Synopsis

Norma's Story: Book 3 the story of a love denied in the new wartime romance series from bestselling author Samantha Michaels London, 1944. When Norma's day working as a machinist in the parachute making factory comes to an end, she is determined to go out and have fun! Outgoing and confident, Norma wants to make the most of life, acutely aware that it might be cut short at any moment by the enemy bombs. Norma takes a chance on romance, but in doing so, she strays into a forbidden place and meets Oscar a handsome soldier, and the two fall in love. Leeds, 2015. Jody's lifeis a struggle. With her husband Micky doing a stretch in jail, her son Lewis on the verge of following in his father's footsteps, and her mother Kath lost in the bottom of a bottle, Jody is the only one taking responsibility for the family. The single light in Jody's day are her visits to her beloved Grandma Norma. With her own mother mainly absent, Norma is the one who raised Jody and now that the old lady is becoming frail, it's Jody's turn to be a rock for her. But Norma is hiding a secret, one she's kept nearly all her life. When a letter turns up out of the blue, it's Jody who is shocked to read it. As the past returns through the arrival of a relative no-one knew about, Norma reveals the mementoes she keeps in her biscuit tin and a long-ago love called Oscar. Shades of Love is the third in this 6 book series. Each story tells the secrets found two generations later from the mementoes and photos kept in precious biscuit tins by Rosie, Vivian, Norma, Peggy, Ida and Phyllis, who all met working in a parachute factory in the second World War and formed The Biscuit Tin Secrets Club.

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