Grace Thompson
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The first of Grace Thompson's charming and evocative post-War sagas, the Badgers Brook series Marie Masters has been happily married for nine years, when her once-loving husband Ivor suddenly turns to drink and gambling. As he becomes increasingly secretive, his behaviour starts to put their young family at risk. Marie feels she has to investigate. Soon finding that he is spending time at a rundown house named Badgers Brook, there's a lot about Ivor...
22) Valley Affairs
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A touching story of village life in the heart of Wales Nelly Luke is a Cockney born and bred, but after thirteen years in Hen Carw Parc, Dirty Nelly and her eccentric ways are as much part of village life as its most senior citizen, old Grandad Owen. But not even Nelly, with her shrewd eye on village goings-on, can predict the surprises in store for her family and friends as the year 1954 opens in the tranquil Welsh valley. For the new year brings...
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The third in the Pendragon Island saga series, Unlocking the Past is a nostalgic and enchanting look at 1950s Britain. Poachers and dealmakers, the Griffiths family have always managed to scrape by on the edge of the law - but times are changing in Pendragon Island. As rationing finally draws to an end, the tight-knit community finds itself coming to terms with a new world in which social boundaries are being eroded and opportunities are growing for...
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In the first Pendragon Island saga, the much-loved Grace Thompson takes us on a nostalgic trip to a beautiful Welsh seaside town - then uncovers its darkest secrets. Pendragon Island is the perfect place for holidays, with a stretch of clean golden sand and a glorious funfair nearby. Yet for one local family, the happy holiday atmosphere risks becoming a cruel joke, as the unusually-named Lewis Lewis's affair with close friend Nia Martin threatens...
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In a small seaside village in Wales everyone has secrets, but how long can they be kept?
After tragedy strikes and Bettrys Hopkyns loses her sister, she is determined to raise Eirlys's daughter Cheryl. She is also duty-bound to uncover the identity of her late sister's lover, so the baby can know her father.
The search takes Bettrys and her young niece to a close-knit village in west Wales; where they find a community seething with love affairs,...
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Even the most idyllic towns hold dark secrets...
Pendragon Island is the perfect place for holidays, with a stretch of clean golden sand and a glorious funfair nearby.
Yet for one local family, the happy holiday atmosphere risks becoming a cruel joke, as the unusually-named Lewis Lewis's affair with close friend Nia Martin threatens to tear his marriage apart.
The irritation of Lewis's wife Dora is channeled towards their daughter, Rhiannon, who...
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An enthralling fourth trip to the house at Badgers Brook sees a young woman facing tension at home and in the office Meriel Evans has worked for her father's estate agency ever since she left school. While happy there, she knows she must carve a career of her own, so lands a job with Cwm Derw's Ace Estate Agency. Soon she discovers her new boss, George Dexter, dislikes her father intensely, though she cannot understand why. Just what is at the root...
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In an enthralling and heart-rending saga, Badgers Brook once again provides sanctuary for a family in need Married life hasn't been easy for Hope Murton – her mother-in-law, Marjorie, is overbearing and critical, and Hope's husband, Ralph, refuses to stand up for himself. Eventually Hope persuades him to move out and to set up a new home at Badgers Brook with their small son, Davy. Soon they are beset by tragedy when a road accident leaves Ralph...
29) Valley in Bloom
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Every village has its secrets… the charming conclusion to the Valley sagas As 1954 draws to an end, the village of Hen Carw Parc is changing. The post-war boom brings a creeping lethargy as the villagers stay in watching their new TV sets, instead of going out to enjoy each other's company. As usual, however, Nelly is busy keeping tabs on the villagers' comings and goings. There's Griff, whose thieving and dishonesty have long-lasting repercussions,...
30) The Weston Girls
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Beautiful, rich, and popular: the Weston Girls seem to have it all… until they fall in love with the wrong men
The Weston family have always pinned their hopes for creating a dynasty on their glamorous granddaughters. But Joan and Megan – confident and eligible though they are – regularly set tongues wagging with their outrageous behaviour. Their grandmother Gladys decides she must organise a party to find them suitable husbands – and that's...
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Beautiful, rich, and popular: the Weston Girls seem to have it all... until they fall in love with the wrong men. The Weston family have always pinned their hopes for creating a dynasty on their glamorous granddaughters. But Joan and Megan - confident and eligible though they are - regularly set tongues wagging with their outrageous behavior. Their grandmother Gladys decides she must organize a party to find them suitable husbands - and that's when...
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A delightful post-war saga set in a charming Welsh town The little Welsh village of Hen Carw Parc – the old deer park – seems to be an island of rural tranquility. But the inhabitants are a lively and varied community – and none more so than Nelly Luke, the cheerful Cockney widow who for many years has made the ramshackle cottage on the village outskirts her cosy, if unconventional, home. Although her eccentric lifestyle is the despair of her...
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The outside world is coming to the Welsh valleys… The small South Wales village of Hen Carw Parc is a haven of rural peace, a gentle backwater where the rhythms of life flow at a time-honoured pace. But times are changing and, although Nelly Luke and the older villagers stick resolutely to tradition, the younger ones have caught tantalising glimpses of a world beyond their quiet valley. For ambitious Fay Cartwright the lure of a career strains her...
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Times are changing in Pendragon Island...
Poachers and dealmakers, the Griffiths family have always managed to scrape by on the edge of the law.
As rationing finally draws to an end, the tight-knit community finds itself coming to terms with a new world in which social boundaries are being eroded and opportunities are growing for all.
Heartache remains a constant though, with Caroline Griffiths trapped in a sham marriage to Barry Martin, and Rhiannon...