Happiness for Hazel

by Pearl A Gardner

  How will she live with the guilt?

  Will things work out for her as she hopes they might?

  Women of Verdun – A Three Book series telling the story of three generations of courageous women from Verdun- This trilogy will cross two centuries, three generations and two World Wars.

  Women of Verdun, Book One, Belle

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00YQ4CTY6

  A Pre WW1 story of love and loss - Belle is nineteen in the late nineteenth century. The world is changing rapidly, but in France, in the district of Verdun, life flows at a slower pace.

  Belle is in love with her childhood friend and hopes he feels the same way. While visiting the Exposition Universelle in Paris, in the most romantic place in the world, Julien proposes but to her disappointment he does not speak of love.

  Belle settles for a marriage of convenience, but realises her mistake when she discovers the husband she adores has a terrible secret that could ruin both their families. Can she find the courage to confront him? How can she love him after such a betrayal? How will she protect her family?

  Women of Verdun, Book Two, Belle’s Girls

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013GVCFLQ

  WW1 story of love and jealousy - In the middle of the First World War, Collette is afraid for her fiancé, Antoine, who is fighting to save the town of Verdun. They should have been married by now, but the war puts a halt to their plans.

  Her sister Felicity is secretly in love with Antoine but hides her feelings. Only their mother knows of her pain, but Belle is too involved with helping to feed the stricken soldiers to offer support to her youngest.

  Felicity helps in the casualty station in the grounds of the chateau, assisting the Australian nurses to care for the injured and dying. Collette helps her mother and finds herself drawn to the dangerous work of taking food to the front line.

  The turmoil of war changes the lives of the two French girls who are both in love with the same man.

  Who will Antoine choose and what will the consequences of that choice mean to the family?

  Women of Verdun, Book Three, Nicolette

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B016UMCRLG

  WW2 story of intrigue and love - Nicolette was raised in England but her French roots go deep. She is determined to follow in the footsteps of her grandmother to try to make a difference in the war that is changing her life. Her fiancé is less than enthusiastic about enlisting which causes her to rethink her relationship.

  Instead of getting married on her twenty-second birthday, she embarks on a dangerous course that will lead her back to Verdun, the home of her grandmother. She works undercover to defend her country of birth and the homeland of her family. Blending seamlessly into the local population she discovers secrets of the past and moves towards a future that she had never considered.

  More WW2 Sagas

  The Scent of Bluebells

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FYZX7QU

  A World War Two, poignant romantic saga - In spring of 1939, Amy falls in love with Jimmy and life seems full of promise for the young girl from a northern mill town. War was brewing in Europe, and it would change her life forever.

  Through the following five years of turmoil, Amy endures heartache and loss. Her husband returns briefly and leaves her pregnant with his child. She writes to him of the news but shortly before the baby is born, Jimmy is reported missing in action and presumed dead.

  After more than a year with no further news of her missing husband, she slowly begins to enjoy freedom and independence like she’d never known before.

  The war continues with no news of Jimmy and she dares to love again.

  Will this love survive the war?

  Will Jimmy be found?

  A Snowdrop’s Promise

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LWBD5U

  A World War Two, moving romance - At twenty-four-years old, Agnes felt she was headed for a spinster’s life. Being taller than most lads was a disadvantage, but she didn’t mind being the wallflower while her petite and pretty cousin drew men like a moth to a flame.

  When Agnes fell for a tall Irishman’s charm, she thought she had found the love of her life. When Andrew asks Agnes to marry him, she has no idea where his proposal will lead them. Her Catholic father would not permit a Protestant son-in-law and he refused to listen to their pleading.

  The young couple continued to meet in secret, and when Andrew decided to talk to Agnes’s father and try and win him around, none of them could have anticipated the outcome, or the repercussions of that fateful meeting.

  War breaks out, giving a frightening and eventful backdrop to Agnes’s life of secrets and lies. She lives in fear of the truth emerging, to ruin the lives of her children, but eventually begins to feel that the truth may perhaps lead to her salvation.

  Can she face up to her fears and disclose the secrets of her past?

  Lost in the Memories

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00P6LDJO2

  World War Two, mystery romance - Pam treasures the notes, letters, cards, and photographs that her mother and grandparents left her. When her uncle asks for information about a secret sister, she uses the file of memories to help him embark on a search for the lost baby.

  Cross-checking dates with the written accounts of war time events they are drawn into the past to discover a web of family secrets.

  Can they find the love child? Will their questions be answered?

  Weaving between past and present, using the written words as guides, they see between the lines and discover a love story full of passion, loss and sacrifice.

  Novels in other Genres written by Pearl A Gardner

  Ella’s Destiny

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00N0U5RMI

  A romantic saga with a hint of sci-fi and a touch of time travel - War is imminent when Ella Stevens applies to join the Eden Venture in the hope of saving her teenage children and salvaging her failing marriage. Amid riots and unrest the family travel to their designated camp where they prepare for a future beyond anything they could have imagined.

  During a perilous journey through space and time, Ella realises her marriage can not be saved, but is determined to fulfil her dream of finding a better future for her children. Arriving at the fresh new world, filled with hope and endless opportunity, Ella begins to build a life without her husband. However, the settlers soon discover that Eden is not the paradise they hoped it would be.

  With no escape from the hostile and dangerous environment, survival becomes a priority. Ella embraces the challenges of her life with a new-found courage and moves into a future that no one could have predicted.

  For the Missing Girls, A Kerry Malone, Psychic Novel

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01BFJ9YNI

  A paranormal crime investigation - Kerry is almost thirty. She can see and hear dead people. She grew to understand them as naturally as other children learned to speak. She also sees auras and can sense the emotions and moods of people around her.

  Her family struggled to understand her powers but now see Kerry’s colourful and unusual view of the world as a gift. However, Kerry prefers not to witness some things from the other side. Most spirits are benign but some scare the hell out of her.

  When she is asked to use her gift in the investigation of some abducted girls, she is eager to help. With guidance from the spirit of a child, she uncovers a series of atrocities, and is drawn into the ages-old battle of good versus evil. Will Kerry be strong enough to face the demons? Can she save the missing girls?

  It’s Penguin Shooting Day

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FRIO2ZO

  A true diary account of the first weeks following brain injury. - From my son-in-law, Simon’s, point of view, he awakes in a bizarre place full of strangers and doesn’t know why he is there. His yesterday is ten years ago and the only memories he has between then and now, appears to be no more than hazy fragments. However, his first words to his wife, Natalie, when he wakes from the coma are, ‘I love
you, honey.’ Even though he doesn’t remember who she is, he knows that he loves her.

  Amazingly, his emotions are still intact even though his memories don’t support them. He has no recollection of his wedding day, or of his daughter’s birth but the love he feels for his wife and child are overwhelming in their intensity.

  So we use Simon’s emotional strength and Natalie’s inspirational positivity to form the foundations of a future we can only begin to imagine.

  Pushed on the Shelf

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FW5U32I

  A romantic comedy. - Forty-something Trisha is reeling from the shock of being dumped by her husband, Alan, aka DISCWIFF (Dick in Sports Car With Foot Fetish.) Trisha now has to support her two children financially, as DISCWIFF has set up home with TITSNOBB (Tits no Brain Bimbo) and left her in a house that is about to be repossessed.

  With no qualifications or experience, the job market looks bleak but she is determined not to go under.

  As Trisha struggles to hold together all the threads of her unravelling life, her emotions get in a tangle when the owner of the local flower shop takes a keen interest in her and she agrees to go out on a date with him.

  Trisha feels like her life is being lived inside a pressure cooker that’s ready to blow a gasket. Something has to give, but what?

  Science Fiction

  Pearl’s science fiction novels are set in the real world, with true to life characters living through extraordinary circumstances. Based on scientific facts and extensive research, her science fiction works are believable, page turning stories that raise questions about the world we live in.

  They Take our Children, Book One, The Truth Revealed– Soft science fiction / family saga about alien abduction. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00GF3M4RI

  Courtney is an astonishingly beautiful teenager. She is also a brighter than average young woman but is otherwise as ordinary, happy, and well adjusted as any other girl her age.

  On her sixteenth birthday, Courtney’s neurotic mother, Helen, calls her a monster in a fit of rage. The teenager runs off, causing panic in the family. Courtney’s father, Gavin, has long suspected something sinister hiding in his wife’s history, but nothing could have prepared him for the truth. Helen’s father, George, tries to reveal what he knows about the mystery but the family find it hard to accept his far fetched version of events as realistic.

  Weaving between past and present the facts about Courtney’s shocking alien origin are exposed and the search for the whole truth begins.

  They Take our Children, Book Two, Taking Control– Second book in the two book series about alien abduction.

  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HWWPR16

  Courtney’s family is drawn into the murky world of ufology experts. Subterfuge and concealment become a part of their lives as they search, for the secret, to open the gateway to the second dimension where they hope to meet face to face with the aliens who abducted Courtney’s cousins.

  Talk of government agencies and ‘above top secret’ organisations make them fearful but when they discover how much information has been covered up about the alien abductions, they become even more determined to take control and find the missing children.

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