Calico Road

The Staley Family #2

by Anna Jacobs

Calico Road runs through a tiny Lancashire hamlet up on the edge of the moors, miles from anywhere. In 1827 its folk are an independent breed - and a thorn in the side of the vicious mill owner in the valley below. Toby Fletcher’s rich father has ignored his bastard son all his life, but just before his death the old man gives Toby the rambling old inn on Calico Road, an inn that hides many secrets.

Meg Staley grows up in Northby, but after the death of her father she gets married young to escape her mother’s cruel ways. She and her husband leave the town, Meg hopes for ever. When tragedy sends her back there to her family she works hard to build a new life, but after a second tragedy she runs away and takes to wandering the moors.

Toby finds her up there one day, cold and starving, and brings her back to the inn. Together they start to find happiness, then danger threatens Toby and the people of Calico. Meg fights with them against an evil man. Will the two find a way to defeat him or will he once again use his power and money to wreak destruction on those who get in his way?

Genres: Historical, Historical Fiction, Fiction

416 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Anna Jacobs has 87 novels published as of April 2019. She writes historical sagas and modern novels alternately, and in the past has written historical romances and fantasy novels (the latter as Shannah Jay).

She's addicted to story-telling and writes three novels a year. You can find a list of books and series on her website at www.annajacobs.com

Anna reads 3 novels a week. Happy reading, everyone.

Reviews

[mois reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Meg and toby

After her husband died then her baby daughter Meg left home and was found in the moors by Toby Fletcher she was nursed back to health and stayed on at Tobys inn to help Toby out and meg fell in love with Toby but it wasn't easy as a lot of trouble was bound for Toby .A great read and well deserved 5 STARS .

[MRS S PUSEY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another brilliant story

Another lovely story from this author, so sad for young Meg to have to leave her family because of her horrible mother she couldn't be happy living with her how could she treat her daughter so badly after all she had been through,thank goodness Toby found her what a lovely man to look after her and phoebe.I disliked Beardsworth and Jad evil people but loved the happiness in the end.

[Megs C · Rating 5 out of 5]

How can you not love Anna Jacobs? She writes the most lovable characters. They have hard, hard lives but have great pioneering spirit and charm. If you want to knock them for being one-dimensional, I can give you that, although Jethro really came along well. But her villains are so deplorable, her heroes do likable- it’s always a great, entertaining, uplifting read. 5 stars!

[Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not one of her better books.

[Maureen Constable · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good read

As always, excellent and another very good happy ending. Shame there wasn't another Calico Road book for me to read.

[josephine Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

good overcoming evil.

This story was slightly different from all of the other ones. I have enjoyed reading every Anna Jacobs stories and I am now rereading them and they improve second time around!

[Ann Hicks · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this one !! It was a lot better than the first one of the series

[Joyce McCann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Calico Road

I have not put the book down brilliant book and would highly recommend it I even read it on my phone .

[Linda Hobson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this saga

[John Milliner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another wonderful story, I am just glad I did not live in those times.

[Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Calico road

This is second in a series of two, so we'll written you feel you're there in the momment. Excellent book

[Heather Copping · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book although before I started it I thought it was going to be a follow-up to Down Weavers Lane and it wasn't it was Meg's story. Still a good read though. ☺

[Roslin Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book