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The London Girls

Soraya M Lane

The London Girls

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November 8, 2022
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Olivia, Ava, and Florence will steal your heart in this story about friendship, courage, and love. With stunning imagery, historical detail, and a clever plot, The London Girls is a book not to be missed. I couldn’t put it down!
Andie Newton, USA Today bestselling author of The Girls from the Beach

Synopsis

London, 1941. The Blitz. When a Royal Navy memo arrives at head office, requesting female recruits to sign up as motorcycle dispatch riders, delivering highly classified orders across the country, three women jump at the chance to sign up for the most dangerous jobs in London.

Olivia grew up riding motorcycles with her brothers, and with them fighting abroad she feels it is her duty to join up. The thrill of adventure draws Ava, but with more enthusiasm than skill, will she learn to navigate the treacherous London streets safely? Having lost her family during one of the first air attacks, Florence knows how important it is to have help arrive on the scene―fast―and so she steps up, outmanoeuvring the men behind the wheel of an ambulance. When Olivia, Ava and Florence meet for the first time they know they have found something all of them need―family.

As bombs fall, decimating the city they love, these three brave women build a sisterhood amid the rubble, facing down anyone―even their own families―who objects to their service. And while romances bloom and fade, their connection grows ever stronger. But none of them dare consider the terrifying reality that one night Florence’s ambulance may be rescuing someone she loves…

Product Information

Number of pages
334
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
#ISBN
Number of pages
9781662504044
Date of Publication
November 8, 2022
Format
Paperback
Weight
298
g
Dimensions
12.9
x
19.9
x
2.5
cm

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The London Girls is one of those stories that grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go until long after you’ve turned the last page. On the surface, it’s a story about friendship, but as the pages turn, it becomes so much more. It’s a story about doing things no one believed you were capable of, about finding the courage to ignore the naysayers and make sacrifices for causes bigger than yourself. I promise, you’ll love Ava, Olivia, and Florence, three women who, under the most trying circumstance, find out what they’re made of.
Barbara Davis, bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings
One of Soraya's hallmarks as a writer is to humanize horrific times in history, and she does that beautifully here through three female characters, Olivia, Ava, and Florence, who become motorcycle dispatch riders delivering top-secret orders. They risk their lives traversing London's dangerous streets as Nazi bombs drop. What a story, one I dare you to put down once you read the first page. It's thrilling, heartbreaking, must-read historical fiction!
Goodreads reviewer - LR

About the author

Soraya M Lane

As a child, Soraya dreamed of becoming an author, recreating the types of stories she devoured day and night. Fast forward more than a few years, and Soraya is now living her dream. Working as a full-time author, she writes every day around her other job of being a mom to two little boys. Soraya describes being an author as “the best career in the world”, and she hopes to be writing for many years to come.

Soraya loves spending her days thinking up characters for her novels, and her home is a constant source of inspiration. She lives with her husband and two sons on a small farm in New Zealand, surrounded by animals and with an office overlooking a field where their horses graze.

Soraya’s historical women's fiction novels are released under the name Soraya M. Lane & her contemporary women’s fiction and romance novels as Soraya Lane.

Soraya loves hearing from readers. Go to the contact page on her website to send Soraya a message! Or you can follow her on Facebook or Twitter.

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