Faith
Scotland, 1995, and Laura Brannigan is in prison for a murder she claims she didn’t commit.
Hope
Somerset, 1836, and baby Hope is cast out from a world of privilege as proof of her mother’s adultery.
A Lesser Evil
Bristol, the 1960s, and young Fifi Brown defies her parents to marry a man they think is beneath her.
Secrets
Adele Talbot escapes a children’s home to find her grandmother — but soon her unhappy mother is on her trail …
Remember Me
Mary Broad is transported to Australia as a convict and encounters both cruelty and passion. Can she make a life for herself so far from home?
Till We Meet Again
Susan and Beth were childhood friends. Now Susan is accused of murder, and Beth finds she must defend her.
Father Unknown
Daisy Buchan is left a scrapbook with details about her real mother. But should she go and find her?
Trust Me
Dulcie Taylor and her sister are sent to an orphanage and then to Australia. Is their love strong enough to keep them together?
Never Look Back
An act of charity sends flower girl Matilda on a trip to the New World and a new life …
Charlie
Charlie helplessly watches her mother being senselessly attacked. What secrets have her parents kept from her?
Rosie
Rosie is a girl without a mother, with a past full of trouble. But could the man who ruined her family also save Rosie?
Camellia
Orphaned Camellia discovers that the past she has always been so sure of has been built on lies. Can she bear to uncover the truth about herself?
Ellie
Eastender Ellie and spoilt Bonny set off to make a living on the stage. Can their friendship survive sacrifice and ambition?
Charity
Charity Stratton’s bleak life is changed for ever when her parents die in a fire. Alone and pregnant, she runs away to London …
Tara
Anne changes her name to Tara to forget her shocking past — but can she really become someone else?
Georgia
Raped by her foster-father, fifteen-year-old Georgia runs away from home to the seedy back streets of Soho …
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING
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First published 2020
Copyright © Lesley Pearse, 2020
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ISBN: 978-1-405-94460-1
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Table of Contents
Title Page
About the Author
By the Same Author
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Copyright