‘Oh my god… stunning… must be read by everyone… made me blub like a baby and I met my grocery delivery man with tears streaming down my face! Five stars.’ Cappuccino and Chocolate, ?????1958. Annie Fagan knows that her neighbours in the small town of Athenry talk about her family. And can she blame them? Her father’s slow surrender to drink to numb the pain of his back injury, matched by the new bruises appearing on her ma’s face, gives them plenty to gossip about. Annie struggles to bury her frustration and desperation. Then she meets Arthur ‘Sketch’ Talbot, who shows Annie how to find the stars in the darkness. But when Annie’s father discovers the young couple, will their love survive?Now. Holly has never felt so lost and alone. Devastating news about her pregnancy has opened a rift between her and her fiancé. And the one person she would usually confide in, her beloved Nana, is fading before her eyes. When searching in the attic for forgotten sketches her Nana keeps mentioning, Holly finds a dusty pink memory box, and hidden inside is the handwritten love story about a man called Sketch Talbot. As Holly reads the story to Nana, her grandmother reveals her final wish. Can helping Nana give Holly the strength to face her uncertain future?An absolutely unputdownable and gut-wrenching post-war novel. The perfect read for fans of Diane Chamberlain, Kathryn Hughes and Dani Atkins. Readers love When You’re Gone…‘Wow! I am still in awe by what I have just read… There are not enough stars to show just how much this book meant to me… Top read of the year!’ Reader review, ?????‘OMG, where to start? I loved this book so much… I couldn’t put it down and read it in one go through the night… I ended the book with tears streaming down my face and spent the next few hours thinking about them all still. You must read this book.’ Reader review, ?????‘WHAT A BOOK!!! Sorry for shouting, but it just feels right. It was a-ma-zing, fabulous, wonderful… added to my never-to-be-forgotten shelf… Heartbreaking, heartfelt, heartstopping.’ Reader review, ?????‘Will put your heart through the ringer and leave you with a book hangover the next day. A story that will evoke every possible emotion you have… Characters that will stick with you long after the book has ended… All the feels… Absolutely recommend!’ Reader review, ?????‘Heartbreaking… The love I felt for this book was unreal… At times I felt my emotions get the best of me… Such an amazing book.’ Reader review, ?????‘A proper ugly tears kind of a book… My heart insisted on reading just one more chapter, and another, and another… I even ate a banana in bed on the last night, as there were no way I was putting it down during the last few chapters… I was crying so much, I could hardly see the words, and woke up the following morning with puffy eyes.’ Reader review, ?????‘Be warned, even if you think you aren’t an emotional person, you will probably cry!!… I had no idea it would affect me quite so intensely and I actually sobbed at more than one point in this captivating but utterly heartbreaking narrative. By the end my tears were falling so heavily, I could hardly breathe!’ Reader review, ?????‘Emotion ripping my heart into pieces and joining them back… So powerful, the last few pages saw me sobbing and breaking down completely. Brooke squeezed every last bit of my emotions out from my heart till I had nothing more left to give.’ Reader review, ?????

‘Touching and uplifting’ MILLY JOHNSON’A beautiful story of loss, discovery and recovery’ HEIDI SWAIN‘Heart-wrenching and compelling’ SARAH MORGAN‘This book tore my heart into tiny pieces, then put it back together and made it fly.’ JANE LINFOOT‘A beautiful story of loss, discovery and recovery.’ HEIDI SWAIN'Heart-wrenching and compelling.’ SARAH MORGAN'Beautiful, poignant and thought-provoking.’ CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN***Everything you leave behind tells a story . . .Heather Morgan doesn’t remember her childhood. She doesn’t want to.For Heather’s mother, every possession was intimately connected to a memory so she could never let anything go. Her extreme hoarding cast the whole family’s life into disarray.So when Heather discovers a secret about her past, about the time she disappeared, she knows there’s only one place she’ll find answers: amidst her mother’s hoard.As Heather uncovers objects and her own memories, will the truth set her free? Or will she discover she’s more like her mother than she ever thought possible?***Readers are falling in love with The Memory Collector:‘An insightful and beautifully written tale’‘What a beautiful poignant story… the sort that stays with you for a long time afterwards’‘Bravo, Fiona Lucas! A captivating read’‘Wow!! I really loved this powerful, thought-provoking book… a poignant must-read’‘This book is simply brilliant… very uplifting and so well written’‘loved this book! 5*****!’Please note, this book was originally published under the name Fiona Harper

Three marshals. Three Mail Order Brides. Each book is a standalone with a HEAThe Carson City BrideU.S. Marshal Joshua Egan has a vengeance on his mind when he marries an unclaimed mail order bride to care for his motherless children. A gang of outlaws murdered his dear wife during a stagecoach robbery gone wrong and Joshua's only need now is for justice. When Rachel Maitland arrives with her innocent eyes and kind smile, she breaks the shield around his heart to pieces, like water flowing through a canyon. He can't keep her out, no matter how hard he tries, and no matter the risk.Rachel Maitland was only sixteen when she entered into an arranged marriage lacking in just about every way. Now that her elderly husband has passed, she finds the courage to hope for a new and better life as a mail order bride. Her needs are simple, she wants to be loved. She wants a family. She wants a man who will not just provide for her survival, but shelter her lonely heart.Joshua Egan might be that man. And he might not. There's not a lot of room for love in a heart burned by vengeance. And this time, when the outlaws come looking for the money from the robbery...it's personal. There can be only one victor when the battle for a man's heart is fought between revenge...and love.The Virginia City BrideIf Jared Winslow didn't have bad luck, he wouldn't have any. Forced to leave his home in Chicago or face the hangman's noose, he's supposed to lay low and stay out of trouble. He's not supposed to become a U.S. Marshall in The Nevada Territory. And he's not supposed to order himself a mail-order-bride. But Jared wants a real life. A home. A family. And he's not going to allow Lady Luck, or false allegations against him stop him from living his life. When Angelica Riley arrives, he's smitten. She's kind, beautiful and generous. She wants what he does, a family, stability. A home. But he isn't the only one who finds her allure impossible to resist. A local troublemaker has decided that Angelica will be his. Her loyalty to Jared--and the promise she made him to become his wife--only angers a man who is used to taking anything he wants.Obsession turns deadly and a woman with an uncanny resemblance to Angelica is violently murdered. Jared knows his enemy will stop at nothing to take his new bride. The question now is can Jared stop him or will his past--and Lady Luck--take everything from him this time, not only his life, but the woman he has grown to love.The Silver City BrideEve Coleman is a gambler in a red dress, looking to lie low.Cameron Neal is a marshal looking to please his dying godfather.She answered the ad for a mail-order bride. He went to send her away but she pulled at him like no other. She knew his godfather's illness was a sham but she married the marshal anyway. Was she making a mistake? She could put on her red dress and do what she was good at or stay and work harder at something than she ever had in her life. Marriage.For their own reasons they were together…“until death do you part”.