About Betty Firth
Betty Firth is an award-winning author of heatwarming, thought-provoking World War II-set sagas from Bingley, West Yorkshire. She is published by Hera Books.
Betty also writes funny, heartfelt contemporary romantic comedies as Mary Jayne Baker. She was the recipient of the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Romantic Comedy of the Year Award 2020 for A Question of Us. Other pen names include Lisa Swift, Gracie Taylor and Penny Blackwell. You can find out more about her books under her different identities here.
Betty is a member of the Society of Authors, the Romantic Novelists’ Association and the Historical Writers’ Association.
In addition to her novels, Betty also writes scripts for pantomimes that are available to license for amateur and professional productions.
Books by Betty
A Wartime Wedding in the Dales
War pulled them apart. Can love bring them together?
A Wartime Christmas in the Dales
Can the festive cheer warm her heart again?
War Comes to the Dales
Can she help the village survive the war?
A New Home in the Dales
She’s gone from city to village, but can she ever fit in?
This joyous book will make you groan and also smile, laugh, believe in magic and fairy tales.
Rachel’s Random Reads
Funny and infused with real warmth, realism and wit.
Chicks, Rogues and Scandals
You’ll be amazed (as I was) at the level of heart, love and nuance that Baker infuses in a story that feels real and plausible.