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Best Reading Order for my 'Cornish Girls' Sagas
INTRO TO THE CORNISH GIRLS
The men might have enlisted, but the war years were tough on women too. Women were struggling on the home front as mothers and housewives, but also in community volunteer positions, some of them involving hard, strenuous and even dangerous work. Unmarried women without children or other caring responsibilities to keep them at home could even find themselves ‘drafted� into war work many hundreds of miles from home.
In the same way, not all my “Cornish Girls� are originally from Cornwall, but they adore living in such a beautiful part of the world, and are determined to support the war effort there. Friendly and full of lively humour, my Cornish Girls are always to be relied upon when someone needs a helping hand or a shoulder to cry on.
Romance plays a huge role in these novels too, as some of my ladies do eventually find love and a soul-mate, despite the rigours of wartime. But at their heart a deep and abiding friendship between women is the keystone of my Cornish Girls sagas.
ORDER OF NOVELS
If starting to read my Cornish Girls series, this is the order in which the novels were written. They are, however, all standalone novels, so are designed to be read out of order or as single novels.
Many readers have noted that the experience of entering the Cornish Girls world is enhanced if you start with Book One and read the stories in order, eg:
WARTIME WITH THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book One)
CHRISTMAS WITH THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book Two)
COURAGE FOR THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book Three)
A MOTHER’S HOPE FOR THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book Four)
A WEDDING FOR THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book Five)
VICTORY FOR THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book Six)
A NEW HOPE FOR THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book Seven)
The men might have enlisted, but the war years were tough on women too. Women were struggling on the home front as mothers and housewives, but also in community volunteer positions, some of them involving hard, strenuous and even dangerous work. Unmarried women without children or other caring responsibilities to keep them at home could even find themselves ‘drafted� into war work many hundreds of miles from home.
In the same way, not all my “Cornish Girls� are originally from Cornwall, but they adore living in such a beautiful part of the world, and are determined to support the war effort there. Friendly and full of lively humour, my Cornish Girls are always to be relied upon when someone needs a helping hand or a shoulder to cry on.
Romance plays a huge role in these novels too, as some of my ladies do eventually find love and a soul-mate, despite the rigours of wartime. But at their heart a deep and abiding friendship between women is the keystone of my Cornish Girls sagas.
ORDER OF NOVELS
If starting to read my Cornish Girls series, this is the order in which the novels were written. They are, however, all standalone novels, so are designed to be read out of order or as single novels.
Many readers have noted that the experience of entering the Cornish Girls world is enhanced if you start with Book One and read the stories in order, eg:
WARTIME WITH THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book One)
CHRISTMAS WITH THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book Two)
COURAGE FOR THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book Three)
A MOTHER’S HOPE FOR THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book Four)
A WEDDING FOR THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book Five)
VICTORY FOR THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book Six)
A NEW HOPE FOR THE CORNISH GIRLS (Book Seven)
