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The Newspaper Girls: Books 1 and 2
Lesley Eames
  • Published: 19 December 2026
  • ISBN: 9781837321612
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 800
  • RRP: $24.99

The Newspaper Girls: Books 1 and 2

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A 2-in-1 edition of two heartwarming and uplifting wartime novels, perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin

Two page-turning wartime novels that are guaranteed to warm your heart…

A Promise for Tomorrow

When Jenny Gregory leaves wartime London for Allanby Cross, she hopes for a fresh start. An unexpected role at the struggling Allanby Cross Gazette offers just that, until mistakes and mishaps begin to threaten everything she’s worked for. As suspicion grows that someone wants her to fail, Jenny must work with her new friends to uncover the truth before her second chance slips away…

A Hope for the Winter
Despite the hardships of war, Iolanthe Inverdale has found new purpose working at the Allanby Cross Gazette. But as winter bites and spirits falter, she befriends a lonely evacuee far from home. Determined to bring hope to those around her, Iolanthe soon discovers that lifting others may require more courage - and risk - than she ever imagined…
  • Published: 19 December 2026
  • ISBN: 9781837321612
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 800
  • RRP: $24.99

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 Trophy and to have been twice shortlisted in the UK Romantic Novel Awards (RONAs).
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A Hope for the Winter
A Promise for Tomorrow
Wedding Bells at the Wartime Bookshop
A Foundling at the Wartime Bookshop
Evacuees at the Wartime Bookshop
Christmas at the Wartime Bookshop
Land Girls at the Wartime Bookshop
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