Never Forget Series

It’s 1912 and on-board the Titanic are two women from very different walks of life. Alice Higgins is an impoverished music hall performer, heavily pregnant and running away with her bounder boyfriend to start a new life in America. Nesta Villiers is the wealthy wife of a brutal man, and is escaping to New York to avoid him committing her to an asylum. When the ship begins to sink, Nesta offers to take the baby Alice gave birth to on-board, onto a lifeboat – promising to return him when they are rescued. But in a case of mistaken identity Nesta thinks Alice has died and claims the baby as her own. But even when they reach New York and she discovers her ‘son’s’ mother is alive and well, she continues to tell people he is hers. In an epic tale that starts with the sinking of the world’s most famous ship, and ends with the Second World War, Alice and Nesta contend with the heartbreak the First World War brings; the emancipation of women; the realisation of their dreams, and the strain of keeping so many secrets. When fate brings them together again, a life-long battle ensues as they fight to hold onto the boy they both adore.

The sequel to Never Forget and the start of a whole new saga..... It’s 1959 and Annie and Kenneth Holland, the brother and sister adopted by Nesta Villiers at the start of World War II have grown up into very different people. At just 25 Annie is a widow, after Mario, her racing driver husband committed suicide, leaving her in crippling debt. Her only asset is Bruno’s, the West End nightclub Mario won off a gangster. Kenneth is now the head of Tanner Beresford, Nesta’s housing association, while Nesta recovers from a stroke in a Swiss clinic. Brother and sister are at each other’s throat, with the pious Kenneth condemning Annie for her frivolous lifestyle; and when their aunt, the world-famous actress Alicia Bloom, gives Annie a run down hotel for her birthday present, and she decides to open it as an emporium selling her luxury shoes and bags, Kenneth cannot forgive her for not donating it to Tanner Beresford. Into their lives enters the mysterious Iris Lindholm, a beautiful former high-class hooker who knows a lot about the brother and sister and is determined to make her mark. When Iris and Annie both fall in love with Patrick Collins, the handsome gangster’s son, all hell breaks loose and allegiances are formed that will last a lifetime and span the generations to come.

It’s 1978 and cousins Ellie Grantham and Viva Collins are eighteen years old. A sheltered schoolgirl, Ellie has lived in the protection of Annie Holland, her mother as well as her father and stepfather. She longs to escape the confines of boarding school, and when she meets a handsome punk rocker, she gets her chance to finally start living. Viva Collins lives in the glamour of LA with her parents and younger sister. Dating a womanising politician’s son, and taken for granted by her mother, Iris, Viva longs to return to England to seek out Mark, her younger brother, who was left behind by Iris when she escaped to the US. After blackmailing Patrick, her father, Viva makes her escape and arrives in London. Soon she is thrust into the world of fashion, and all the temptations it brings. Soon, it’s the 1980s and these two independent girls are making their mark. For Ellie, what starts as a second-hand record shop turns into a burgeoning record label. A disastrous, short-lived marriage means Viva cannot work as a model again, so she becomes a journalist and has no intention of returning to America - despite Iris threatening to disown her. The cousins put aside their mothers’ rivalry and become close friends and allies.....for now. Along with their success comes heartache. Ellie finds life as a rock star’s wife difficult – can she ever trust him? And Viva lurches from one disastrous relationship to another, while the man she truly wants is married to another. As these two girls turn into young women, their lives change as quickly as the society they live in. This is Thatcher’s Britain and the ethos is to make as much money as possible, with little regard for those you trample on as you make your way. Ellie and Viva intend to do whatever it takes to get to the top and there are bound to be broken hearts, shattered dreams, and some relationships will never be the same again.

The sequel to The Exciting Life and the next instalment of the Never Forget saga. It is now 1960 and Annie Holland and Iris Lindholm are determined to make their mark in the world of fashion. But the sisters remain deadly enemies, and while Iris makes a success of her fashion house, she struggles with the pressures of motherhood and married life – realising she has let the love of her life slip through her fingers. Annie finds herself in a rut, married to a man who expects her to sacrifice her career but gives her little in return. A dramatic turn of events means that Annie finds herself suddenly alone, having to cope with her baby daughter and trying to rebuild her shoe business. Iris’s career goes from strength to strength, but her personal life is in tatters - with her seedy past always threatening to come back and ruin everything she has achieved. In the space of a few short years, the lives of these young women will change forever - with their rivalry forming a backdrop to everything they do. Will Annie ever find true love? Can Iris escape her past? And will they ever put their differences aside and learn to get along?

Book five of the Never Forget saga. It is 1985 and Ellie and Viva are true women of their time. Both are trying hard to have it all - a career, children and a great relationship with their new husbands. However, things aren't going to plan. Ellie is struggling to be a step-mother to two teenage children as well as looking after her own daughter Angel, and Rio - the baby her cousin Viva had with rock star Jake Fairhurst, Ellie's first husband. Viva is ruing the day she gave Rio to Ellie, so she could be with pop star Guy Fitzwilliam and is now desperate to get her daughter back. In typical Viva fashion, she doesn’t mind what measures she has to take to get her way. When a rival record company starts a hostile takeover of Titan Records, Ellie and embarks on a business venture so risky, it could result in her losing everything - including her marriage. Viva launches a new magazine and inadvertently opens a deadly can of worms, meaning a deadly secret is revealed that could tear her family apart. And when a handsome stranger enters both women's lives, things will never be the same again.

It is 1999, and sisters Angel and Rio are growing up fast. Angel is the spoilt stage school brat who is part of a chart-topping pop act, but longs for credibility. Rio is trying to forge her own way in the world, working for Morgan Collins, her film star aunt, as a nanny, and trying to avoid the wandering hands of Morgan’s husband Jason. Rio escapes to London, and while Angel is not pleased to be reunited with her half sister. Ellie, her mother, is delighted to see the girl she once looked upon like a daughter. She angers Angel by giving Rio a job at Titan Records, and Angel feels as though she is second best. Desperate to be taken seriously, she reinvents herself as a rock singer, succumbing to all the temptations that go with the territory. Rio fits into London life - finding love and stability for the first time. But when the worst terrorist event in living memory occurs, her seemingly happy life is torn to pieces. With their lives littered with addictions, heartache and disappointment, will the estranged sisters ever put their differences aside, or will their dislike for one another turn into a deadly game of revenge?