The canal girl

Previously published as The Summer Season. For fans of Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, The Canal Girl is a heartwarming novel from the Queen of family saga, and author of The Nursemaid's Secret Wales, 1883. Young Ruth Owen, a talented musician with a scholarship to a prestigious music school, has a sparkling career ahead of her.

But after a run-in with her mysterious tutor she flees to London, leaving everything and everyone behind. London, 1897. Fourteen years later, Ruth, now married with two children, finds herself struggling for money and a place to live.

Left with no other option, they decide to return to Wales and live on a canal boat.

Life on the canals may seem idyllic, but what troubles await her return? And can the past ever truly be forgotten?'Like having dinner with your mother in her warm and cosy kitchen.' Diane Allen, bestselling author of For the Sake of Her Family