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Dangerous Shores
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When John Mitchell inherits property from a distant relative, he and his family move from a comfortable living in Whitby to a large country estate in Cornwall. It seems an ideal place for John and his wife to raise their young daughter, Abigail. However, life in the South is not without its problems and he finds himself clashing with the Gaisfords ...
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Stay with Me
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Whitby, 1879. Following the death of her parents in the Tay Bridge disaster, twenty-three-year-old Lena Carnforth expects to inherit at least half of her father's thriving shipping and merchant business. But, though leaving her comfortably off, her father leaves the entire business to his stepson, James. Instead of working, it's generally accepted ...
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The long way home
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Lydia Middleton faces a bright future, secure in the knowledge that her childhood sweetheart, David Drayton, will one day be her husband. Their parents heartily approve of a match between Whitby's foremost ship-owning families. But then Mr Middleton loses his fortune and later his life, and the Draytons reconsider. Lydia's uncle repossesses the ...
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Secrets of the Sea
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Both the Coulson and the Campion families make their living from the sea at Whitby. Sam Coulson has three sons, Martin, Ben and Eric, and as Seaton Campion has no sons, a marriage between Martin and Campion's daughter Alicia will aid the fortunes of both families. Ben is smitten with Ruth Holmes, daughter of the Captain of a whaling ship, but when ...
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The Other Side of the River
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Victorian Whitby is the setting for Jessica Blair's latest saga, a tale of lost inheritances, family feuds and starcrossed lovers -- in the jet-carving industry. The Other Side of the River tells the story of Gennetta Turner, whose father owns a large jet-carving company. Competition between the companies is intense, and Mr Turner devises a way ...
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The restless heart
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Olivia Coulson is pretty and determined enough to attract any man's eye. George Chilton-Brookes, heir to the Cropton estate, is visibly enchanted by her, while handsome gentleman farmer Kit Fernley is also drawn to her looks and vivacity. Olivia wavers between her two suitors, eventually inclining towards the wealth and social position that ...
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A Distant Harbour
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A story of seafaring men and the women who love them, by the author of "The Red Shawl". Captain David Fernley has made and lost a fortune in the whaling trade, fishing the frozen Arctic wastes from the Yorkshire port of Whitby. Then his erring wife and best friend die in an accident at sea.
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Wings of Sorrow
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Scarborough, 1938 - when Jane and Nell are brought together by a chance encounter, they have no idea that their friendship will be tested through the trials of love, hardship and war. Jane, unhappy at home, sees a chance to escape when Nell invites her to visit her family in Lowestoft and hopes that her newfound freedom will bring her the ...
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Yesterday's Dreams
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Colette Shipley has become fascinated by the new art of photography and begins to create a record of her scenic home town of Whitby, with its tall ships and twin lighthouses. One day she encounters Arthur Newton, who shares her passion for the town's unique atmosphere. Their friendship develops but, unbeknown to Colette, Arthur is married with a ...
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Reach for Tomorrow
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The year is 1891. Marie Newton is the daughter of a famous painter, Arthur Newton, and she has inherited much of her father's skill. Luckily her father is happy to encourage his daughter's talent, agreeing that she may attend a prestigious art school in Paris. Accompanying her on her journey is her best friend, Lucy, a young widow. The girls find ...
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The Seaweed Gatherers
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It is 1802, and when her beloved father dies, Lucy Mitchell's curiosity is fired by his last words, "the de Northbys owe you". Who are the de Northbys and why do they "owe" the Mitchells? Her mother says he was too sick and confused to make sense but Lucy undertakes some investigations of her own.
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Locket
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Peculiarly for a young woman in the 1860s, Emily Thornton acts as clerk to her lawyer father. When she enlists the services of the personable Thomas Laycock, who has arrived in Hull to set up a detective agency, they begin work together on a case involving murder, two wills, and an unusual locket.
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Time and Tide
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After the death of her mother in 1813 seventeen-year-old Anna Mason assumes many of her mother's tasks in running the household of Hawkshead Manor. Jonathan Wetherby, a business colleague of her father's is entranced by Anna but she doesn't feel she is able to return his affections while her father remains so devastated by his wife's death. ...
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Portrait of Charlotte
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Struggling artist Richard is persuaded by his benefactor to leave his home town for the grand salons of London. Encouraged to paint the beautiful Charlotte's portrait, they unexpectedly fall in love. But she is married to an older man, who cares for her deeply. How can she reconcile her passion for Richard with her loyalty to her husband?
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Echoes of the Past
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Widowed Katherine Chambers is taking her young son to visit her husband's family when their ship runs into a severe storm off Robin Hood's Bay. The ship and the crew of the Whitby lifeboat are lost. A survivor, identified as 'Katherine' from the engraving on her bracelet, has no knowledge of who she is or where she is from. She is taken in by the ...
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Storm Bay
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High in the Yorkshire moors, Emma's family strive to glean a living from their remote farm. And Emma has a decision to make - should she marry Joe, the son of a neighbouring farmer? While her heart secretly yearns for a handsome schoolboy she once knew, her head tells her to be practical.
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The Red Shawl
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A story of the 19th-century Arctic whaling ships, the men who sailed them and the women left behind. Farmhand David Fernley decides that success at sea will mean a better life for himself and his sweetheart, but when he meets the fiancee of a whaling captain's son, his world is turned upside down.
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The restless spirit
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When Sam Harland returns a World War I hero to St Robin's Bay on the Yorkshire coast, he brings with him a French wife. He hopes that she will be accepted by the villagers, but Mary Lawson can never forgive what she sees as her betrayal, and her actions overshadow the lives of the next generation.
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Dangerous Dreams
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Diamond Distant Harbour
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The Red Shawl
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