Gracie Hart Bücher

Can she escape her past? After being orphaned as a child, Mary is taken in by her mother's friend Nell and raised as her own.

Luckily her Aunt Eliza was there to take her in but times are still hard on Pit Lane and while Eliza does her best to make sure there is always food on the table, Victoria bears the stigma of her illegitimacy.

From rags to riches? Eliza Wild has come a long way from her hungry childhood days in a rented miner's cottage on Pit Lane on the outskirts of Leeds. Her sewing skills have enabled her to go into business with a wealthy patron and to give her young niece, Victoria, a better life than she and her sister, Mary-Anne, ever dreamed of. There's also Eliza's sweetheart, Tom, who is determined to marry her but having worked so hard to get to where she is, will Eliza take a chance on love when it means she might lose everything she has ever worked for?

Meg just wants to keep her family together. Her mother is desperately ill and her sister is still in school so it is up to her to support them. All Meg knows to do is bake and desperation leads her to Ted Lund, the miserly owner of a local bakery. In a moment of uncharacteristic kindness, he takes pity on Meg and offers her a job. But Ted's charity ends there. He'll save money at any costs, cutting corners by using sawdust in his bread, ignoring vermin in his flour, and paying Meg a pittance. But despite her mistreatment, Meg can see what the bakery might yet be. Using her baking skills, can she turn the shop around?

Will she give in to temptation?When 18-year-old Eve runs away from her small village to start a new life in the city, she quickly discovers that Leeds is not everything she expected it to be.

When their mother tragically dies, Mary-Anne and Eliza are left under the care of their drunken step-father. But things are complicated when Mary-Anne, the eldest, falls pregnant with the child of a married mine-owner. Scared and unsure what to do, the sisters try to hide Mary-Anne's pregnancy.

Meg just wants her family to be together at Christmas. But her mother's illness gets worse every day and her sister is off doing god knows what. So when Meg loses her job in the bakery she doesn't know how they'll cope. Luckily, she knows Frank, the owner of a local patisserie, who offers her a job. But Meg isn't suited for fancy cake and frills. All she wants is to feed her family and make them proud but, as winter takes hold, it feels like everything is stacked against her. Can she make a success of herself before Christmas?

Set in 1936 at the Rowntrees Chocolate Factory in York, the story follows Molly Freeman, who transitions from student to factory worker, excited to join the ranks of women in white uniforms. As she navigates her new life, she forms a deep bond with Connie, leading to shared experiences of love, heartbreak, and the challenges of labor. Together, they embrace their identities as The Rowntrees Chocolate Box Girls, celebrating friendship amidst the trials of their working-class lives.

After two years, Meg Fairfax has finally started to make a success of herself. Her skills as a baker have made her enough to buy the bakery she loves and she's planning a wedding to her fiancé. But Frankie hasn't been entirely honest and both the bakery and Meg's happiness are threatened when she discovers the truth. Meanwhile, Meg's younger sister, Sarah, is attempting to build a life for herself in London but soon realises it's far from what she expected. Finding herself alone on the city streets, she seeks comfort in the arms of a young cockney named Sam Waites. With so much to lose, will the sisters find the security and happiness they seek?