Gemma Jackson Books in Order

Ivy Rose Murphy has spent years keeping her family alive in Dublin's tenements. After her father's death, a chance meeting and a desperate child draw her toward a bigger future.

As Ivy's fortunes rise, so do the dangers around her. A stalker, new money, and Jem Ryan's hopes for marriage force her to choose how much independence she is willing to risk.

Ivy's knack for turning castoffs into cash is finally paying off, and her dolls are reaching smart Dublin shops. Then Ann Marie's innocent day with her camera threatens to wreck everything Ivy has built.

Married life does not make Ivy's world easier. As jealous neighbors, Father Leary, and opportunists circle closer, she and Jem must protect their future without losing the people who depend on them.

In 1898 Dublin, three orphan girls enter service at Percy Place and find a household on the edge. When battered Georgina Whitmore is offered a way to help other women escape abuse, the house becomes a risky new beginning.

Percy Place is supposed to be a refuge, but sending women toward new lives is only the start. As Georgina helps some head to America and takes in more desperate arrivals, the house grows busier and riskier.

A compact sequence of poems about loss, memory, and the effort to give shape to grief. It shows a more experimental side of Gemma Jackson's writing, but the emotional pull is still direct.

On her fortieth birthday, Finn Brennan realizes the life she built for husband and sons has left no room for herself. Retreating to her workshop, she turns private metal sculptures into the start of a hard-won new identity.

Posing as a wealthy married couple, Krista and Perry cross Belgium and Germany on a rescue mission. What begins as a daring assignment grows more dangerous as war edges closer and every mistake could expose them.

Krista hopes for an ordinary future, but Europe's crisis will not let her stand aside. Her gift for languages pulls her into rescue work, then into a mission that could send her and Perry into real danger.

In 1938, Krista senses the border village around her turning hard and dangerous. After overhearing a conversation that could doom her, she hides in an Englishman's car and flees toward Britain.

Frightened and uprooted, Krista reaches England with more questions than answers. Family secrets begin to surface, and a place in Captain Caulfield's household offers safety, work, and a glimpse of an entirely different life.

Back in England, Krista finally has a British passport but not much freedom. Powerful men want her skills for their own ends, while she tries to train for honest work and keep control of her life.

With her training finished, Krista hopes to make her own way. Instead, the shadow of war and the sense of being watched push her out of safety and into another uncertain, possibly dangerous turn.

War is declared, and Krista's work stops being theoretical. With Perry and the Special Service Wrens pulled into urgent, rule-bending duties, she must prove she can help defend Britain when it matters most.

As Britain braces for war, Krista joins naval training and finds little welcome from the men in charge. Then a shocking sighting of Philippe Dumas in England reminds her that the past is never far behind.

When newspapers report Georgina Corrigan dead, she has to prove she is alive while chaos ripples through Percy Place. A frightened young woman needs shelter, and the BOBs still expect Georgina to keep the house open.

December 1939 brings shortages, uncertainty, and fresh demands on Krista and her friends. Reassigned within the Wrens and sent out with Perry again, she faces a mission that may be far more dangerous than advertised.

After a bloody clash leaves people reeling, Krista faces the consequences of the secret work she has taken on. With the war tightening around her, she must decide how much more she can risk for the cause.