Hearts of Gold Series by Catrin Collier

4.41 · 37 ratings
  • Hearts Of Gold (Hearts of Gold #1)
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    Hearts Of Gold (Hearts of Gold #1)

    Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1994

    Bethan Powell, a recently qualified nurse, is the main breadwinner for her colliery family. Living in the Depression-ridden Welsh valleys, her life is a continual struggle to make ends meet. Then one day, working at the hospital, she meets Andrew John, an affluent young doctor from a different world. Andrew has a car and a flat, and introduces Bethan to a different style of life away from the poverty and hardship she is used to... more

  • A Silver Lining (Hearts of Gold #3)
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    A Silver Lining (Hearts of Gold #3)

    Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2013

    "A powerful tale of survival and hardship, very well crafted and with strong characters" - Publishing NewsIn strictly chapel Pontypridd in 1938, tongues are quick to wag when Alma Moore, abandoned by her lover, is rushed to hospital with stomach pains. The doctor may call it appendicitis, but the scandal-mongers think they know better... more

  • All That Glitters (Hearts of Gold #4)
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    All That Glitters (Hearts of Gold #4)

    Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2013

    In 1939, Haydn Powell returns to his native Pontypridd as a star for the summer season. It is his dream come true, but is soon soured when he finds his family divided. Haydn seeks consolation with the theater crowd, but is also drawn to Jane, a young waif lodging with his family. But Jane is haunted by poverty and burdened by bitter secrets. Then there is Haydn's childhood sweetheart, Jenny, who is determined to win him back... more

  • Such Sweet Sorrow (Hearts of Gold #5)
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    Such Sweet Sorrow (Hearts of Gold #5)

    Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2006

    In Pontypridd, in 1939, blackouts and conscription are beginning to strain the community. And three women are separated—perhaps forever—from the men they love. Jenny Powell's husband, Eddie, abandoned her on her wedding night, and she must struggle to cope alone. Italian Tina Ronconi's sweetheart enlists, and she and her sister face internment as enemy aliens. And Bethan's doctor husband is called up, leaving her, along with all the women, with endless worry and fear... more

  • Past Remembering (Hearts of Gold #6)
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    Past Remembering (Hearts of Gold #6)

    Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2013

    Sixth in the Hearts of Gold series.When Ronnie Ronconi returns home from wartime Italy in 1941 he is certain he will never look at a woman again, but love comes when he least expects it.

  • Broken Rainbows (Hearts of Gold #7)
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    Broken Rainbows (Hearts of Gold #7)

    Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 1998

    It is 1942 and, in the wake of America's entry into the war, the small community of Pontypridd suffers its own—not entirely welcome—GI invasion. The South Carolina Regiment billeted on the town soon cuts a swathe through its women, living up to GI's reputation as "over-paid, over-sexed and over here." For Bethan, whose husband is a POW in Germany, and her friend Alma, whose husband is missing, the arrival of the American officers brings new and dangerous friendships... more

  • Spoils of War (Hearts of Gold #8)
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    Spoils of War (Hearts of Gold #8)

    Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2013

    It is 1946 and, as the soldiers return home, not all reunions are happy. Wives and mothers resent their forced return to domesticity, children have difficulty adjusting to fathers they cannot remember, and the arrival of a German war-bride increases the tension to near breaking point. As the people of Pontypridd struggle to rebuild their lives in a world irrevocably changed, it becomes clear that the end of the war doesn't always bring peace to individuals.

  • Magda's Daughter (Hearts of Gold #9)
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    Magda's Daughter (Hearts of Gold #9)

    Catrin Collier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2023

    Stateless and destitute after the Second World War, Magda Janek settles in the Welsh town of Pontypridd, in the hope of building a new life for herself and her baby daughter, Helena. All Magda has to give Helena are the ambitions she had once cherished for herself; dreams cruelly snatched from her by the war and its terrible aftermath. But 1960s Pontypridd is a place of opportunity - at twenty-one, Magda's daughter has beauty, confidence and prospects beyond even her mother's wildest imaginings... more

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