Secrets in the Dales
A Heartfelt Yorkshire-set Novel about Family, Love and Loyalty in the Second World War
Published on 14. August 2025
288 pages
978-1-0350-5027-7 (ISBN)
Description
Set during WW2 in the Yorkshire valley of Dentdale, Secrets in the Dales is a heartfelt story of family, romance and one woman's determination in hard times.
In the sleepy Yorkshire Dales, the peaceful existence of Sally's family is shattered by the outbreak of the Second World War. With her father navigating the challenges of wartime farming, and her mother striving to keep the home fires burning, young Sally is determined to do her bit.
The war brings unexpected challenges, but none so disarming as Luca - an Italian POW who introduces Sally to a love that threatens to unravel everything she holds dear.
As secrets threaten to surface and the war rages on, Sally must face a battlefield of her own, torn between love and duty. Will her choices lead to heartbreak or hope?
'Warm-hearted and compassionate' - Lancashire Post
In the sleepy Yorkshire Dales, the peaceful existence of Sally's family is shattered by the outbreak of the Second World War. With her father navigating the challenges of wartime farming, and her mother striving to keep the home fires burning, young Sally is determined to do her bit.
The war brings unexpected challenges, but none so disarming as Luca - an Italian POW who introduces Sally to a love that threatens to unravel everything she holds dear.
As secrets threaten to surface and the war rages on, Sally must face a battlefield of her own, torn between love and duty. Will her choices lead to heartbreak or hope?
'Warm-hearted and compassionate' - Lancashire Post
Reviews / Votes
A warm-hearted and compassionate tale, evoking the long and tough working hours of farming life, but Allen also brings us romance, the shining light of shared adversity and proof of the enduring power of love and family to transform even the darkest days * Lancashire Post *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
File size
2,36 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-0350-5027-7 (9781035050277)
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Diane Allen was born in Leeds, but raised on her family's farm, deep in the Yorkshire Dales. After working as a glass engraver, raising a family and looking after her ill father, she found her true niche in life, joining a large-print publishing firm in 1990. She now concentrates on her writing full time, and is Honorary Vice President of the Romantic Novelists' Association. Diane's novels include A Precious Daughter, The Girl from the Tanner's Yard and The Miner's Wife.
Diane and her husband Ronnie live in the Dales market town of Settle, and have two children and four beautiful grandchildren.
Diane and her husband Ronnie live in the Dales market town of Settle, and have two children and four beautiful grandchildren.
