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Gripping, emotional Second World War saga for fans of Annie Groves,
Shirley Dickson and Soraya Lane. 1943, and The Bluebird Girls are
at the top of their game. They are touring with ENSA, visiting army
bases across the world in order to boost the morale of the brave
boys fighting in the desert and the jungle. The hours are long and
the travelling uncomfortable, but Bea, Rainey and Ivy wouldn't be
anywhere else for the world. Then tragedy strikes the group and
their little showbusiness family. Their manager, Blackie, and
Rainey's mother Jo find themselves with heavy new responsibilities,
and the change in circumstances causes the girls themselves to
reconsider their lives. For years, singing on stage has been their
only dream, and they have made so many sacrifices to get where they
are. But now other possibilities - relationships, babies - are on
the horizon. Could this be the end for The Bluebird Girls?
The next heartwarming instalment of the Timber Girls Series.
Perfect for fans of Elaine Everest and Pam Howes. Trixie and her
fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland, newly stationed at the
MacKay estate. When they arrive, they are shocked to find the place
dilapidated and neglected and the taciturn and secretive Noah
MacKay not at all happy to be meeting them. It quickly becomes
apparent that MacKay was expecting men from the forestry commission
to take charge, rather than four young women. Trixie, Jo, Hen and
Vi decide he needs to be proven wrong - after all, don't they have
stamina, skill and strength? But as the girls work to prove their
worth, secrets from their own pasts threaten to follow them to
Sutherland.
A World War 2 saga to warm the heart. Three women become friends
when working in their local picture house. When life is so tough
for everyone, a trip to the pictures is the perfect way to escape,
to dream of romance and hope for the good things peace will bring.
It is 1943 on England's war-weary south coast where the conflict
seems never-ending. After the heartache of the previous year,
Connie Baxter now appears to have everything a girl could want.
There is Ace, a man who loves her. She enjoys an enviable lifestyle
despite the deprivations of war. She has friends and a job she
adores as an usherette at the Criterion cinema. But appearances can
be deceptive and Connie is struggling in more ways than one. Then,
to compound Connie's problem, her nemesis, Cousin Marlene, returns
home. Secrets come to light, revealing jealousies that could
shatter Connie's world once more, and Connie realizes that Ace
isn't the man she thought he was. In the darkest days of war, the
glamour of movies and their stars can lift the bleakest of moods,
while friends make the good times better and the bad times
bearable.
A warm and heartfelt WW2 saga of hope, love, and female friendship
and how women pull together through good times and bad. Perfect for
fans of Dilly Court and Nadine Dorries. In 1940s Hampshire the war
is settling into its stride bringing dark days for many. Connie
Baxter has just moved in with her Aunt Gertie after the death of
her mother. Gertie works as a cleaner at the Criterion Picture
House in Gosport and she helps Connie to get a job there as an
usherette. For Connie, it's the perfect place to work because she
adores the movies with their glamorous, romantic stars. The only
fly in the ointment is the Criterion's creepy manager with his
wandering hands. But soon Connie is firm friends with Queenie, who
sells ice creams and soon tells her how to warn him off. Charming
Tommo Smith is a 'taxi-dancer'. For a fee he steers ladies of a
certain age around the dance floor - and sometimes more besides
which pays for his smart clothes. Connie's friend Queenie says he's
a chancer, but his gorgeous blue eyes tell Connie something
different. When suddenly he disappears, Connie accepts that Queenie
may be right - he was too good to be true. As the war rages on and
Connie struggles with the harsh realities of life and the
turbulence of romance, she comes to realize that life isn't always
like it is in the pictures.
The next heartwarming instalment of the Timber Girls Series.
Perfect for fans of Elaine Everest and Pam Howes. Trixie and her
fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland, newly stationed at the
MacKay estate. When they arrive, they are shocked to find the place
dilapidated and neglected and the taciturn and secretive Noah
MacKay not at all happy to be meeting them. It quickly becomes
apparent that MacKay was expecting men from the forestry commission
to take charge, rather than four young women. Trixie, Jo, Hen and
Vi decide he needs to be proven wrong - after all, don't they have
stamina, skill and strength? But as the girls work to prove their
worth, secrets from their own pasts threaten to follow them to
Sutherland.
A World War 2 saga to warm the heart. Three women become friends
when working in their local picture house. When life is so tough
for everyone, a trip to the pictures is the perfect way to escape,
to dream of romance and hope for the good things peace will bring.
It is 1943 on England's war-weary south coast where the conflict
seems never-ending. After the heartache of the previous year,
Connie Baxter now appears to have everything a girl could want.
There is Ace, a man who loves her. She enjoys an enviable lifestyle
despite the deprivations of war. She has friends and a job she
adores as an usherette at the Criterion cinema. But appearances can
be deceptive and Connie is struggling in more ways than one. Then,
to compound Connie's problem, her nemesis, Cousin Marlene, returns
home. Secrets come to light, revealing jealousies that could
shatter Connie's world once more, and Connie realizes that Ace
isn't the man she thought he was. In the darkest days of war, the
glamour of movies and their stars can lift the bleakest of moods,
while friends make the good times better and the bad times
bearable.
The first in a heartwarming saga series set during the Second World
War. Perfect for fans of Pam Howes and Elaine Everest. 1942 Working
in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub a couple of
nights a week isn't fulfilling nineteen-year-old Trixie Smith's
idea of helping Britain win the war. One day she sees a poster
advertising the Women's Timber Corps and decides to sign up - soon
she is on her way to Scotland for four weeks of training to become
a Lumberjill. On her journey north she meets Cy, an American
soldier on leave. Their attraction is instant and they both feel
that fate has brought them together. Although their time with one
another is brief, they promise that they'll be together as soon as
the war is over. But training to become a Lumberjill is hard;
working in all weathers, felling trees and hauling timber is
dangerous and exhausting. Luckily Trixie quickly makes friends with
three of her fellow Lumberjills. Each of them has different reasons
for signing up and travelling far from home, but running away from
your problems doesn't make them disappear.
The heartwarming final chapter in the Bluebird Girls series. As war
finally draws to a close and the lights come back on across Europe,
what will victory and peacetime bring for the south coast's
favourite singing trio? In their rise to fame over the course of
the war, Bea Herron, Ivy Sparrow and Rainey Bird have faced down
bombs and looked tragedy in the eye. They have also found love,
created their own families and had careers that they never thought
possible. With peace finally on the horizon, what will the new
world hold for them?
The most heartwarming new wartime series of 2019. Hampshire, 1939,
and three young women are about to get the break of a lifetime.
Rainey Bird, Ivy Sparrow and Bea Herron all love to sing. For
Rainey, music has been a solace during the upheaval of starting a
new life with her mother, away from her abusive dad. Bea finds a
confidence when she sings that she cannot get from anything else.
Ivy sees it as her best chance of making a life away from Gosport
and a dead-end job. The three of them sing in a choir run by the
strict but kind Mrs Wilkes. The choir provides a couple of hours of
stardust each week, away from school and work and family worries.
When war breaks out, though, dreams must be put on hold. It seems
that local pantomimes and charity shows are as far as the girls
will be able to go, despite Mrs Wilkes's faith in their talent.
That is, until a mysterious stranger arrives with a proposition
that just might change their lives...
A warm and heartfelt WW2 saga of hope, love, and female friendship
and how women pull together through good times and bad. Perfect for
fans of Dilly Court and Nadine Dorries. In 1940s Hampshire the war
is settling into its stride bringing dark days for many. Connie
Baxter has just moved in with her Aunt Gertie after the death of
her mother. Gertie works as a cleaner at the Criterion Picture
House in Gosport and she helps Connie to get a job there as an
usherette. For Connie, it's the perfect place to work because she
adores the movies with their glamorous, romantic stars. The only
fly in the ointment is the Criterion's creepy manager with his
wandering hands. But soon Connie is firm friends with Queenie, who
sells ice creams and soon tells her how to warn him off. Charming
Tommo Smith is a 'taxi-dancer'. For a fee he steers ladies of a
certain age around the dance floor - and sometimes more besides
which pays for his smart clothes. Connie's friend Queenie says he's
a chancer, but his gorgeous blue eyes tell Connie something
different. When suddenly he disappears, Connie accepts that Queenie
may be right - he was too good to be true. As the war rages on and
Connie struggles with the harsh realities of life and the
turbulence of romance, she comes to realize that life isn't always
like it is in the pictures.
A heartwarming saga of secrets, friendships and wartime spirit at
the height of World War 2. For fans of Daisy Styles, Sheila
Newberry and Lyn Andrews A young German girl finds friendship,
camaraderie and even love while working on Hampshire's south coast
ferries - but will her new friends desert her if her nationality
comes to light? 'A gripping story packed with darkness and light,
love and friendship, greed and betrayal' Lancashire Evening Post on
The Factory Girls Vee Smith is 22 when she starts work on Gosport's
ferries, taking a job left vacant by the men gone off to war. She
soon makes friends with the other women workers, and together they
enjoy nights out dancing in Gosport - keeping their spirits up
despite the hard work, rationing and heavy bombing. Vee even feels
herself falling for Sam, the skipper of the ferry and her unhappily
married boss. But Vee has a secret: her real name is Violetta
Schmidt, and she is half-German. If her true nationality is
discovered, she and her mother could find themselves interned as
enemy aliens - if their German-hating neighbours, or worse, Eddie,
the man Vee ran away from after he got her false papers, don't hurt
them first. Will Vee be able to keep her secret safe, and find some
peace with Sam and her friends even in the midst of war?
Gripping, emotional Second World War saga for fans of Annie Groves,
Shirley Dickson and Soraya Lane. 1943, and The Bluebird Girls are
at the top of their game. They are touring with ENSA, visiting army
bases across the world in order to boost the morale of the brave
boys fighting in the desert and the jungle. The hours are long and
the travelling uncomfortable, but Bea, Rainey and Ivy wouldn't be
anywhere else for the world. Then tragedy strikes the group and
their little showbusiness family. Their manager, Blackie, and
Rainey's mother Jo find themselves with heavy new responsibilities,
and the change in circumstances causes the girls themselves to
reconsider their lives. For years, singing on stage has been their
only dream, and they have made so many sacrifices to get where they
are. But now other possibilities - relationships, babies - are on
the horizon. Could this be the end for The Bluebird Girls?
The first in a heartwarming saga series set during the Second World
War. Perfect for fans of Pam Howes and Elaine Everest. 1942 Working
in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub a couple of
nights a week isn't fulfilling nineteen-year-old Trixie Smith's
idea of helping Britain win the war. One day she sees a poster
advertising the Women's Timber Corps and decides to sign up - soon
she is on her way to Scotland for four weeks of training to become
a Lumberjill. On her journey north she meets Cy, an American
soldier on leave. Their attraction is instant and they both feel
that fate has brought them together. Although their time with one
another is brief, they promise that they'll be together as soon as
the war is over. But training to become a Lumberjill is hard;
working in all weathers, felling trees and hauling timber is
dangerous and exhausting. Luckily Trixie quickly makes friends with
three of her fellow Lumberjills. Each of them has different reasons
for signing up and travelling far from home, but running away from
your problems doesn't make them disappear.
Gosport, 1941. The Bluebird Girls - Rainey Bird, Bea Herron and Ivy
Sparrow - are on their way to stardom. From working mens' clubs to
the glamour of the Savoy Hotel, fame and fortune beckon as the
south coast's favourite singing trio work to charm their way into
the hearts of the nation. But the war rages on, and reaching the
top of their game will not be easy. Blonde bombshell Bea is still
dealing with the fallout of a traumatic encounter last winter.
Rainey is determined to live up to her mother's belief in her, but
finds herself struggling with the whirlwind of life in
showbusiness. And Ivy, usually so self-possessed, is hopelessly in
love... As bombs rain down and rationing bites harder, it will take
all their grit, good humour and the support of friends and family
to see them through. Can the girls keep their dream alive through
Britain's darkest hour? 'Rich in period detail and, as always,
passion, drama, friendship and family take star billing. [A] warm
and appealing story' Lancashire Evening Post on The Bluebird Girls
The war is drawing to a close, but the munitions girls are still
hard at work in the factory. Gladys, who's been promoted to
overseer, has been feeling lonely lately. Her friend Em, and Em's
daughter Lizzie, have moved away, and a lot of others have left
Gosport too. Then an act of kindness towards Goldie, a homeless
teenager, provides Gladys with a new friend and lodger. But Goldie
has run away from her dangerous family - a group of local gangsters
and black-market smugglers, including a particular thug, a pimp,
who is determined to make the girl his own Can Gladys keep both of
them safe while dealing with her own unexpected pregnancy?
For fans of Daisy Styles, a heart-warming wartime saga about a
group of women who work in an armaments factory. No matter how hard
the times, despite bombing, short rations, cruel men, unwanted
pregnancy, through thick and thin friendship will pull you through.
Autumn, 1944. Doodlebugs are the latest threat to war-battered
southern England. At Priddy's Hard munitions factory though, Em
Earle is about to suffer a threat to her livelihood from much
nearer home. Local crook Samuel Golden is back and up to his old
tricks, trying to find ways to exploit people's hardship for his
own gain. As well as Samuel's unwanted attentions, Em has to deal
with some huge revelations from within her own family. Her daughter
Lizzie is pregnant, and a strange woman has turned up on Em's
doorstep claiming to be her sister. Em is excited, but wary - could
this woman be too good to be true? Once again it will be up to the
girls from the bomb factory to rally round and support one of their
own.
An enthralling, eventful WW2 saga from the popular writer of the
Daisy Lane novels - perfect for fans of Daisy Styles. 1943,
Gosport, Hampshire. Pixie Saunders is 19 and employed in the local
armaments factory. Not for the first time, her mother has run off
with a dodgy-looking bloke, leaving Pixie to pay the rent and fend
for herself. Pixie, along with her best friend Rita, Em, the
factory overseer, and the rest of the girls are making the most of
the war while trying to stay alive. The work is dangerous and the
hours long, but in the evenings they take off their overalls and go
to the pub or, better still, go dancing. Pixie meets American
serviceman Cal and falls in love. But then Cal rejoins his ship.
When Pixie falls pregnant, her life changes dramatically. Alone and
unable to work, she has to rely on the kindness of friends to help
her survive. Happiness seems like a thing of the past. Little does
she know that there are plenty of surprises waiting for her - good
ones at that. Love may be closer than she thinks.
Gosport, Hampshre, 1943, and even in the middle of war the local
pub provides a warm welcome, thanks to its trio of barmaids. A
heartwarming saga for fans of Sheila Newberry and Daisy Styles.
Ruby has been living and working at the Point of No Return pub
since her parents were killed by a bomb. She loves the bustle of
the pub; it helps take her mind off worrying about her fiance, Joe,
away fighting in France. The only thing Ruby doesn't like about the
Point is Sylvie. This singing siren may have a beautiful voice, but
she's out for all she can get, including Joe. Finally, there's
Marge, a true party girl. She's a great friend to Ruby and makes
sure they have fun, going out to dances and flirting with all and
sundry, but she's not as fond of her other role as a mother to two
young children. The three of them face many obstacles to fulfilling
their dreams, but the bonds of friendship and camaraderie that hold
the Point together will keep them going through the darkest of
times.
'One of the nation's favourite wartime saga writers ... warm and
engrossing' Lancashire Evening Post Spring 1944, and the war shows
no sign of stopping. In Hampshire, Elsie is desperate for a new
start after her husband leaves her. When her friend Izzy, herself
planning an escape from her abusive boyfriend, tells her about the
wartime jobs going for women on the canal boats, she jumps at the
chance. Their new boss, Dorothy, is kind and fair, but it's clear
she has a secret of her own. Their crew is completed by Tolly,
searching for a new vocation now that her dream job has been
snatched away. The work is hard, but together they pitch in, and
through shared ups and downs they forge close friendships that will
see them through the darkest times. What none of them could have
predicted is just how much working on the canals will change their
lives. Could it really be that what started as a means of escape
will end up giving each of them everything they ever wanted?
In love and war, who can you trust? 1944, Hampshire. Her face still
bearing the scars from the explosion at the factory, Rita Brown is
nonetheless back on her feet. She's caught the eye of local wide
boy Blackie Bristow, who's sweeping her around the country in a
life of shady glamour. But there's a war on, and life is not all
fun and games. Some of the local men are taking advantage of the
topsy-turvy world to break more than just hearts, and standing up
to them comes with its own costs. Rita keeps calm and carries on
with a little help from her friends at the factory. But then she
discovers someone there has been leaking secrets to the Germans.
With D-Day on the horizon, Rita must work out who she can rely on -
and fast.
Elsie Barker is desperate for a new start after her husband leaves
her. When her friend Izzy, herself planning an escape from her
abusive boyfriend, tells her about the jobs going for women as
narrowboat crew on the canals between London and Coventry, she
jumps at the chance. Their new boss, Dorothy, is kind and fair, but
it's clear she has a secret of her own. Their crew is completed by
Tolly, searching for a new vocation now that her dream job has been
snatched away. The work is hard, but the girls forge close
friendships that will see them through the darkest times. What none
of them could have predicted, though, is just how much working on
the canals will change their lives. Could it really be that what
started as a means of escape will end up giving each of them
everything they ever wanted?
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