Betty Walker
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Can the bonds of motherhood give them the strength they’ll need to get through the war?
St Ives, Spring 1943.
After having given up her baby at seventeen, Sonya is inspired by her work at an orphanage to discover what happened to her daughter twenty-five years ago. Reunited, they struggle to bond whilst braving the war together.
Nurse Lily has returned to St Ives to finish training as a midwife. But when old flame Tristan is brought in wounded,...
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It’s 1941, and Christmas is approaching in St. Ives…
Shy Lily wishes she could hide from the war. But when her friend Eva writes asking if she’ll join her in St. Ives, Lily can’t refuse. There are officers to nurse back to health, and a Christmas party to plan…
Eva came to St. Ives to be near Max, the stranger who almost gave his life protecting her from an air-raid. But the wounded pilot keeps pushing her away.
Rose can’t help envying...
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The fifth heartwarming instalment in the Cornish Girls series, coming soon – pre-order now!
Can love still thrive in the uncertainty of war?
Cornwall, Summer 1943
Eighteen-year-old Alice receives a mysterious work summons for a special unit in Bude. Nervous but excited, she starts training straight away.
Meanwhile, land girl Penny also heads to Bude. With a new job at the village farm shop, she dreams of finding love.
Young widow Florence runs...
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1941. The Blitz rages over London.
And even in Cornwall, the war is being fought....
When Violet loses her sister in the Blitz, she must take her nieces to safety in Cornwall. On the coast, she meets carefree chorus girl Eva, who is also running from the dangers of London.
But Porthcurno hides a secret military base, and soon Violet and Eva realise there’s a battle to fight in Cornwall, too.
Together with local Hazel, who works on the base,...
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April 1942. Enemy gunfire on Penzance beach brings the Cornish Girls rushing to the rescue...
Yearning for adventure, Demelza dreams of one day joining the fire wardens. But before she can do so, gunfire during a trip to the beach provides her with an unexpected opportunity to get stuck in.
On hand to help the wounded beachgoers, Lily draws admiration with her nursing skills and is offered an exciting new position in the hospital in Penzance.
And...
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Eighteen-year-old receives a mysterious work summons for a special unit in Bude. Nervous but excited, she starts training straight away. Meanwhile, land girl also heads to Bude. With a new job at the village farm shop, she dreams of finding love. Young widow runs the local boarding house. When American troops are billeted to stay, Florence butts heads with their Staff Sergeant immediately. But might sparks fly for Florence when she least expects it?...
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Yearning for adventure, Demelza longs to join the fire wardens, and unexpected gunfire on Penzance Beach gives Demelza her first opportunity to get stuck in. On hand to help the wounded beachgoers, Lily's nursing skills draw admiration and she's offered an exciting new position in the hospital in Penzance. Unsatisfied at work, Lily's Aunt Violet agrees to take in three evacuees rescued on the beach, though they turn out to be more of a handful than...