Rosie Meddon

Happily in love, Esme Colborne is about to marry Richard Trevannion, descendant of one of the oldest families in England. But when Esme learns she is adopted – from a working class family – she cannot allow Richard to marry so far beneath his station. Fleeing the life she knew, a chance encounter leads Esme to work as a ‘decoy woman’, testing British undercover operatives who may otherwise reveal secrets in a moment of...

When Esme's past as a secret operative comes calling, she must choose - her husband or her job? After a bomb destroys Esme's London home, killing her son instantly, she moves to her old country house in Devon to begin the impossible task of recuperating. Soon she is drawn back into the world of espionage, and as her marriage starts to crumble, a local airman pulls her closer. Meanwhile her cousin Louise is awaiting confirmation that she can relocate...

Venture to the beautiful Devonshire countryside in these stories of family, secrets and love. Includes all three books in The Woodicombe House Sagas; The Housekeeper's Daughter, A Wife's War and The Soldier's Return. The Housekeeper's Daughter: It's 1914, and Kate Bratton's life is mapped out ahead of her – continue working as a maid in the beautiful Woodicombe House, settle down with Luke the gardener and, of course, start a family. Kate's plans...

Torn between love, duty, family and honor, what will she choose? Lou Channer wants a life outside of North Devon, where she's never left. She yearns to contribute to the war effort and takes a job as a clerk in the Canadian Navy depot in Plymouth, lodging with other girls from the depot who take her under their wing. When Lou catches the eye of local wheeler-dealer Harry, who dazzles her with nights about town, she finally feels like one of the girls....

After the Blitz, she'll need to rebuild her life from nothing… Clemmie throws herself into volunteering with the very organisation who helped her and her sisters when they were homeless: the WVS. Demonstrating a natural flair, painfully-shy Clemmie is soon drafted to set up one of the British Welcome Clubs aimed at easing American troops' integration into English life. There, she meets Squadron Leader Dunning who, shot down in the Blitz, has...