A Valley Dream

Book 1 in the uplifting new Backshaw Moss series

By: Anna Jacobs

Narrated by: Julia Franklin

The first book in Anna Jacobs' wonderful Backshaw Moss series.

1935. At thirty-six, Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin, acting as an unpaid servant. When a kind relative leaves her a house in the village of Backshaw Moss, Thomas tries to take it from her, but she defies him and grasps this chance of a new start in Lancashire.

It is not going to be easy, though. The house is on the edge of a slum and in a state of disrepair, let out as flats. As kind people help her find her feet, however, her confidence grows and when she meets struggling, widowed father-of-three Ryan, she begins to hope she may find the happy family she's always dreamed of.

She's offered partial help with her renovations by the local council who are planning to clear up the slums, but other landlords will do anything to avoid costly improvements and protect their profits. And when Thomas follows her, still after the inheritance, not only is Bella's newfound happiness threatened but also her life. Can her new friends help her rid herself of her tormenter once and for all and finally achieve her valley dream?

(P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd©2021 Anna Jacobs

Critic reviews

PRAISE FOR ANNA JACOBS:

This is that rare thing, a pacy page-turner with a ripping plot and characters you care about . . . [Anna Jacobs is] especially big on resourceful, admirable women. Great stuff!

Anna Jacobs' books are deservedly popular. She is one of the best writers of Lancashire sagas around

[Anna Jacobs' books have an] impressive grasp of human emotions

simple wonderful

lovely story beautiful and heart felt characters even the bad ones you tend to stop and listen too A J and A D did a great job with this one