AnneMarie Brear Books in Order

Set in the same world as A Sister’s Sacrifice, this Family Ties novel returns to Yorkshire as the First World War deepens, following connected lives reshaped by loss, loyalty and the long shadow of the trenches.

Orphaned Fliss Atkins toils in her uncle’s rough pub on the River Calder, enduring an unkind aunt and cruel cousin. Friendship with Meg and Lorrie, and meeting adventurous Oscar Nolan, show her other possibilities, but unexpected wealth may prove as dangerous as poverty.

Parlourmaid Olivia Brodie serves the Broadbent family at Hawthorn Manor and steals quiet hours at her father’s forge. Falling for the heir, Spencer, seems impossible, and when tragedy drives her to a bleak industrial town, she must build a new life while torn between past and present love.

Back on the land with friend Trixie, Caroline is determined to turn a small holding into a real home. As feelings grow between her and land agent Max Cavendish, and a scheming cousin stirs trouble, she must protect both her farm and the fragile happiness she is building.

When Caroline Lawson loses both her husband and their farm in 1852, desperation drives her to York in search of work. Facing near destitution and the threat of the workhouse, she finds unexpected allies and discovers that friendship can be a lifeline out of the city’s slums.

Loretta Chambers has spent her life at her father’s struggling boatyard on the docks. A fleeting romance with Italian newcomer Matteo brings dreams of escape, but one reckless moment leaves her with a secret and, after tragedy, a burden that could ruin her future.

In 1870 Wakefield, Meg Taylor struggles to keep her siblings and ailing mother safe in riverside slums as canal work dwindles. When she meets wealthy Christian Henderson, their unlikely connection forces her to choose between the pull of love and her duty to family.

In 1860s Australia, Bridget Kittrick is left in charge of her family’s hard won estate and is determined to prove herself. A bitter neighbour, a mysterious newcomer and a terrifying brush with bushrangers test her courage and her heart.

Evie Davenport leaves the heat of India for cold, rule bound Yorkshire with her widowed army officer father. Torn between loyalty, friendship with a wealthy heiress and her feelings for mill owner Alexander Lucas, she risks scandal to follow her heart.

During a storm in the Yorkshire Dales, Annabelle Wallis helps deliver a baby whose mother vanishes by dawn, leaving only a silk peacock shawl. Fleeing to York’s slums with the child, Annabelle must hide a dangerous secret from the powerful Hartley family.

London, 1929. Widowed heiress Alice Mayton Walsh runs a daring women’s magazine yet feels something is missing. When her brother’s friend Vince plans a loveless marriage and three orphans cross her path, Alice is forced to rethink love, work and purpose.

Newly married to Noah, Beth Jackson is content working her family’s market stall until war is declared in 1914. As Noah goes to the front and tragedy strikes at home, Beth must shoulder the burden of Beaumont Farm and face an old enemy’s revenge.

In 1881 York, Victoria Ashton runs a refuge for destitute women and children. When desperate Georgiana and battered Ruthie arrive at her door, Victoria throws herself into saving them, even as the demands of the home begin to strain her own family’s patience.

Now settled in colonial New South Wales, Ellen Kittrick pours herself into building a prosperous estate for her children. But a vengeful figure from her past, a failing marriage and the return of Rafe Hamilton threaten everything she has fought to achieve.

In famine ravaged Ireland, Ellen Kittrick defies convention by working for an English landlord to keep her family alive. When desperation pushes them to emigrate to Australia, she must decide if security in a strange land is worth the sacrifice of first love.

In Victorian Yorkshire, Thea Goodson is trapped in a brutal marriage to a tobacconist with dangerous secrets. When a courteous newcomer opens a shop next door, she glimpses a different life and must decide if she dares defy society and her violent husband.

Yorkshire, 1913. Rhubarb farmer’s daughter Beth Beaumont loves her life on the land until a mining disaster shatters her romance with miner Noah Jackson. Pursued by a spiteful gentleman who will not accept rejection, she must fight for love and her future.

Restless Prue Marsh leaves England with her irrepressible grandmother, chasing adventure in India and Italy. Family secrets, political unrest and a mountain climbing charmer force her to confront past mistakes and decide whether she is finally ready to love.

Often overlooked, Cece Marsh is gifted a rundown cottage in the Scottish Highlands just as heartbreak and another unwelcome surprise upend her life. Hiding there with a runaway orphan, she slowly lets in a kind schoolteacher and a guarded Highlander who challenge her fear of trusting again.

Raised to be a lady, orphan Victoria Carlton is appalled by the poverty of York’s slums yet drawn to help. When she is cast out by her relatives and forced to live among those she once visited, she must survive danger, disease and a brutal enemy to rebuild her life.

After the Great War, Millie believes marriage to Jeremy will bring joy and stability. Instead she faces his worsening shell shock, a gloomy inherited estate and the unsettling presence of wounded ex soldier Monty, forcing her to question what love and duty really mean.

The Marsh family gathers at Chateau Dumont for Christmas, hoping for peace and celebration. Clashing sisters, Millie’s anxious husband, a secretive mother and an outspoken grandmother turn the holiday into a storm of hurt feelings that could either divide or heal them.

Shipwrecked off Western Australia in 1879, Louisa Reynolds survives with help from an Aboriginal girl and a kindly doctor. Welcomed by gentle George and charismatic Connor, she later marries for security, only to face fire, bushrangers and ruin at a remote sheep station.

Fleeing a predatory guardian, Charlotte Brookes and her younger sister find refuge in a Yorkshire village and the kindness of shopkeepers and landowner Harry Belmont. When war, blackmail and old threats close in, Charlotte must protect her sister and fight for a fragile new happiness.

At Blue Water Station in 1914 Australia, Oliver is eager to enlist and leads cousins and friends into the army, leaving his sister Tilly to run the cattle station. As war changes the men abroad, Tilly struggles with duty, desire and the future of their land.

After scandal forces the Noble family to leave England in 1850, Pippa Noble is determined to make their Australian farm succeed. Facing an unforgiving landscape, family tensions and an unresolved friendship with neighbour Gil Ashford, she must decide how much she is willing to risk for independence.

Inspired by a lecture on female emigration, Nicola Douglas leaves England in 1867 to work as a governess in Australia. In crowded Sydney she builds a career helping other women, even as two very different suitors force her to weigh love against independence.

Gifted land in northern New South Wales, Kitty swaps English streets for the hardships of colonial bush life. Battling drought, isolation and a hostile neighbour who wants her acreage for himself, she must prove that a woman can run a property on her own terms.

In 1864 York, well brought up Kitty McKenzie loses her parents and discovers the family is bankrupt. Evicted from their fine house, she is determined to keep her siblings together, clawing her way from rag stall to teashop while learning who she can truly trust.

Halifax, 1876. After her mother and sister die, Isabelle Gibson endures a grim privately run workhouse. To escape further abuse she agrees to wed a farmer she has never met, a decision that entangles her with his feuds, a troubled landlord and a forbidden, growing love.

Leeds, 1870. Eldest daughter Grace Woodruff holds together a household of sisters under a violent, ambitious father and a withdrawn mother. When her first love returns and new scandals erupt, she must choose between duty to her family and claiming a chance at her own happiness.

At the turn of the century, long serving housekeeper Eden Harris hides a secret that could destroy the Bradbury family she serves. When an old enemy resurfaces and tragedy strikes, she flees with her daughters, only to find that the past and a lost love are not finished with her.

In 1899, Catrina Davies hides in the Scottish Highlands after a shattering event, cared for only by an elderly benefactor. When former sweetheart Travis finds her and persuades her to return to Davmoor Court, she walks back into a ruined estate, dangerous enemies and a marriage under siege.

Aurora Pettigrew seems to have everything, from a loving family to a promised match with heir Reid Sinclair. When a shattering secret about her birth destroys that future, she retreats to York and accepts a different proposal, only to find the past still tugging at her heart.

Modern day Lexi falls in love with crumbling Hollingsworth House in Yorkshire, despite her husband’s doubts. Discovering an old diary, she is drawn into the wartime life of Allie, an Australian nurse in France, and realises the past may hold answers for her own future.

In this Titanic era short story, Briony escapes her abusive father to marry James and sail for a new life in America. Their gifted ocean liner tickets seem like a miracle, until fate tests their love and courage in the cold North Atlantic.

Yorkshire, 1864. Wealthy landowner’s daughter Anna Thornton longs to be taken seriously. After a charming adventurer abandons her and she discovers she is pregnant, she flees to start over, only to find unexpected support and love from a principled labourer with secrets of his own.

An anthology of six romantic short stories set around the world, from Paris to India and Australia. Each tale follows different characters as they take risks, heal old wounds and move toward hard won second chances in love.

After surviving cancer, Australian Fleur Stanthorpe heads to Whitby for a summer of freedom, running a bookshop café by the sea. Falling for Irishman Patrick Donnelly was never in the plan, and their intense holiday romance leaves them facing an ocean and big decisions.

Katie Edwards thinks she has finally escaped a sleazy boss when she lands a new PA job in Yorkshire. Unfortunately her sports mad employer Liam Kennedy is infuriating, irresistible and off limits, and falling for him could wreck both her career and her heart.

When her family home on the East Yorkshire coast becomes a convalescent hospital in World War II, Audrey Pearson’s comfortable life vanishes. Drawn to reserved army doctor Jake Harding, scarred by his own loss, she must decide whether to risk her heart on a man who has vowed never to love again.

In 1870 Leeds, Grace Woodruff is the backbone of a household full of sisters, shielding them from their volatile father and a stream of scandals. When her first love returns and murder and disgrace threaten the family, she has to fight for both duty and a future of her own.