The Gibson Family Books in Order

After her mother's death, young Annie Gibson helps raise her siblings in a poor Lancashire household. Driven out by her stepmother, she finds work with a doctor and begins a difficult struggle for security and independence.

Widowed Annie Gibson opens a dressmaking business on Bilsden's High Street, determined to support her family. Sabotage threatens the venture while two very different men offer possibilities she is reluctant to trust.

Annie Hallam's happy marriage is troubled by her husband's failing health and problems across the family. As her son struggles and her relatives face upheaval, a dangerous adversary threatens the life she has built.

Annie Gibson's marriage to mill owner Frederick Hallam meets fierce opposition from his daughter. Secrets surrounding Annie's past and her son's parentage threaten the family's future as they try to settle into their new life.

Frederick Hallam's death leaves Annie facing grief just as the American Civil War disrupts Lancashire's cotton industry. With workers threatened by destitution, she turns to an ambitious project at Spinners Lake to provide employment.