Valerie Wood was born in Yorkshire and now lives in a village near the east coast. She is the author of The Hungry Tide, winner of the Catherine Cookson Prize for fiction.
Genres: Sagas
Novels
The Romany Girl (1998)
aka The Gypsy Girl
Emily (1999)
Going Home (2000)
Rosa's Island (2001)
The Doorstep Girls (2002)
Far from Home (2003)
The Kitchen Maid (2004)
The Songbird (2005)
Nobody's Child (2006)
Fallen Angels (2007)
The Long Walk Home (2008)
Rich Girl, Poor Girl (2009)
Homecoming Girls (2010)
The Harbour Girl (2011)
The Innkeeper's Daughter (2012)
His Brother's Wife (2013)
Every Mother's Son (2014)
Little Girl Lost (2015)
No Place for a Woman (2016)
A Mother's Choice (2017)
A Place to Call Home (2018)
Four Sisters (2019)
The Lonely Wife (2020)
Children of Fortune (2021)
Winter's Daughter (2022)
aka The Gypsy Girl
Emily (1999)
Going Home (2000)
Rosa's Island (2001)
The Doorstep Girls (2002)
Far from Home (2003)
The Kitchen Maid (2004)
The Songbird (2005)
Nobody's Child (2006)
Fallen Angels (2007)
The Long Walk Home (2008)
Rich Girl, Poor Girl (2009)
Homecoming Girls (2010)
The Harbour Girl (2011)
The Innkeeper's Daughter (2012)
His Brother's Wife (2013)
Every Mother's Son (2014)
Little Girl Lost (2015)
No Place for a Woman (2016)
A Mother's Choice (2017)
A Place to Call Home (2018)
Four Sisters (2019)
The Lonely Wife (2020)
Children of Fortune (2021)
Winter's Daughter (2022)
Omnibus
Novellas
Val Wood recommends

The Daughters of Ironbridge (2019)
(Ironbridge Saga, book 1)
Mollie Walton
"A Journey. Compelling. Addictive."

Daughter of the Sea (2020)
Sylvia Broady
"A gripping saga of tension and drama that will stay with you long after you have turned the final page."

The Dressmaker's Secret (2021)
Karen Dickson
"A compelling saga that will hold you fast from the first page to the last. Loved it."

A Mother's Betrayal (2022)
Emma Hornby
"Compelling. A gripping and powerful tale of vengeance and reprisal."
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