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TWO SIDES OF A COIN (formerly titled The Spanish Twin)1937: When her brother goes missing in Spain during the Civil War, Maggie Morán makes a brave decision. Leaving England's tranquil suburbia she heads for battle-scarred Madrid to search for him. But before long, her daring adventure turns into a nightmare as she finds herself drawn into Spain's conflict. Will she find her brother or will she be sidetracked by the horrors she encounters?

Love, duty and courage during the Spanish Civil War. It's summer 1937: a tragedy sends Anglo-Spanish Maggie Morán from the comfort of suburban Stanmore to battle-scarred Madrid to search for her headstrong twin brother, Robert, who has run off to join the International Brigade. On reaching Spain, Maggie faces undreamt of danger and her world is turned upside down when she finds herself protecting a group of orphaned children. When romance ente...

Follow Chantal from a farmhouse in the Dordogne, to a garret in Montmartre, to a chambre d'hôte in Pierrefonds as she pursues her quest for the truth. Twenty-one year old Chantal Lawrence is astonished to learn that she has inherited a fortune from her French mother, Madeleine, who died under unexplained circumstances seventeen years earlier. After years of having the mystery swept under the carpet, Chantal wants to know how her mother came to...

1960's coming-of-age love story. The portrait: a parting gift from her Italian lover that dominates Rosanna's existence. Trapped in a loveless marriage, she cossets the bittersweet memories it evokes. When the portrait disappears, refusing to let go of this, her most treasured possession, she tracks down its new owner, only to find herself faced by further decisions and heartbreak. Portrait of Rosanna is the picture of a life we all recognise,...

An action-packed story of courage and sacrifice in war-torn Italy. In Autumn 1939, the Italian population wait to find out whether Mussolini will back Hitler in his bid to conquer Europe. When Count Vincenzo Di Tomasi's teenage son is killed in a street brawl while distributing anti-government leaflets, he sends his English-born wife, Alice, and younger son, Beppe, to England. Appalled by the atrocities being meted out by the fascist blackshir...

Jessica Brown, a young woman with a terrible secret and a strong desire to distance herself from her poverty-stricken childhood. During WWII she progresses from working on an Islington market stall, to recruitment in the Land Army, to singing for WWII troops in the Middle East and Italy. But, on coming back to post-war Britain with ambition in her heart, she discovers that London's West End is overflowing with would-be stars. How will she make...

In 1945 German-Polish brother and sister, Erich and Magda Laube, flee across the snow-covered Silesian Plains to escape the Russian invasion of Warsaw. Years later, as a rookie reporter in Berlin, Erich is still haunted by his wartime memories, especially when he learns what happened to his mother after he and his sister became separated from her at a transit camp near Poznan. Erich's restless nature leads him to carry out dangerous missions i...

A drifter, an aspiring actress, a would-be entrepreneur and a teenager mother are thrown together in bedsit Twickenham. Jealousy, racial prejudice and drug abuse threaten to destroy their relationship. But when tragedy strikes, will friendship prevail?