Shop Girls

War brings changes the friends could never foresee... It's 1942 and as shortages of staff - and goods - begin to bite, young Lily Collins is thrilled to step up to sales junior in her job at Marlow's department store. But bombs are still falling and Lily and fellow shop girls Gladys and Beryl need a stiff upper lip to wave boyfriends, husbands and brothers goodbye, especially with a baby on the way and grim news on the wireless. When Jim, who works with Lily at the store, seems restless, things are bad enough, but nothing can prepare Lily for the secrets that come tumbling out when her favourite brother comes home on leave... Somehow, she must keep smiling through. Community, family and friends rally round as her home town - and the whole country - is tested once again.

The new book in the heart-warming WW2 family saga series! Spring 1944. As the Allied forces push closer to longed-for victory, Lily Collins yearns to join up and do her bit. But her best friend Gladys faces having her first baby alone, with her beloved Bill back with the Navy. And their other great friend, Beryl, is run off her feet building her bridal-hire business amid the bomb damage. Yet for Lily, no amount of helping with a new batch of evacuees matches up to the lure of the ATS. And while wedding bells are ringing for others at Marlows Department Store, where the girls met, will they be heard for Lily and her young man, Jim — or does fate have another twist in store? Lily, Beryl and Gladys must once again face the challenges of war to claim the happiness they all deserve.

The new book in the heartwarming WW2 family saga series, available to pre-order now! Summer 1945. After victory in Europe, best friends Lily, Gladys and Beryl are looking to the future. But, even with this happy news, their lives are far from simple... Despite Lily's joyful summer wedding, she has doubts over what her heart wants now. As she adjusts to her role as young wife, could this signal the end of her position at Marlows? The return of Gladys's husband Bill raises questions of their family life as he struggles to find work after the Navy and for Beryl big changes at her bridal shop are afoot. As the girls start to move on with their lives, they have never needed to stick together more...