A New Home at the Wartime Hotel

Manchester 1941. Kitty learned early on in her marriage that her husband Bill Dunbar isn't reliable with money. So when they inherit the Dunbar family hotel at the start of the war she's hopeful that their financial worries are over. . . until the bailiffs turn up! With Bill away fighting it's up to Kitty to turn things around for her family or risk ruin. Lily worked as a chambermaid at Dunbar's before the war. She met Daniel there but their relationship was complicated by class differences and the disapproval of Daniel's mother. Now Lily is pregnant - and with Daniel away at sea she is all alone. When tragedy strikes will Kitty and Dunbar's come to her rescue? Beatrice is in her forties unmarried and working in a job that exposes her to the harsh realities of poverty and sacrifice. She wonders whether the war might give her the opportunity to change lives for the better - including her own. But when she's accused of a crime she didn't commit the future looks bleak. . . until Kitty makes a surprising suggestion. Can the community around Dunbar's hotel pull together and provide a beacon of hope and resilience in the dark days of war?