Catherine Cookson's 8 Books Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback

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• The Fifteen Streets Life on the Fifteen Streets is tough
• a continual struggle for survival. Born into an ever-expanding family, John O'Brien grew up with nothing to call his own. Now, he works on the city's docks while trying to keep his loved ones safe from the drunken wrath of his father and brother. Everything changes when John meets Mary Llewellyn, a beautiful young woman who belongs to a world of wealth and privilege. What starts off as casual friendship soon blossoms into a rare love. But when John is embroiled in scandal, Mary's parents forbid her from seeing him. Will the Fifteen Streets succeed in keeping them apart, or can John and Mary find their way back to one another? A gripping and emotional love story. If you enjoy books by Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, you'll love The Fifteen Streets. The Dwelling Place County Durham, 1830s. When fifteen-year-old Cissie Brodie loses her parents to cholera, she is forced out of the family cottage and left to raise her nine brothers and sisters by herself. Although desperately poor, strong-willed Cissie determines to build a new home for them all, their own little shelter to keep them from the workhouse. They have friends, but charity cannot always spare them the harsh reality of their struggle and when Cissie attracts the unwanted attentions of a local landowner, her world seems close to collapse. Can love, when it arrives, teach her not to fear the world beyond the dwelling place? My Beloved Son When Ellen Jebeau's husband dies in 1926, he leaves behind a legacy of debt and empty dreams. However, Ellen is determined that her son Joseph should have everything in life that she never did, and will stop at nothing to give it to him. Ellen and Joseph soon find themselves in a convenient arrangement with Ellen's brother-in-law, Sir Arthur, living on the family estate, an arrangement which quickly comes to work in conniving Ellen's favour ... But over the course of the next twenty years, as destinies intertwine, can Joseph Jebeau escape the clutches of his mother's ruthless ambition, and emerge from the shadows of his heritage as the man he truly wants to be? A Sister's Obsession Rosie finds it hard to cope with her eldest sister's over-possessive nature. Since the death of their mother, Beatrice has been insufferably dominating, taking over the running of Pine Hurst and ruling their father and servants with an iron hand. She glories in being the mistress of the house and never dreams of leaving. But when che girls' facher dies unexpectedly, cheir security is threatened, and Beatrice must lay plans to protect this most prized possession. Kate Hannigan Dr Rodney Prince has never seen a girl look more out of place in the grime of the Fifteen Streets than Kate Hannigan. Her beauty and intelligence far outshine that of his hard, brittle, calculating wife, and he cannot fail to be drawn towards her. But as an unlikely romance blossoms, the union fuels vicious gossip amongst the denizens of the Fifteen Streets. For it is a love that opposes all the concepts of Edwardian society. Daughter of Scandal A rags-to-riches story of a young woman who must put the scandal of her past behind her in order to forge a new life. In Heap Hollow cottage in County Durham lives what appears to be a close and loving family. But across the happy façade lies a shadow that has lengthened and darkened with the passing years. Their neighbours disapprove of the family's choices as the children's mother and father aren't married. Anna, the eldest daughter, is determined to face the challenging illegitimacy of her birth and prove herself to those in the community who look down on her. Will her strength of character and zest for life be enough to overcome her past? The Rag Maid When Millie's mother abandons her late one afternoon in I854, fate brings the seven-year-old to Aggie's door
• and life will never be the same for either of them. Known locally as 'Raggie Aggie' for her business of trading rags and old clothes, the older woman knows the dangers waiting for such a strikingly pretty gir