Expertly crafted and beautifully sensitive, with themes of family and political conflict, and pure but forbidden love, this book will stay with readers for a long time.
 
Divided by plague, divided by war, divided by love - what will reunite two sisters?
 
Yorkshire, 1643.
Civil war divides the country.

Jane mourns the departure of her last boy who goes off to fight for the king. She must find a new way to endure, facing family secrets and her own buried grief.
 
Isabel is spurred into action, finding herself drawn into the rebel resistance - with unexpected consequences that might mean disaster for her sister Jane.

Kit is left desperate and starving, taking on the identity of a murdered brother. Life in the king's army brings friendship and new hope, and even love at the most perilous moment of all. As these three lives intertwine, each of them will be altered forever.
 
Written by Hebden Bridge-based Liz Flanagan and set in Calderdale, this is one for local history fans! Liz Flanagan will be chatting about her book at The Old Library on February 19th 2026 - tickets here.