Anna Jacobs Backshaw Moss Series 2 Books Collection Set

This two-book collection from Anna Jacobs brings together stories set in Lancashire during the 1930s, following women determined to reshape their lives in difficult circumstances. Across the series, new homes, hidden histories and hard-won independence sit alongside the realities of poverty, work and community.

In A Valley Dream and A Valley Secret, the focus falls on fresh starts that come with complications: property disputes, disrepair, and unwelcome attention. Each novel centres on a protagonist who refuses to accept the life laid out for her, choosing instead to take risks in pursuit of security and self-determination.

Included titles

• A Valley Dream
• A Valley Secret

Key details

• Two-book collection set
• Series: Backshaw Moss
• Author: Anna Jacobs
• Settings include Lancashire in the 1930s

Synopses

A Valley Dream

In 1935, thirty-six-year-old Bella Porter lives under the control of her abusive cousin, working as an unpaid servant. When a kind relative leaves her a house in the village of Backshaw Moss, her cousin attempts to take it from her. Bella defies him and seizes the opportunity for a new start in Lancashire, even though the property is on the edge of a slum, in disrepair, and let out as flats.

A Valley Secret

In 1930s Lancashire, twenty-two-year-old Maisie Bassett is left an old sewing box and a clue to her father’s identity after her mother dies. Determined to begin again, she changes her name and moves to the small town of Rivenshaw, where she finds a respectable job in a grocery store. However, unwanted attentions from a man at her new church make life increasingly difficult, until Gabriel Harte comes to her rescue.