Cordwainers Books in Order

After her father dies, Hari Morgan takes responsibility for the family shoemaking business and her ailing mother. Friendship with wealthy Emily Grenfell opens unexpected doors, but their shared love for the same man threatens that fragile connection.

Married to an older fisherman after her father’s death, Emmeline Powell feels isolated among an unwelcoming community. Meeting Will Davies awakens new possibilities, but village feuds and tragedy threaten the different future she begins to imagine.

Fon Parks marries widowed farmer Jamie O’Conner, knowing he trusts her but does not return her love. When enemies threaten their farm, she resolves to defend their home and hopes their struggle might bring them closer.

Arian’s growing shoemaking business gains a powerful backer in Calvin Temple, but a failed French venture threatens their investment. Traveling to salvage it, she falls foul of the law and faces a choice between prison and an unwanted marriage.

Bridie inherits a fleet of merchant ships and believes marriage to fellow shipowner Paul Marchant will secure her future. Doubts about his affection and dealings lead her to enlist Ellie Hopkins in a risky effort to regain control.

Catherine O’Conner defies convention to become Boyo Hopkins’s mistress, making an enemy of his wealthy wife Bethan. Determined to retaliate, Bethan begins dismantling Catherine’s family farm and devising a trap for the woman her husband loves.