Author: rachelbrimble

From grieving widow… 1851. After her merchant husband saved her from a life of prostitution, Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a housewife in Bristol. But then a constable arrives at her door. Her husband has been found hanged in a Bath hotel room, a note and a key to a property in Bath the only things she has left of him. And now the debt collectors will come calling. To a new life as a madam. … calling. To a new life as a madam. Forced to leave everything she knows behind, Louisa finds more painful betrayals waiting for…

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Christmas sees Pennington’s at its most glorious, thronged with shoppers, its grand staircase and balcony adorned with holly, mistletoe, tinsel and lights. It should be the happiest time, but dramas are seething beneath the surface. For Cornelia Culford, in charge of jewellery, a divorce hearing looms, where she could lose custody of her young sons to her overbearing and unfaithful husband. For … unfaithful husband. For Stephen Gower, being head of security at Pennington’s is the perfect refuge from a tragic pastat Scotland Yard. But soon the past will call him back, as Joseph Carterand Elizabeth Penningtonbeg him to help…

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Bath, 1911: The coronation of King George V is imminent — and passionate suffrage campaigner Esther is determined to secure women’s right to vote. But as she grows closer to wealthy widower Lawrence, she must decide what she truly wants in life…

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For fans of Mr Selfridge: Elizabeth Pennington has proven she can run her father’s department store… but he’s convinced it’s a man’s job. Can Elizabeth change her father’s mind and bring Pennington’s into the modern era? A captivating novel set in 1910 Bath.

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