One Woman's War
THE SECOND BOOK IN THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING RAGS TO RICHES SERIES
Published on 12. February 2026
464 pages
978-1-78512-819-6 (ISBN)
Description
A Rags to Riches novel
Get swept away by the second Sunday Times bestselling book in Rosie Goodwin's new romantic Rags to Riches historical trilogy. Pre-order book 3, The Winter Bride, now.
Nuneaton, 1914
War is just around the corner and for Annie Lilburn and her adopted family, life will never be the same. Annie has never felt like she fits in, but since Levi Lilburn, the local rag-and-bone man, took her under his wing and she became a business woman in her own right, things have been on the up. Soon that is set to change again when World War I is declared and the men of the town enlist.
Annie trains to become a nurse and finds herself on the battlefields in France. Through the devastation of war, love starts to bloom as Annie meets a young officer on a dangerous mission. Could this orphan girl finally be finding her place in the world and someone to truly love her, or is her happiness set to come crashing down once again?
One Woman's War is a powerful war-time story of love, family and finding your place in the world and is the second book in a brand-new historical trilogy from Britain's best-loved saga author.
Praise for Rosie Goodwin
'A heartwarming saga fans will love' Woman's Weekly
'The new Catherine Cookson' Coventry Evening Telegraph
Get swept away by the second Sunday Times bestselling book in Rosie Goodwin's new romantic Rags to Riches historical trilogy. Pre-order book 3, The Winter Bride, now.
Nuneaton, 1914
War is just around the corner and for Annie Lilburn and her adopted family, life will never be the same. Annie has never felt like she fits in, but since Levi Lilburn, the local rag-and-bone man, took her under his wing and she became a business woman in her own right, things have been on the up. Soon that is set to change again when World War I is declared and the men of the town enlist.
Annie trains to become a nurse and finds herself on the battlefields in France. Through the devastation of war, love starts to bloom as Annie meets a young officer on a dangerous mission. Could this orphan girl finally be finding her place in the world and someone to truly love her, or is her happiness set to come crashing down once again?
One Woman's War is a powerful war-time story of love, family and finding your place in the world and is the second book in a brand-new historical trilogy from Britain's best-loved saga author.
Praise for Rosie Goodwin
'A heartwarming saga fans will love' Woman's Weekly
'The new Catherine Cookson' Coventry Evening Telegraph
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Person
Rosie Goodwin is the five-million-copy bestselling author of more than forty novels. She is the first author in the world to be allowed to follow three of Catherine Cookson's trilogies with her own sequels. Having worked in the social services sector for many years, then fostered a number of children, she is now a full-time novelist. She is one of the top 50 most borrowed authors from UK libraries. Rosie lives in Nuneaton, the setting for many of her books, with her husband and their beloved dogs.
