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The day the Jutland telegrams arrive in Portsea, the lives of three women change dramatically. Miriam Slattery, the barmaid at the Captain Hardy, believes that afternoon in 1916 will be the happiest day of her life. Instead, a terrible betrayal is waiting for her. Beattie Forrest, mother, grandmother and widow of sailors, faces tragedy again - while rescuing a family even harder hit than hers. And Lily Forrest, just twelve years old, will always believe that the telegram boy who brought the news of her brother’s death stole her birthday. But all three women have reserves of courage and hope beyond even their own dreams. As the grim days of the war give way to peace at last, Miriam, Beattie and Lily go on to grab their futures with both hands. Soon each of them, in her own way, will find the love and security she has been craving.
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The saga of the Forrester women continues. It's almost a year since Lily Forrest waved her green shawl to her sweetheart Michael as his ship steamed off to the Far East. She wishes desperately that he was with her now on the day when everything changes.
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Rescued from the sea when just a child, Beatrice Salter has never known who her family is or where she truly belongs. Passed from family to workhouse, she finally finds a home and a place to feel accepted at the Mariner’s Home for children. She finds an unlikely friend in Dr Pragnell, the kindly gentleman who rescued her when she was a child. Working in his household, Beatrice observes the love Augusta Pragnell showers on her two sons, Albert and Samuel and realises what she has missed. Meanwhile Augusta, learning to accept her husband and the life she has chosen, puts aside her ‘fripperies’ and learns things about herself that she never knew. As the Pragnell household comes ever closer together, Beatrice and Albert find themselves thrown together in a situation which can only cause heartbreak to those they love the most.
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Portsmouth in the 1920s is a city of vivid contrasts between the wealthy and the destitute. Thousands of men have been laid off from the Royal Naval Dockyard and many are begging in the streets. Mary Vine after surviving her first nineteen years fiercely defending her chaotic family believes she has found happiness with her fiance, submariner Matthew Miller. Can she survive the demands of her family and make a new life with Matthew? Cissie Nugent has lost her job as a housemaid and is surviving on the streets by prostitution. But she has further yet to fall. Captain Charles Clements, once the employer of both Mary and Cissie, returns to Portsmouth after a humiliating divorce. Though a hero of Jutland, he must find a new sort of courage to face a future alone.
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Rosie Forrest's grandmother always told her to "live every minute", and that's exactly what she's doing. Especially when Blyth Vine walks back into her life. When the bombs start falling, Rosie and all who live on Nelson Street are determined to preserve the Portsea way of life.
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Beautiful Fidelis McCauley instantly falls for handsome Lieutenant Daniel Herrick when he rescues her hat from blowing away during the triumphant celebrations marking the return of his ship to Portsmouth. But loving Daniel is risky- his father, a colonel in the Royal Marines, will disown his son if he finds out about his secret affair with a servant girl. And will Daniel, who has grown accustomed to his privileged background, be
willing to give up everything for the one he loves. Meanwhile Fidelis has already promised her hand to her childhood friend Harry, drifting into the engagement to please his family, whose house was a second home while she was growing up. But Harry is far away in India with the Royal Marines . . .
Due to be published in March 2005
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