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  • Published: 20 June 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529919608
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

Evacuees at the Wartime Bookshop




The fourth novel in Lesley Eames's wildly popular saga series set in a community-run bookshop during WWII - a heart-warming story of love and friendship.

Victoria is looking for a life away from the dangers of wartime London for herself and two orphaned children. Her search takes her to Churchwood in Hertfordshire which looks ideal, but the village residents are already dealing with their own problems . . .

Alice is working hard to get the village bookshop back up and running after the previous premises were destroyed. The new building is in urgent need of repair and a builder has been hired, but where is he and where is the money he was paid?

Kate is struggling to work out the next steps in her relationship with pilot Leo. Will he expect her to meet his parents? Knowing they are rich and elegant, Kate suspects they'd want their son's sweetheart to be the same - not a country bumpkin like her with barely a penny to her name.

Meanwhile, Naomi shows kindness to Victoria and her evacuees but is she biting off more than she can chew, especially when she is confronted with a surprising intruder . . .

With so much trouble and uncertainty in the village, can Victoria and her little family find the safe haven they crave?

Evacuees at the Wartime Bookshop is the fourth novel in the uplifting Wartime Bookshop series, perfect for fans of Donna Douglas and Elaine Everest

  • Published: 20 June 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529919608
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

About the author

Lesley Eames

Lesley is an author of historical sagas. Having previously written sagas set around the time of the First World War, she ventured into the Second World War period with her fifth book, The Wartime Bookshop. Originally from the north west of England (Manchester), Lesley's home is now Hertfordshire where The Wartime Bookshop's fictional village of Churchwood is set. Lesley is thrilled to have enjoyed success in competitions as varied as crime writing to writing for children. She is particularly honoured to have won the Festival of Romance New Talent Award, the Romantic Novelists' Association's Elizabeth Goudge Cup and to have been twice shortlisted in the UK Romantic Novel Awards (RONAs).

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Praise for Evacuees at the Wartime Bookshop

Praise for The Wartime Bookshop series

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A refreshingly comforting book

Anything Goes Lifestyle Magazine, Book of the Month

A delightful wartime saga about a young girl making a difference in her new village... Beautiful book and I loved it

Rosie Clarke, author of the Mulberry Lane series

If you enjoy wartime dramas such as Home Fires you'll love The Wartime Bookshop

Yours Magazine

'Written by Lesley Eames, an author with romance at heart, The Wartime Bookshop is a wholesome novel questioning how friendship can be the answer. Snuggle up and experience her storytelling for yourself

Chat Magazine, Book of the Month

A pleasure to read for anyone who enjoys a good wartime saga

Lizzie Lane, author of The Tobacco Girls

A real cosy novel of women and friendship. I'm looking forward to seeing what this threesome gets up to next

Bishop's Stortford Independent

Heartwarming... an uplifting tale with well-drawn characters

Candis Magazine

Well written, well researched and likeable... It was uplifting to see Kate, Alice and Naomi slowly change and, through the bookshop, reach their potential

Fenella J. Miller, author of Duty Calls at Goodwill House

A delight from start to finish - the perfect comfort read!

Vicki Beeby, author of The Ops Girls series

I could spend hours in the company of Alice, Kate and Naomi who by the end felt like firm friends. The Wartime Bookshop is a must-read for all saga fans

Fiona Ford, author of The Liberty Girls series
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