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Rita Bradshaw (born 1949) is a British romance novelist. She wrote historical romances under her real name and contemporary romances under the pseudonym Helen Brooks. Biography Rita Bradshaw was born in 1949 in Northampton, England. She met her husband Clive when she was 16. They have three children. A former secretary, she began writing in 1990 at the age of 40, and published her first novel in 1992 at Mills & Boon under the pseudonym Helen Brooks. Since 1998, she has also published historical romances under her actual name. She lives in Northampton. Bibliography As Helen Brooks Single novels Stone Angel (1992) Deceitful Lover (1992) The Devil You Know (1992) Cruel Conspiracy (1992) Gentle Savage (1993) Cold Fire (1993) Sweet Betrayal (1993) And the Bride Wore Black (1993) A Heartless Marriage (1993) Bitter Honey (1993) Dark Oasis (1994) Knight in Black Velvet (1994) The Sultan's Favourite (1994) Web of Darkness (1994) Lovers Not Friends (1994) Angels Do Have Wings (1994) Lace and Satin (1995) The Twisted Cord (1995) (re-edited as Rita Bradshaw) Fire Beneath the Ice (1995) The Marriage Solution (1995) Dream Wedding (1996) Reckless Flirtation (1996) For a Mother's Love (1996) Satisfaction Guaranteed (1997) Treasure Hunt Vacation (1998) The Bride's Secret (1998) A Man Worth Waiting for (1998) Very Private Revenge (1998) Mistletoe Mistress (1998) The Marriage Quest (1999) A Boss in a Million (1999) Mistress to a Millionaire (1999) A Whirlwind Marriage (2000) Sleeping Partners (2001) The Greek Tycoon's Bride (2002) Christmas at His Command (2002) The Passionate Husband (2004) A Ruthless Agreement (2005) Italian Tycoon's Bride (2006) The Billionaire Boss's Secretary Bride (2008) The Boss's Inexperienced Secretary (2009) The Millionaire's Christmas Wife (2009) Sweet Surrender With the Millionaire (2010) Contract Marriage Series Husband by Contract (1997) Second Marriage (1997) A Proposal Series A Convenient Proposal (2000) A Suspicious Proposal (2000) Stolen Moments Series Multi-Author Bitter Honey (1993) From Here To Paternity Series Multi-Author The Price of a Wife (1997) Expecting! Series Multi-Author The Baby Secret (1999) Nine to Five Series Multi-Author The Irresistible Tycoon (2001) The Mistress Contract (2001) Latin Lovers Series Multi-Author A Spanish Affair (2001) In Love With Her Boss Series Multi-Author The Parisian Playboy (2002) Mistress by Agreement (2003) Do Not Disturb Series Multi-Author The Christmas Marriage Mission (2003) Dinner at 8 Series Multi-Author His Marriage Ultimatum (2004) The Millionaire's Prospective Wife (2005) The Billionaire's Marriage Mission (2006) His Christmas Bride (2007) Tall, Dark and Sexy Series Multi-Author The Billionaire's Virgin Bride (2008) Ruthless! Series Multi-Author Ruthless Tycoon, Innocent Wife (2008) Omnibus collections Christmas Gift Pack (2000) Blind-date Brides (2002) The Devil You Know / Cruel Conspiracy (2004) Deceitful Lover / Gentle Savage (2004) Suspicious Proposal / Convenient Proposal (2005) Man Worth Waiting for / Marriage Quest (2006) Collections In collaboration The Parent Trap (1997) (with Emma Goldrick) French Kiss (2001) (with Catherine George) Desert Destinies (2001) (with Emma Darcy and Mary Lyons) A Christmas Seduction (2001) (with Emma Darcy and Catherine Spencer) Sealed with a Kiss (2002) (with Judith Bowen and Debbie Macomber) (My Funny Valentine / Mom And Mr. Valentine / Her Secret Valentine) Business Affairs (2003) (with Lynne Graham and Kim Lawrence) Contract Husbands (2003) (with Catherine George and Jessica Steele) Marrying the Boss (2003) (with Alison Roberts and Jessica Steele) Falling for the Boss (2005) (with Barbara McMahon and Cathy Williams) Her Greek Millionaire (2005) (with Helen Bianchin and Sara Wood) After Office Hours... (2006) (with Jessica Steele and Lee Wilkinson) Christmas Treasures (2006) (with Caroline Anderson and Betty Neels) City Heat (2007) (with Catherine George and Rebecca Winters) It Happened At Christmas (2007) (with Penny Jordan and Carol Wood) (Bride At Bellfield Mill / Family For Hawthorn Farm / Tilly Of Tap House) Mistress by Consent (2007) (with Margaret Way and Sara Wood) The Joy of Christmas (2007) (with Betty Neels and Margaret Way) Winter Waifs (2007) (with Penny Jordan and Carol Wood) Reckless Flirtation / Luc's Revenge (2008) (with Catherine George) Bride at Bellfield Mill / Family for Hawthorn Farm / Tilly of Tap House (2008) (with Penny Jordan and Carol Wood) A Passionate Affair (2009) (with Elizabeth Power and Kathryn Ross) Her Mediterranean Boss (2009) (with Barbara McMahon and Trish Morey) Millionaire's Woman (2009) (with Catherine George and Angie Ray) As Rita Bradshaw Single novels Alone Beneath the Heaven (1998) Reach for Tomorrow (1999) Ragamuffin Angel (2000) The Stony Path (2001) The Urchin's Song (2002) Candles in the Storm (2003) The Most Precious Thing (2004) Always I'll Remember (2005) The Rainbow Years (2006) Skylarks at Sunset (2007) Eve and Her Sisters (2008) Above the Harvest Moon (2008) Gilding the Lily (2009) Born to Trouble (2009) Forever Yours (2010) Break of Dawn (2011) Dancing in the Moonlight (2013) Beyond the Veil of Tears (2014) The Colours of Love (2015) Snowflakes in the Wind (2016) A Winter Love Song (2017) Beneath a Frosty Moon (2018) One Snowy Night (2019) The Storm Child (2020) References and resources . 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Winnie Of The Waterfront
Rosie HarrisCrippled by polio, young Winnie Molloy has little to look forward to in life. Her father, Trevor, adores her but she is neglected by her feckless mother, Grace. When war comes Trev...
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The Girls in Blue
Lily BaxterWhen her home is destroyed in a bombing raid over London, Miranda Beddoes is forced to take refuge with her grandparents down on the Dorset coast. With both her parents doing their...
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The Nightingale Girls
Donna DouglasThree very different girls sign up as student nurses in 1936, while England is still mourning the death of George V. Dora is a tough East Ender, driven by ambition, but also desper...
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The Servant Girl
Maggie HopeShe is the downstairs maid; he is the Master’s son...Forced to become a kitchen maid at Fortune Hall, Hetty Pearson strikes up an unlikely friendship with the younger son of the ho...
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Maggie
Lena KennedyFour decades. Four generations. One World War.Raised in Stepney, the heart of London's East End, Maggie Riley is the only child of an Irish widower. When she becomes pregnant at th...
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Sealed With a Loving Kiss
Ellie DeanTHE NINTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANAfter the death of her parents in a bombing raid, Mary Jones discovers a secret in the pages of father’s di...
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A Christmas Wish for the Shipyard Girls
Nancy RevellTHE NINTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING SHIPYARD GIRLS SERIES'Emotional and gripping' Take a BreakSunderland, 1943: As Christmas approaches in the shipyards, everyone is hoping for a li...
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Nightingales Under the Mistletoe
Donna DouglasChristmas 1941 and the nurses at the Nightingale are facing their toughest winter yet.With shortages everywhere, and every news bulletin announcing more defeats and losses, the Bri...
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Far From Home
Ellie DeanTHE SECOND CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANIt is 1940 and Staff Nurse Polly Brown has been granted a posting at Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital on the ...
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District Nurse on Call
Donna DouglasTHE BRAND NEW BOOK BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR DONNA DOUGLASHer second book in The Nurses of Steeple Street series The Nightingale Christmas Show is available to PREORDER N...
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The Orphans of Ardwick
Emma HornbyDon't miss Emma Hornby's gripping new wartime saga, A DAUGHTER'S WAR out nowFans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Maggie Hope will love Emma Hornby.After a cold, hard winter on t...
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Homecoming
Ellie DeanTHE EIGHTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANPeace has finally been declared in the Far East, but for those living at Beach View Boarding House, th...
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The Railway Girls in Love
Maisie ThomasThe brand new Railway Girls novel set in Manchester during WWII. Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell, Daisy Styles and Margaret Dickinson.Readers LOVE the Railway Girls: 'Gripping and...
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A Christmas Miracle for the Railway Girls
Maisie Thomas'Heartwarming historical fiction ... The perfect stocking filler for fans of Nancy Revell, Daisy Styles and Margaret Dickinson' Eastern Daily PressThe sixth heartwarming, feelgood ...
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Sweet Memories of You
Ellie DeanTHE TENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN‘I’m not working on a factory floor or digging for victory, but in my own small way I do what I can for tho...
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Shipyard Girls in Love
Nancy RevellTHE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER ‘Nancy Revell knows how to stir the passions and soothe the heart!’ The Northern Echo Sunderland, 1941With a brief break in air raids providing ...
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With Hope and Love
Ellie DeanTHE SEVENTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN. Cliffehaven, 1945The war in Europe is over, but for Peggy Reilly and the residents of Beach View Bo...
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All My Tomorrows
Ellie DeanTHE SIXTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANIt was a time of friendship, family, love and loss . . .In defending herself against her brutal husband, ei...
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The Waiting Hours
Ellie DeanTHE NEW CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN'The Waiting Hours is a gem of a book, which will touch readers' hearts. Ellie Dean effortlessly evokes a sen...
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Nelly Kelly
Lena KennedyLife never turns out the way you plan . . .In the turmoil and confusion of London's East End between the wars, young Nelly Kelly soon learns that life may never match her expectati...
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As the Sun Breaks Through
Ellie DeanTHE FIFTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANCliffehaven, June 1944As the planes continue to circle over Cliffehaven, Peggy Reilly’s sister Doris mu...
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Half a Sixpence
Evie GraceTHE FIRST SAGA IN EVIE GRACE'S MAIDS OF KENT TRILOGY.'An intriguing tale of family relationships and of finding love a second time around . . . I’ll be sure to look out for the nex...
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A Nightingale Christmas Wish
Donna DouglasAs Christmas 1938 approaches, the staff at the Nightingale Hospital have their own wishes for the festive season. Ward sister Frannie Wallace is hoping she won’t have to live throu...
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On a Turning Tide
Ellie DeanPREORDER NOW:THE SIXTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANCliffehaven, October 1944 As the Allied troops draw closer to victory, life at Beach View ...
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A Nightingale Christmas Promise
Donna DouglasFor the first time, a Nightingale nurses novel set during the First World War. Follow the senior staff as they overcome the trials of their training years. From Sunday Times top te...
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Until You Come Home
Ellie DeanTHE TWELFTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN‘We’ll just have to carry on in the belief that the end of the war is finally in sight'It is 1944 and Ann...
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A Nightingale Christmas Carol
Donna DouglasAll that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas… The Nightingale Hospital, London, 1944: With her husband Nick away fighting, Dora struggles to keep the home fires...
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Ambulance Girls
Deborah BurrowsOn duty during London's Blitz...As death and destruction fall from the skies day after day in the London Blitz, Australian ambulance driver Lily Brennan confronts the horror with b...
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Au Revoir Liverpool
Maureen LeeA gripping Second World War novel, from the bestselling author of NOTHING LASTS FOREVER and THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL.Liverpool, 1937. Jessica is married to Bertie, a mean, patronis...
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Some Lucky Day
Ellie DeanTHE SEVENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANMay 1942. War can bring hope as well s heart ache . . . Kitty Pargeter loves the life she’s leading as a ...
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The Nurses of Steeple Street
Donna DouglasFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NIGHTINGALE SERIES COMES THE FIRST BOOK IN DONNA DOUGLAS' NEW NURSES OF STEEPLE STREET SERIES.Welcome to the district nurses...
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With a Kiss and a Prayer
Ellie DeanTHE FOURTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANCliffehaven, May 1944 The tension is rising for Peggy Reilly and the inhabitants of Cliffehaven as the...
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The Pride
Judith SaxtonBook One in the compelling Neyler Quartet, following the triumphs and tragedies of a wealthy family through the first fifty tumultuous years of the twentieth centuryBook One in the...
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Shelter from the Storm
Ellie DeanTHE ELEVENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANIt is 1943 and April Wilton is devastated when she is forced to leave Portsmouth and the WRENs where she...
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Nightingales at War
Donna DouglasAs the war takes its toll, the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country…Dora is the devoted mother of twin babies but, determined to help the war effort, she goes ...
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Shipyard Girls at War
Nancy RevellTHE SECOND SHIPYARD GIRLS NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, NANCY REVELL.‘Nancy Revell knows how to stir the passions and soothe the heart!’ Northern Echo1941: it takes s...
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Secrets of the Shipyard Girls
Nancy RevellTHE THIRD SHIPYARD GIRLS NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, NANCY REVELL. ‘Nancy Revell knows how to stir the passions and soothe the heart!’ Northern Echo Sunderland, 194...
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Workhouse Child
Maggie HopeAll she wants is a family of her own...Lottie is just three years old when her Mammy dies and she is sent to the workhouse. A childhood spent in poverty, skivvying for other people...
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The Tuppenny Child
Glenda Young'Real sagas with female characters right at the heart' Woman's HourIf you love Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, you'll LOVE Glenda Young's 'amazing novels!' (ITV's This Morning prese...
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Down Our Street
Lena Kennedy'A real EastEnd tale . . . brilliant!' 5STAR reader reviewGoldenhaired, sunnynatured Amy, youngest and dearest of Annie Flanagan's lively brood of thirteen, is the apple of her mo...
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Nightingales on Call
Donna DouglasFrom the author of The Nightingale Girls, The Nightingale Sisters and The Nightingale Nurses – perfect for fans of Call the Midwife1937 sees new challenges for the trainee nursesDo...