Severn House UK
October 1st. 2008
ISBN 9- 7807278670049
The death of Charlie Parker exposes a web of deceit. Wife Lauren finds herself providing for Charlie's newly discovered teenage daughter, as well as caring for her mother-in-law, Betty. Recently bankrupt, they rent an isolated cottage in Dorset with Kate, who is expecting a child, the result of an assault. Meanwhile Detective Inspector Theo Ransom is investigating the affairs of Charlie, but can't fight his feelings for Lauren. . .
Severn House UK
1st March 08
In Edinburgh, Kenna Mackenzie is cheated out of her inheritance by her brother-in-law. When she refuses to marry Rory Challenor - the Scottish Laird picked out for her - the stubborn Kenna finds herself on the streets with only the clothes she stands up in. She survives for a while, but as winter sets in she becomes desperatately ill.
A widowed English doctor rescues her - but Dominic Sterne considers Kenna to be a street woman, despite his growing feelings towards her. When he leaves to take up a new position in the South of England, Kenna is broken-hearted.
When Kenna returns home, it's to discover she has no choice but to accept the laird's proposal. Although the man has a certain charisma, she discovers he has family problems as well as entanglements.
In the meantime, Dominic has realized his mistake and has returned to Edinburgh to look for Kenna . . .
Julie Bonello - Cata Romance http://singletitles.com?p=342
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"Woods fashions an involving, time-honored story featuring noble heroes and naughty villains. Sure to please her fans"
Booklist.
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"This story keeps in perfect line with the other Janet Woods books that I have read, not in that they are intertwined, but in that they all have the same feel-bittersweet, lovely, nostalgic and beautiful. I look forward to every single book that she puts out because I know that the hits keep coming!"
Kristal Gorman - http://romancereaderatheart.com/pubsandpromos/
Severn House UK
August 2007
ISBN: 987-0-7278-6546-5
This is an engrossing saga set in the North East of Victorian England. As the sixth of Mary Ingram's surviving children, Calandra - known as Callie - determines from an early age that she will not follow in her beloved mother's footsteps. Married into a fisherman's family near Hartlepool, Mary's life is one of hard work, unrelenting poverty and narrow horizons.
One day, whilst gathering sea coal at the water's edge, Callie meets Patricia Lazarus and her brother James. Though their backgrounds are very different - the Lazarus children's great-uncle, with whom they are staying, is a lawyer - a friendship is forged that will last for ever. When Great-Uncle Harold offers Callie the post of companion to Patricia, it is the first step in her journey to a better life...
"Janet Woods sure knows how to cook up a tear jerker. Right from the very start of THE COAL GATHERER I knew that this was going to be a book that I would love. The ending is just superb-I could not have asked for better, and I have decided that I am truly in love with Janet Woods' stories!"
Kristal Gorman - Romance Reader at Heart.
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4.5 stars - Sept 07
"Engrossing, enchanting and written straight from the heart. Janet Woods once again proves herself to be a talented storyteller. Featuring characters so richly drawn that it's impossible not to care about them, The Coal Gatherer is a novel that is as impossible to put down as it is to forget. Saga addicts will devour Janet Woods' latest tale in a single sittin."
Cata Romance - Single titles reviewer - Julie Bonello
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The Coal Gatherer.
"Woods has created an engaging historical novel filled with emotion and starring a memorable heroine."
Booklist Oct 07 edition.
Severn House UK
February 2007
ISBN 0727864955
Jilly Turner's wartime childhood in rural Dorset is far from idyllic. Her one consolation through the difficult times is Alec, an evacuee from London with whom she strikes up a deep and abiding friendship. When Alec is orphaned and sent to Australia, Jilly is left alone with her wayward mother and her depressed father.
Jilly finds herself pregnant and alone at seventeen, and finds herself with no choice but to give up the baby boy she bears.
But does Alec - who returns from Australia a successful man - hold the key to Jilly's future happiness? Always friends, even when apart, Jilly knows his love for her can withstand the truth of her past, but will she ever stop grieving for the son she loved and gave away?
Booklist 1st April 07.
Hardcover, Sept 2006
ISBN 0 7278 6439 4
The Patterson sisters have lived in the Earl of Longmore's house since they were orphaned as children. When the old earl dies, the estate passes to one Kynan Trent, a London merchant and descendant of the despised Welsh branch of the family. The title is a surprise to him. He's even more surprised to find himself responsible for five lively young women, the eldest of whom, Alexis, is determined to protect her family's right of way to Kynan's estate. She finds herself at loggerheads with the dangerously attractive new landlord. Meanwhile, her sisters embark on a search for the legendary treasure of their ancestors, believed to be hidden on the estate. If they can find the treasure, their fortunes - and their dowries - will be restored.
BOOKLIST Oct 1st 2006.
Hardcover, Jan 2006
ISBN 0727863304
County Kilkenny, 1900. Erin Maguire is a young, fiercely ambitious girl born into poverty. She is the illegitimate daughter of Lord Sanders' brother-in-law - the result of a painful love affair her mother had when she was a young maid working at Callacrea House.
Erin's childhood is a struggle; her mother is abused by Dermot, her hard-drinking husband, and his bullying sons and prays for a different life for her beloved daughter. Erin's only hope for escape from a life of hardship is her beautiful singing voice.
She meets Kell Sanders, the charming, handsome son of Lord Sanders, and finds herself falling for him. Kell encourages her dreams for the future - to sing on the stage in London. But will history repeat itself before she is able to fulfill her ambition?
Booklist.
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"Likable and sympathetic characters, a well-conceived plot, and nicely detailed description that provides a good sense of time and place support this gentle, heartwarming romance, which takes an uncommon setting-Ireland during World War I-and brings it to life."
Kristin Ramsdell's romance column
Library Journal USA
ISBN 0 7278 6248 0
Geneva Tibbetson's association with the Earl of Ashby goes back to her childhood, when he gave her a pendant with a blue stone, and told her that if she looked at a full moon through it and the landscape turned the colour of amaranth then anything she wished for would come true. However, as the impoverished niece of the Reverend James Batterby, she spends most of her time looking after her eight much-loved male cousins, and she hasn't seen the Earl, whose uninhabited house the boys spend so much of their time playing in, for years.
Having been dissatisfied with his life for some time. Sorle Ashby returns to the country to find a wife, and catches the boys and Geneva in the house. Mistaking Geneva for a felon, he injures her, but things take a turn for the better, when, charmed by Geneva's beauty and forthright nature, the Earl offers her employment as his social secretary. Soon, however, the pendant he gifted her so many years ago lands her in serious trouble, and Geneva and Sorle must struggle with the judgement of local society before they can come to terms with their feelings.
AMARANTH MOON - http://romancereaderatheart.com
"it's the little nuggets of dialogue, the randy, rowdy household of boys and the evolving love story between Geneva and Ashby that make this an enjoyable read. Seen as a whole, if you like your regencies to look and sound like you're in the Regency era when you read, then AMARANTH MOON is one book you just might enjoy and get hooked on, the same as I did."
- Nancy Davis
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"Woods creates a lovely, gentle romance reminiscent of Georgette Heyer that should appeal to modern readers."
Patty Engelmann. American Library Association.
ISBN 0 7278 6200 6
Sept '04
Dorset 1838. The evening after a violent storm, a taciturn stonecutter prowling the Portland coast in search of plunder finds himself in possession of the most priceless treasure of all: a crying, hungry baby girl strapped securely in her cradle has miraculously survived the battering on the waves. The child blossoms into a beautiful young woman, blissfully ignorant of the extraordinary truth about her origins. But Joanna Rushmore's happy childhood is about to come to a shattering end. For the past cannot be kept hidden forever, and the secret of her birth is destined to catapult her into a future she could never have dreamed of, causing untold heartache, an impossible dilemma, and - finally - a passionate love.
one filled with surprises and interesting detail."
HEARTS OF GOLD