Praise for Blood Brothers: 'Thanks to her near faultless writing, sympathies will lurch from one character to another, and as events reach their dramatic conclusion readers will find it impossible to tear themselves away.' News of the World 'Another hit for Josephine Cox' Sunday Express Praise for Josephine Cox's previous bestsellers: 'Cox's talent as storyteller never lets you escape the spell' Daily Mail 'Another masterpiece' Best 'Another beautifully spun family epic' Scottish Daily Echo 'A born storyteller' Bedfordshire Times 'A surefire winner' Woman's Weekly 'Passionate and touching, an irresistible read. It's a perfect book to while away an afternoon. Just make sure you hide Born Bad away from your mum and grandmother because they'll love it too' News of the World

Josephine Cox was born in Blackburn, one of ten children. At the age of sixteen, Josephine met and married her husband Ken, and had two sons. When the boys started school, she decided to go to college and eventually gained a place at Cambridge University. She was unable to take this up as it would have meant living away from home, but she went into teaching -- and started to write her first full-length novel. She won the 'Superwoman of Great Britain' Award, for which her family had secretly entered her, at the same time as her novel was accepted for publication.