TY - BOOK AU - Jacobs, Anna, TI - A valley secret T2 - Backshaw Moss, 2 SN - 9781529353525 U1 - 823.914 23 PY - 2021/// CY - London, UK PB - Hodder & Stoughton KW - Lancashire (England) KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Fiction KW - UK & IRL historical fiction N2 - The new heartwrenching story from the Queen of the Rural Saga, million-copy bestseller Anna Jacobs Can she find happiness in her new home? 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... Source: Publisher ER -