Book description
Two wonderfully heart-warming novels, available together for the first
time, from the best-selling author of London Belles and As Time Goes By.
My Sweet Valentine is an emotional portrayal of the lives of four women
in wartime London.
Tilly, Dulcie, Agnes and Sally are each making their own contribution to
the Home Front. But the London of 1941 is a treacherous place,
especially for the tender-hearted. As Valentine's Day approaches, the
perils of war threaten life as they know it and all matters of the heart.
Where the Heart is tells the compelling drama of the Campion family,
struggling to stay together as World War II rages over Liverpool.
Lou Campion has joined the WAAFs, against the wishes of her parents and
twin sister Sasha. Katie's plans for the future are dashed, Fran's young
husband is close to death and Bella's impossible passion has to remain a
secret. Yet even in the darkest hour there is hope - while their city is
crumbling, the Campion's pride is intact. Praise for Annie Groves:
'An engrossing story' My Weekly
'A stirring and heartrending family saga…Against a backdrop of change
when the suffragette movement was coming to the fore, the choices and
dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story'
Liverpool Daily Post
'Heartwrenching and uplifting in equal measure - a tragic indictment of
what can happen when you swap passion for duty. Roll on the sequel!'
Take a Break
'Written from the heart' My Weekly Annie Groves was born and lived in
the north-west of England all of her life. She was the author of the
Pride family series, Ellie Pride, Connie's Courage and Hettie of Hope
Street, for which she drew upon her own family's history, picked up from
listening to her grandmother's stories when she was a child. Her next
set of novels was the World War II series Goodnight Sweetheart, Some
Sunny Day, The Grafton Girls and As Time Goes By. These were followed by
the Campion series, Across the Mersey, Daughters of Liverpool, The Heart
of the Family, Where the Heart Is and When the Lights Go on Again, which
are also based on recollections from members of her family, who come
from the city of Liverpool. My Sweet Valentine follows on from Home for
Christmas and London Belles and is the third in this series, which
introduces a set of glorious characters living in Article Row in Holborn.
Annie Groves, whose real name was Penny Halsall, also wrote under the
name of Penny Jordan and was an international bestselling author of over
170 novels with sales of over 84 million copies.
Sadly, Penny Halsall died in 2011. She left a wonderful legacy of
heart-warming novels for many more fans to discover and she will be
greatly missed by all who knew her.
