Land Girls at the Wartime Bookshop

‘The ultimate feel good book … A must read for the summer’ * Female First *‘Heart-warming story of friendship, resilience and community in wartime Britain’ * People’s Friend magazine *Praise for The Wartime Bookshop series * :- *‘A cosy winter read if ever there was one… a refreshingly comforting book telling the story of a little village, with some wonderful character developments in the process’ * Anything Goes Lifestyle Magazine, Book of the Month *‘A delightful wartime saga about a young girl making a difference in her new village… a story that illustrates how kindness and refusing to give up can change so much. It is also a sweet love story… 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 *

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).