An Orphan in the Snow
In this story we go to Liverpool during WWII. The heroine, June Lavender, takes a job as assistant to Mrs. Pherson, the Matron of Bingham Hall, a Dr. Barnado’s orphanage. There are events in her life which she wants to put behind her, and she hopes that focusing on the children in the orphanage will help her to do this. However there are difficulties there to be overcome as well, not the least being the actions of the Matron herself. On the train journey to Liverpool she meets Flight Lieutenant Murray Andrews and finds that she can’t get him out of her mind in the subsequent days and weeks…
I found this to be a well written story which flowed well and kept my interest. The characterisation is good and totally believable. The background of the war is prominent enough to put this into the historical novel genre, but romance also features strongly. I thoroughly enjoyed this book—a good one to curl up by the fire with. I will certainly look out for the next one, An Orphan’s War, due to be released in May 2018.
