A Woman's Promise
Birch End Series 3

I normally check if a book is part of a series but for some reason I didn't for this one. When I did remember to look I found it was third in a series. I had read other series by Anna Jacobs set in the fictional Ellindale Valley and really enjoyed them - so much so I actually made sure I had the whol......more

I have loved reading of the old and new people in the valley and this story of Sam Redfern and his daughter Frankie is just as good.After falling ill Frankies father is taken to hospital but Sam has left instructions for his daughter should anything happen to him that Frankie must follow for her own......more

Anna Jacobs really seemed to characterise this story well. The mother is evil beyond belief and Higgerson's greed and control makes him an equally hateful character. There are moments when it all seemed a little ridiculous but overall it is a nice story. There were a couple of niggles - one was a bl......more

I must say I am a little disappointed in the Birch End Series. The plot is the same or close enough in all the three books in the series. There is trouble of corruption, greed, in the small town, where they have to have the town people protect itself from all the crime. The local police help out whe......more

Francie Redfern is ahead of her times, she's the only female cabinet maker in 1935. Something her mother does not approve of and as her father becomes ill he takes drastic actions to make sure his daughter is looked after. He makes Frankie promise him that she will find a husband, a husband who can......more