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A brand new wartime family saga, perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Val Wood

Shaftesbury, 1936.

Mansfield House Hotel has been a refuge for Emily ever since she was orphaned at the age of 16. Not only did they give her employment as a chambermaid, but it's also where she met her fiancé Tom.
When theatre agent Roland stays at the hotel and hears Emily singing, he is determined to take her away to Bristol and make her a star. But knowing she'd never leave her fiancé, he hatches a plan to get Emily away from Tom.
Six years later, Emily has made a name for herself as 'The Bristol Songbird'. Her love for Tom is still as strong as ever, but she's not heard from him since that fateful night so long ago. And with the world enveloped in a war, it seems unlikely the two will ever meet again.

Will Emily and Tom ever find their way back to one another? Or will the war – and Roland...]]> Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:56:21 +0300 https://novels.library.land/karen-dickson/541114-the_shop_girls_soldier.html https://novels.library.land/karen-dickson/541114-the_shop_girls_soldier.html
AS WAR APPROACHES, WILL HER LOVE GUIDE HIM HOME?
'An exciting, fresh and talented new voice – a five-star read!' CAROL RIVERS, author of Molly's Christmas Orphans

Southampton, 1905.

Ellie-May and Jack have been inseparable since birth. They are best friends, having grown up together on the same street. But when Jack and his mother fall on hard times they are thrown into the workhouse, and he and Ellie-May are forced into a goodbye.

Four years later, now aged sixteen, Jack returns to Southampton and is reunited with Ellie-May. Quickly they both realise that their feelings for each other go beyond friendship, and with Jack home for good the pair are finally free to be together. But when WWII approaches, Jack's duty to his country is hard to ignore and when he enlists to fight, they are once again torn apart.

Will Ellie-May and Jack find their way back to each other before it's too late?

A brand new wartime...]]> Wed, 06 May 2020 10:51:41 +0300 https://novels.library.land/karen-dickson/631459-the_strawberry_field_girls.html https://novels.library.land/karen-dickson/631459-the_strawberry_field_girls.html
The strawberry harvest is finally ready. The delicious fruit make up the main source of income for the small hamlet of Strawbridge. Good friends Leah, Alice and Dora are ready to spend their summer months working in Isaac Whitworth's farm.
But when Leah takes a fancy to young farm hand Harry and Alice catches the eye of the curate's son the two girls find themselves falling fast. This leaves Dora on the outside, struggling with the weight of being here family's sole breadwinner and caring for her sickly father.
But the summer months are long and the surprises are far from over. Away from the fields, a war is brewing which risks everything the girls can dare to dream about.]]> Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:07:05 +0200 https://novels.library.land/karen-dickson/613326-the_dressmakers_secret.html https://novels.library.land/karen-dickson/613326-the_dressmakers_secret.html
'A compelling saga that will hold you fast from the first page to the last. Loved it' VAL WOOD, author of The Lonely Wife
Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Maggie Hope, The Dressmaker's Secret is a moving and heartfelt family saga from the talented author of The Shop Girl's Soldier.

Dorset, 1876. When young Beatrice Cullen shows up in the local church with her illegitimate child in her arms, Reverend Michael Redfern takes it upon himself to help her.

He finds her daughter, Lily, a home with a kindly couple. But when, at the age of 9, Lily loses her adopted parents, she is forced to live with her awful Aunt Doris and cousin Jez, who treat her no better than a slave. Lily can only seek solace in her dream of one day escaping her aunt and becoming a seamstress.

Everything changes for Lily when she receives a letter from Reverend Michael, revealing that her birth father is Sir Frederick Copperfield. And when...]]> Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:56:22 +0300