By Betty Firth
A Wartime Wedding in the Dales
War pulled them apart, but can love bring them back together?
January 1942. After spending a happy Christmas with her fiance Charlie and his family at Moorside Farm, the new year brings heartache for Bobby Bancroft. Not only must she prepare to say goodbye to Charlie as he is summoned to join the fight, she must also leave behind her job at The Tyke magazine to join the wartime effort, as conscription of women is rolled out across the country.
But there are hopeful times ahead as Bobby’s friends, Topsy and Teddy, get engaged following a romance beset with obstacles. And when Bobby finally names a date for her own nuptials, the village of Silverdale is cheered by the prospect of weddings to lift the gloom of wartime. Bobby finds herself far from home training as a WAAF, with few friendly faces other than her Canadian friend Ernie King, who is acting as an instructor at her training centre.
With Ernie showing signs of a romantic interest in her and with Charlie’s sudden silence, a lonely Bobby finds herself drawn to the young Canadian. But could there be more to Charlie’s silence than a cooling of his feelings? And can Bobby’s faith in the man she truly loves stay strong while the two of them are far apart, long enough for them to walk down the aisle?
A heart-warming, emotional WW2 saga set in the glorious Yorkshire Dales. Fans of Diane Allen and Maggie Mason will love this!
Author
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 women’s fiction 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.
Other Books by Betty
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?
Edie’s Home for Strays (as Gracie Taylor)
Can she shelter evacuees and animals from the war?
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.