Beach View Boarding House series by Ellie Dean (#01~5,13)
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Overview: Ellie Dean lives in Eastbourne, UK… which has been her home for many years and where she raised her three children.
Genre: Historical Romance
#1 – There’ll Be Blue Skies (2011)
When sixteen-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast, she is terrified by what lies ahead of her. All she knows are the sights and sounds of London’s East End – but Sally swallows her tears as they leave the familiar landmarks behind, knowing that she has to be a Grown-Up Girl and play mother to her six-year-old brother Ernie. Playing mother is nothing new for Sally – their real mother Florrie, a good-time girl, hasn’t even come to the station to wave them off and Ernie, crippled at an early age by polio, is used to depending on his older sister. When they arrive in Cliffehaven, they’re taken to live at the Beach View Boarding House where they’re welcomed by the open-hearted Reilly family headed up by warm, loving Peggy, and life begins to improve. Sally gets a job in a uniforms factory to help pay her way – and to pay for Ernie’s expensive medicines – but then Florrie arrives in Cliffehaven, bringing disaster with her. And Sally is forced to work out where her true loyalties lie …
#2 – Far From Home (2012)
It is 1940 and Staff Nurse Polly Brown has been granted a posting at Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital on the south coast to be near her badly injured husband, Adam. But her decision has meant that she has had to part with their beloved five-year-old daughter, Alice, who is travelling to safety in Canada. Polly’s heart is torn in two as she says goodbye to Alice and heads to the Beach View boarding house in Cliffehaven, where she throws herself into her work. But as she confronts the fact that Adam may not survive his injuries, a telegram arrives at Beach View. The boat Alice was on has been torpedoed by a German U-boat…
#3 – Keep Smiling Through (2012)
June 1940. Despite losing her mother at a young age and her father away on important war work, seventeen-year-old Rita Smith has plenty of people to turn to in the close-knit community of Cliffhaven. Until Italy sides with Germany and Rita’s closest friends and neighbours are interned as enemies of the state. As war rages across Europe, Rita is more determined than ever to do her bit for the war effort. Although she is forced to give up her dream of joining the WAAF, she volunteers as a fire warden. When her own home is destroyed Rita vows she will not lose spirit and throws herself into doing her bit for king and country, longing for the day when she is reunited with those she loves best…
#4 – Where the Heart Lies (2013)
February 1941. Julie Harris is working in London’s East End as a midwife when a bombing raid destroys her family and the house she grew up in. All she has left is her motherless baby nephew William. Determined to uphold her promise to her sister to keep William safe until his father, Bill, returns from the war, she accepts a post as a midwife in Cliffehaven on the south-coast of England. Here they are taken under the wing of the Reilly family at the Beach View boarding house. But all too soon Julie learns that Bill is ‘missing in action’ and William falls dangerously ill. As she begins the long vigil by William’s beside, she fears she will lose the little boy she has grown to love as her own.
#5 – Always in my Heart (2013)
As the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore, Sarah Fuller and her sister Jane are forced to leave their parents and Sarah’s fiancé, Philip, behind. The long journey to England is fraught with danger, and they don’t even know if their great-aunt Cordelia is alive, let alone waiting for them. They arrive in Cliffehaven, on the south coast of England and here Sarah and Jane must find work to support themselves. When the Forestry Commission takes over Lord Cliffe’s estate, they enlist into the Timber Corps and becomes Lumberjills. But as time goes on and the news of events in Singapore worsen, Sarah fears they will never see Philip and their parents again.
#13 – The Waiting Hours
Slapton Sands, Devon 1943
Carol Porter has had a difficult war. Less than a year ago she lost both her husband and baby, and with them her heart. Only recently has she’s found peace, working as a land girl at Coombe Farm. But Carol’s sanctuary, the whole local area in fact, is about to be disrupted. When Pauline Reilly learns of Carol’s situation she’s worried for her little sister. As rumours reach Cliffehaven about the movements at Slapton Sands however, Pauline’s concern moves to her only surviving son. As much as Pauline’s sister-in-law Peggy tries to soothe her fears, Pauline is convinced Brendon will be called up to assist in the action. Just as Carol is preparing to face the impending upheaval alone, her beloved mother Dolly swoops in to Slapton. Packing up the life she’d hoped to share with her lost family makes Carol look to her future, Dolly confronts a ghost from her past, and they both have a chance to mend their broken hearts.
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