by Pam Howes
Always on My Mind
Not Fade Away
That’ll be the Day
Fast Movin’ Train
Hungry Eyes
It’s Only Words
A Letter from Pam
I want to say a huge thank you for choosing to read The Shop Girls of Lark Lane. If you did enjoy it, and want to keep up to date with all my latest releases, just sign up here. Your email address will never be shared and you can unsubscribe at any time.
To my loyal band of regular readers who bought and reviewed The Factory Girls of Lark Lane, thank you for waiting patiently for the second in the series. I hope you’ll enjoy catching up with Alice, Sadie and Millie. Your support is most welcome and very much appreciated. As always a big thank you to Beverley Ann Hopper and the Admins and members of her FB group Book Lovers, and Deryl Easton and the members of her FB group The NotRights. Love you all for the support you show me.
A huge thank you to team Bookouture, especially my lovely editor Abi for your support and guidance and always being there, you’re the best, and thanks also to the rest of the fabulous editorial team.
And last, but most definitely not least, thank you to our wonderful media girls, Kim Nash and Noelle Holten, for everything you do for us. And thanks also to the gang in the Bookouture Authors’ Lounge for always being there. As always, I’m so proud to be one of you.
I hope you loved The Shop Girls of Lark Lane and if you did I would be very grateful if you could write a review. I’d love to hear what you think, and it makes such a difference helping new readers to discover one of my books for the first time.
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Thanks,
Pam Howes
The Lost Daughter of Liverpool
The Mersey Trilogy Book 1
Can she save herself, her marriage – and her daughter?
It’s 1946 and the war is over. In Liverpool, the blackout blinds may be coming down, but one family is about to face devastating misfortune…
Dora Evans is finally marrying the love of her life, Joe Rodgers, and her dreams of opening a dressmaking business look as if they might come true. With twin daughters on the way, Dora has everything she’s ever wanted.
But then tragedy strikes: one of Dora’s babies dies in infancy, and a catastrophic fire changes their lives forever. Dora is consumed with grief, struggling to get through each day and Joe is suddenly distant, finding solace in his colleague, Ivy.
With Ivy watching and scheming, and Dora battling against her own demons, can she keep her family together?
The Lost Daughter of Liverpool is a heartbreaking and gripping story of love, loss and hope. Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries, Diney Costeloe and Kitty Neale. Discover Pam’s series, The Mersey Trilogy, today.
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The Forgotten Family of Liverpool
The Mersey Trilogy Book 2
Available now
The war is over – but are their troubles just beginning?
It’s 1951 and rationing is finally coming to an end. But while Liverpool is recovering from the ferocity of war, a family is about to be torn apart…
Dora Rodgers is settling into a new life with her daughters Carol and Jackie, moving on from the betrayal of her husband. But then an unexpected knock at the door rips her family in two. Carol is taken away by a welfare officer to live with Dora’s estranged husband Joe.
Dora is determined to fight for her child, but she struggles to cope when a tragic accident leaves her mother in hospital, and shocking news from Joe breaks her heart once more.
With her family in pieces and her marriage over for good, will Dora ever manage to get her daughter Carol home where she belongs?
The Forgotten Family of Liverpool is a brave and tear-jerking story of one woman’s quest to protect her family. Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries, Annie Murray and Kitty Neale. Discover Pam’s Mersey Trilogy today.
The Liverpool Girls
The Mersey Trilogy Book 3
Available now!
Will tragedy tear them apart – once and for all?
It’s 1966 and in Liverpool two sisters are about to have their lives turned upside down…
Sisters Carol and Jackie haven’t had the easiest of childhoods, but as they grow up and begin their own lives both hope for happier times ahead. Stylish Carol works in Lewis’s department store, while Jackie dreams of drama school, and a career on the stage.
But the sisters are heartbroken when they discover they have been dating the same man, and an unexpected pregnancy causes a rift between them. Parents Dora and Joe must overcome their past hurts and help their daughters, despite the meddling of Joe’s second wife Ivy.
As the sisters’ troubles spiral and difficult decisions must be made, can the family pull together – or will Jackie and Carol’s sisterly bond be destroyed forever?
The Liverpool Girls is a heart-breaking and compelling story of family, loss and love. Perfect for fans of Annie Groves, Anne Baker and Kitty Neale.
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Acknowledgements
As always, my man, daughters, son-in-law, grandchildren and their partners. Thank you for your support. I love you all very much. Xxx
Thanks once again to my lovely 60’s Chicks friends for their friendship and support. And a big thanks to my friends and beta readers, Brenda Thomasson and Julie Simpson, whose feedback I welcome always.
Thank you once more to the band of awesome bloggers and reviewers who have given me such wonderful support for my Mersey Trilogy and again with the first two books in the Lark Lane series. It’s truly appreciated and without you all an author’s life would be a difficult one.
Published by Bookouture in 2018
An imprint of StoryFire Ltd.
Carmelite House
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Copyright © Pam Howes, 2018
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eBook ISBN: 978-1-78681-470-8
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events other than those clearly in the public domain, are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.