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Killigrew Clay has become the biggest china clayworks in Cornwall. But its fortunes are never stable, and threats to its future come from a ruthless clay boss, Harriet Pendragon, who sets her sights not only on Killigrew Clay, but on its owner, the handsome Randall Wainwright.
But she reckons without Morwen Wainwright, who has always fought for what was hers. As the matriarch of a large brood of children, Morwen must cope with this new threat, along...
2) Family Ties
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Ben was no longer the man that Morwen married. As financial troubles wrack the Killigrew household, the passion and strength of the man she loved so dearly seem to ebb away, leaving the clay works in an abject state.
Into this turbulent landscape arrives a dynamic stranger from America. With familial ties to the Killigrews, Randell Wainwright is determined to forge a stronger bond with one particular person – Morwen. In him, she sees everything...
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Deep down she knew she was only dreaming, knew that whatever feelings she cherished for him could never be fully returned. After all, he was the heir to the biggest clay works in all of Cornwall, and she was but the daughter of one of their workmen.
For just as an unexpected passion began to blossom between Morwen Tremayne and Ben Killigrew, the fates seemed determined to stifle its growth. A long, bitter struggle between owner and workforce brought...
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Switzerland, 1936: After graduating from finishing school, Celia and Wenna Pengelly go their separate ways – Celia to New Jersey to recover from a broken heart, and Wenna to London, where she discovers ambitions she never knew she had.
However, though worlds apart, both sisters are inexorably drawn towards Cornwall, home to the family businesses of china, clay and pottery. And as the world teeters once more on the brink of war, the Pengellys struggle...
5) Clay Country
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When Morwen Tremayne read her vows to Ben Killigrew, now master of the greatest clay works in Cornwall, she swore to stay by his side until death parted them. Had she known how closely she would have to hold to those words, she would still have sworn them a thousand times and with all her heart…
The Killigrew fortune was built on the sweet earth of Cornwall. But that which is born from the earth shall eventually return, and when crushing disaster...
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Skye, the American daughter of Primmy Tremayne, has always been fascinated by the family's romantic and turbulent history, and the old Cornish clay works around St Austell.
Taking a year's sabbatical from her magazine work, she travels to Cornwall, eager to meet the older generation, and especially her grandmother, Morwen.
On board ship, she finds herself strongly attracted to college lecturer Philip Norwood, despite his entanglement to another woman.
Drawn...
7) White Rivers
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When lawyer Nick Pengelly sees a bewitching portrait in old Albert Tremayne's Truro studio, he believes he has found his destiny.
Then, at his brother's wedding, Nick meets Skye Tremayne Norwood – married daughter of the woman in the portrait – and falls almost instantly in love.
Skye's marriage is failing and she feels powerfully drawn to Nick, but when she is widowed just after they spend a solitary night together she is consumed by guilt.
Torn...
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In 1940, the comparative calm of the Pengelly family is disrupted by the arrival of four evacuees from London. While Skye welcomes the new additions with open arms, the other family members have mixed reactions, with varying degrees of hostility.
Meanwhile, the war becomes inexorable from everyday life as, one by one, friends and family are reported missing or killed. Skye is forced to accept that their lives no longer seem to be charmed, and their...
9) A Safe Haven
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Sussex, 1763: As young widow Sarah Huxley celebrates her 21st birthday at the family seat of her uncle, Lord Endor, the festivities are interrupted by an uninvited guest: the notorious pirate Black Robbie, along with his crew. By the time Robbie has collected his spoils from the partygoers, it becomes clear to Sarah that he is no common cutthroat, and she is irresistibly drawn towards him, just as he is towards her. So when Sarah discovers that her...
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