

Lord Risley había hecho una apuesta con sus amigos: intentaría llevarse a la cama a la actriz Madeleine Charron. Para ganar la apuesta la llevó a cenar y descubrió que esa hermosa mujer, toda una dama, despertaba en él sentimientos que no debería albergar. ¿Cómo contemplar la posibilidad de casarse con alguien que no pertenecía a su clase social? Madeleine deseaba ser aceptada en sociedad, pero no estaba dispuesta a convertirse en la "amiguita" de nadie para conseguirlo, lo que suscitaba en ella una pregunta: ¿qué era más importante: el amor o la reputación?

La señorita Sophie Roswell deseaba casarse, pero sabía que su dinero atraería a un tipo de hombre que no le convenía. Así que encontró una ingeniosa solución… hacerse pasar por su prima Charlotte. En

La hija del astrólogoPaula MarshallSir Christopher Carlyon deseaba alejarse del ajetreo de la corte y recuperar la vida tranquila que había llevado antes de la guerra. La única manera de hacerlo era aceptando la vergonzosa apuesta del duque de Buckingham, segun la cual si conseguia seducir a Celia Antiquis, la hija del astrologo, el duque le concederia una casa solariega.Pero nada mas conocerla, Celia iba a desbaratar las expectativas de Kit porque realmente era tan casta como decia su reputacionLa protegida del duqueMary NicholsHuerfana y pobre, Sophie Langford no tenia otra opcion que recurrir a la familia de su madre y el unico miembro que quedaba de dicha familia era el duque de Belfont. Pero en lugar del anciano que habia imaginado, Sophie se encontro con el quinto duque, James, un guapo soltero.La presencia de su hermana permitio que James acogiera a la joven bajo su techo, pero no sospechaba en lo que acababa de meterse.La hija del astrólogoPaula MarshallSir Christopher Carlyon deseaba alejarse del ajetreo de la corte y recuperar la vida tranquila que había llevado antes de la guerra. La única manera de hacerlo era aceptando la vergonzosa apuesta del...

June, 1944. Since her fathers stroke, Jean has been trying to run her parents small farm almost single-handedly and is in desperate need of help. Karl, a German prisoner of war captured when the Allies invade France in 1944, turns out to be just what she needs. He is polite, hardworking and homesick, but is he more than that?Fraternisation between the prisoners and the local population is forbidden, but as the weeks and months pass, Jean and Karl become closer - much to the dismay of Jeans family and Karls compatriots. Can their love have a future when it seems every hand is against them?

La dama de MadderleaMary NicholsLa señorita Sophie Roswell deseaba casarse, pero sabía que su dinero atraería a un tipo de hombre que no le convenía. Así que encontró una ingeniosa solución…hacerse p

Empezaba a creer que debía buscar el amor cerca de casa… Cuando sus padres se casaron, entre James, conde de Corringham, y lady Lavinia surgió una relación tan estrecha como la de dos hermanos. Pero