Download or read book The Liverpool Sagas written by June Francis and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-07-28 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lose yourself in these three captivating wartime sagas. Includes; Shadows of the Past, Where There’s a Will and For Better For Worse. Shadows of the Past: Liverpool, 1928. Fifteen-year-old Annie Anderson was adopted by Sylvia and Hugh after the death of their daughter. Annie is told that her own mother died in childbirth and her father died before she was born. A chance encounter introduces Annie to local lad Andrew Fraser. Their friendship blossoms, but once Annie’s adoptive parents learn of it they forbid her from seeing him. When Annie asks why, it sets her on a path to discover more about her origins – but will what she learns bring heartache or joy? Where There’s a Will: Despite being part of the large O’Donnell family Milly has felt alone in the world since her father went missing in the Irish Civil War. Now, ten years later she is forced to flee her home and journey to Liverpool seeking a better future for herself. There she is taken in by distant relatives and eventually reunited with her paternal grandmother. As Milly tries to build a new life she is haunted by her father’s mysterious disappearance. Her new friends strive to help her find answers, but meanwhile Milly’s mother seeks to remarry on the assumption that her husband is dead. Milly is caught up in the fallout when her grandmother learns of this plan, and the need to find her father is greater than ever. If she doesn’t, her hard-won security risks being ruined once more... For Better For Worse: Grace and Dougie have been courting for years, so when Dougie decides to emigrate to Australia he expects Grace to follow once she turns twenty-one. Grace used to be besotted with the handsome man, but she is increasingly worried by his bullying behaviour and gambling. On her way home from seeing Dougie off at the docks, Grace is nearly run down by a truck driven by widower Ben, who is on his way to the hospital to see his young son. Soon, Grace has agreed to look after Ben’s child while he recovers from his accident. As they spend time together Ben struggles to ignore his growing feelings for Grace. But Dougie is determined not to let Grace go and when war breaks out he returns to England. With her old flame to contend with will Grace find peace and love? From Liverpool’s much-loved saga novelist come these tales of friendship, love and heartache perfect for fans of Kitty Neale and Katie Flynn. Praise for June Francis ‘June Francis knows how to write a story to get you hooked. A well deserved 5 STARS.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘All the books were a delight to read. One of my favourite authors.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A captivating storyline. I could not put it down and was reading into the small hours. Fantastic.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Lots of characters to get to know. A must read.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Download or read book There is a Season written by Elizabeth Murphy and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cathy grieves at the friction between her beloved husband and her adored son, and constantly strives to keep the peace. Scrimping and saving to feed and clothe her four children on her husband's meagre wages, Cathy is thankful for the support of family and friends in an era of economic hardship.

Download or read book Liverpool Daughter written by Katie Flynn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FIRST NOVEL IN A HEART-WARMING NEW SERIES BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, KATIE FLYNN ______________________________ 'Home is where the heart is, and my heart belongs to Liverpool. We would not dream of leavin' our beloved cit . .' August 1940: As the Luftwaffe swarm over Liverpool, Shane Quinn decides to move his family back to the safety of Ireland. But his only child, the beautiful Dana, would rather stay and serve her country than flee to a foreign land. Determined to make it on her own, she joins the WAAF with newfound pals Patty and Lucy. There is plenty of excitement to be had on a RAF station, and even a chance or two at love. But the stark reality of war begins to take its toll and the three girls soon discover they need their friendship more than ever. And when shocking news arrives from Ireland, Dana will realise the true importance of family. ______________________________ Praise for Katie Flynn: 'If you pick up a Katie Flynn book it's going to be a wrench to put it down again' Holyhead and Anglesey Mail 'Packed with romance and poignancy' Woman 'One of the best Liverpool writers' Liverpool Echo 'Heart-warming' Take a Break

Download or read book To Give and to Take written by Elizabeth Murphy and published by Headline. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sisters Mary and Cathy Ward couldn't be more different: Mary, the eldest, is a wild and sensual red-head, determined one day to leave the mean streets of her Liverpool home to seek wealth and position; whereas Cathy has won the love of all the Wards' friends and neighbours with her dark curls and gentle ways. But one fateful Sunday in 1911, when Liverpool erupts in the Bloody Sunday riot, both meet and fall in love with the same man. Greg Redmond takes one look at Cathy and loses his heart. It looks as though the close-knit family will be split, but then Mary meets the suave and handsome Clive Walden, whose fortune and social standing suggest he will make the perfect husband...

Download or read book Over the Rainbow written by Katie Flynn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BRAND NEW UPLIFTING AND INPSIRING NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR KATIE FLYNN To face her future she must confront her past . . . _____________________ Liverpool 1939: Olivia Campbell appears to have the perfect life. However, behind closed doors she lives in constant fear of her abusive father, and has no support from her mother. Longing for love and affection she begins a relationship with Ted, a young lad who works in her father's factory. But her family disapprove of the relationship and forbid them from seeing each other. When war comes to Liverpool, Olivia seizes the opportunity to leave behind her unhappy life and join the WAAF. There she meets a fellow trainee, Maude and the two embrace their newly found independence. Soon Olivia meets the handsome Ralph, and all thoughts of Ted are brushed aside. Until he returns to her life with some shocking news that turns her world upside down . . . _____________________ Praise for Katie Flynn 'Packed with romance and poignancy' Woman 'One of the best Liverpool writers' Liverpool Echo 'Heart-warming' Take a Break 'A poignant war-time romance' Daily Express

Download or read book The Land is Bright written by Elizabeth Murphy and published by Headline. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Murphy's heartwarming first novel, shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award. When her Mam dies in childbirth, little Sally Palin becomes a second mother to her two brothers and baby Emily. Sally is determined that her sister will leave their Liverpool home and enjoy a better life, but the success of her dream is bittersweet. To escape a fever epidemic that ravages the city, Emily is sent away to her rich, childless Aunt Hester, to grow up in the healthy country air and enjoy all manner of luxuries. But Emily fails to find happiness, and settles for a loveless marriage to an elderly widower, while at home Sally enjoys love and fulfilment with her husband and children, even though they must struggle against unemployment, illness and tragic loss...

Download or read book The Liverpool Rose written by Katie Flynn and published by William Heinemann. This book was released on 2001 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lizzie Devlin is orphaned and living in Liverpool with her Aunt Annie, Uncle Rupe and two cousins in Cranberry Court. Lizzie loves her aunt, but is hated by her uncle and escapes whenever she can to play by the canal. She becomes friends with Geoff Gardiner from the orphan asylum and with Clem Gilligan who works on a canal boat. Each of the three finds the others' life fascinating. Lizzie gets a job in the perfume factory and does her best to keep the peace at home, but things are deteriorating as Uncle Rupe grows more violent and eventually Lizzie is forced to flee.

Download or read book Liverpool Taffy written by Katie Flynn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2000 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Two bestsellers in one volume"-- Cover.

Download or read book Liverpool Taffy written by Katie Flynn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant romance novel set in 1930s Liverpool, from one of Britain's bestselling saga authors. Life is hard in 1930s Liverpool, and Biddy O'Shaughnessy is left destitute when her widowed mother dies. Forced to work all hours for Ma Kettle, owner of the local sweet shop, she can soon take no more and runs away. At first luck appears to be on her side. Sharing a flat with Ellen, an old school pal who has a special 'friend' paying the rent, keeps the wolf from the door. But fate conspires against them and Biddy finds herself homeless once more, living rough on the mean streets of Liverpool. When she applies for the post of maid with the Gallagher family, Biddy starts to feel she might at last be able to lead a normal life. Especially when she meets Dai, a young Welshman working the trawlers. But Nellie Gallagher has a secret that will change all their lives... Liverpool Taffy is a heartwarming story of love and courage from a wonderful storyteller, and one of the most popular saga writers of our time, Katie Flynn.

Download or read book Little Girl Lost written by Katie Flynn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-12-23 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a cold night and Sylvie Dugdale is weeping as she walks by the Mersey. A figure approaches and, dodging aside to avoid him, she falls into the river. Constable Brendan O'Hara, just coming off duty, sees the girl's plight and dives in to rescue her. He is dazzled by her beauty but Sylvie's husband is in prison and the closeness that Brendan soon longs for is impossible. Sylvie has to escape from Liverpool, so Brendan arranges for her to stay with his cousin Caitlin in Dublin until it is safe to return. There she meets Maeve, a crippled girl from the slums, who will change all their lives when a little girl is lost ...

Download or read book Under the Mistletoe written by Katie Flynn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curl up with this festive, uplifting and heartwarming romantic saga . . . ____________ 'A real page turner, the novel is packed full of romance, drama and a desire to find her family' Under the Christmas Tree ____________ Liverpool, 1940 When war comes to Britain, Jessica Wilson and her friend Ruby seize the opportunity to leave behind the orphanage they grew up in and start new lives in the NAAFI. With only forged papers as identification the girls expect to be turned away but are delighted with an offer of work. For the first time in their lives they experience real independence and it isn't long before they're spending their evenings enjoying the delights of Liverpool. When Jessica meets the handsome Tom, she feels as though her life is complete, but after a chance encounter with a friend, she soon learns that not everything is as it seems. As Jessica begins to uncover the truth, she unravels a web of lies, starting with the night of her birth, and she will need the support of her friends if she is to get her Christmas wish . . . ____________ **The final novel in the trilogy, OVER THE RAINBOW is available now**

Download or read book Daughters of Liverpool written by Annie Groves and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2009-01-12 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evocative and heartrending saga of Liverpool during World War Two, from the author of AS TIME GOES BY – rising star Annie Groves

Download or read book The Liverpool Trilogy written by Ruth Hamilton and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 1255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three novels of love, loss and family secrets, from Liverpool’s best-loved author. Mersey View: After a long, broken marriage, Lucy Henshaw decides to leave home and start afresh in a beautiful house overlooking the Mersey. With a new life come new friends, but when Lucy’s husband falls ill she realises she may not be as far from the past as she thought, and she may need her new friends more than ever. The Liverpool Girl: At the outbreak of World War Two, Eileen’s daughter Mel refuses to be evacuated. So Eileen and Mel move away from the street and family they love and face an unknown future together. Thus begins a journey of forbidden love, tragedy and a city left crumbling into the craters by the Luftwaffe. Their lives will never be the same again. Lights of Liverpool: Three families in Liverpool; the O’Neils, the Allens and Tess and Don Compton. Each is struggling to keep their families together. But behind the three families, two men are at work. One will do horrific damage; the other will reunite a clan that descends from Ireland, and ancestors thrown ashore from the ships of the Spanish Armada.

Download or read book Honour Thy Father written by Elizabeth Murphy and published by Redmond Family Duology. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply moving saga based in 20th-century Liverpool. From a young age Laura Redmond resents the way her father speaks to her mother. She does not understand that despite his heated outbursts, John Redmond is a loyal and devoted husband. As Laura grows up her protective love for her mother, Anne, leads to a love/hate relationship between father and daughter. Many think this is because they are so alike - both uncompromising and determined. Only Laura's great-grandmother recognises the truth. It takes many years filled with triumph and tragedy for the family, and the arrival of a special man in Laura's life, before she can properly grasp the true nature of her father. An absolute triumph, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Helen Forrester and Lyn Andrews.

Download or read book The Mersey Angels written by Sheila Riley and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling new book from Sheila Riley in her Liverpool Saga series 1916 LIVERPOOL Following the death of her father, Ruby Swift, and husband Archie finally move back into Ashland Hall. As the Great War rages, fathers and sons take the King's Shilling and head off to fight the unknown enemy, not knowing what horrors lie ahead. With Ned Kincaid in the Navy, Archie signs up to the volunteer constabulary and nurses Anna Cassidy and Ellie Harrington enlist to do their bit for King and Country. Soon the true casualties of war are being brought home in droves, Ruby converts Ashland Hall into an auxiliary hospital for wounded servicemen. It’s not long before the true cost of war is brought closer to home and Anna and Ellie enlist in the British Military Nursing Corp and soon find themselves in the battlefields of France in search of the truth. But they soon discover more than they bargained for... Praise for Sheila Riley: 'A powerful and totally absorbing family saga that is not to be missed. I turned the pages almost faster than I could read.' Carol Rivers 'A fabulous story of twists and turns - a totally unputdownable, page turner that had me cheering on the characters. I loved it!' Rosie Hendry 'A thoroughly enjoyable, powerful novel' Lyn Andrews 'An enchanting, warm and deeply touching story' Cathy Sharp 'Vivid, compelling and full of heart. Sheila is a natural-born storyteller.' Kate Thompson 'This author knows the Liverpool she writes about; masterly storytelling from a true Mersey Mistress.' Lizzie Lane

Download or read book A Liverpool Lass written by Katie Flynn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liverpool. December, 1905. In the breaking dawn of a raw windswept morning, a new-born baby girl is left at the door of an orphange. So helpless and appealing is the foundling that young Nellie McDowell, the maid-of-all-work, decides there and then to adopt her as her own sister. In the years that follow, Nellie and Lilac become even closer than sisters in their shared struggle to survive the grinding poverty of their lot. But they cannot lean on each other for ever. Nellie delights in the promise of love - and tastes the bitterness of betrayal - just as the long finger of war stretches out to divide the girls and rob Liverpool of a whole generation of its young men ... Sure to please fans and newcomers alike, this is classic Katie Flynn saga writing at its best.

Download or read book When Day is Done written by Elizabeth Murphy and published by Canelo Saga. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tale of two Liverpool sisters and their search for happiness. When Kate and Rose Drew are orphaned, they are heartbroken to discover they are to be separated. Kate must go to Aunt Mildred, a hard woman who runs a Liverpool boarding house, who puts her to work at once. But Rose gets the wealthy widow Aunt Beattie, who lavishes her with gifts and attention. As one sister experiences hardship alongside friendship, while the other is spoilt and isolated, which will find happiness? For, eventually, it is not what Kate and Rose have in life that counts, but what they choose to make of it... A truly memorable saga that will charm readers of Helen Forrester, Katie Flynn and Pam Howes.