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Ballroom Girls
A spellbinding and heart-warming new WWII romance (The Ballroom Girls Book 1)
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
108 kr
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**Don't miss the third book in Jenny Holmes's WWII saga series, The Ballroom Girls Hit the Big Time!**___________________Blackpool, summer 1942.Meet the Ballroom Girls: Sylvia, Pearl and Joy. Three girls dancing through the turbulence of WWII.Sylvia is the spoiled only child of an ambitious mother, Lorna Ellis, who runs a dancing school in Blackpool. Approaching 21, Sylvia is under pressure to scoop up prizes by fair means or foul.Pearl is the oldest daughter in a large, chaotic family who all work at the Pleasure Beach. She often sneaks away to watch ballroom contestants in their glittery finery. She dreams of joining them, but will she ever be anything other than an outsider looking in?Joy is an evacuee who lost her parents to the Blitz. Now she lives and works in a shabby boarding house and works as a cleaner. Though shy and modest, she falls in love with the newest dance craze - the American Jitterbug. When Lorna's rival dance school spots her talent, Joy is given a chance to break away from boarding house drudgery and enter the glamorous world of professional ballroom dancing.Through blackouts and air raids, the excitement of the ballroom never dims. But competition is fierce. Will the Ballroom Girls find what they're looking for in the joy of the dance?The first book in heart-warming THE BALLROOM GIRLS series_____________________Praise for Jenny Holmes and The Ballroom Girls series'Full of drama, romance and the thrill of dancing . . . a heartwarming and uplifting story' Lancashire Post'Anyone who recalls dancing at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom . . . will love this latest romance' Choice Magazine'Vivid characters, sparkling dialogue and a lively, heartwarming story' Vicki Beeby, author of The Ops Room Girls'Definitely a book sure to please lovers of WW2 romance' Lizzie Lane, author of The Tobacco Girls'A story vibrant with the atmosphere of the time and fuelled by the power of duty and friendship' Peterborough Telegraph
Del 2 - Ballroom Girls
The Ballroom Girls: Christmas Dreams
Curl up with this festive, heartwarming and uplifting historical romance book
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
104 kr
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As war rages on, can they keep dancing?Blackpool, November 1942Wartime worries fail to dampen the glitz and glamour of the ballroom in the run-up to Christmas. After all, life is for living.Newlywed Pearl's bliss is cut short when her beloved Bernie is called up into the Army. Will dancing at the Tower Ballroom take the edge off her heartache or will it throw temptation her way?Unexpected news of an inheritance presents Joy with a different dilemma. Should she move to Scotland in line with her parents' final wishes or stay in Blackpool to dance with Tommy, the man she loves?Meanwhile, ambitious Sylvia ditches Eddie, her loyal dance partner and launches into a new career teaching jive and jitterbug. Regrets soon set in, however. Is this the worst mistake she's ever made?Change is in the air. Can our Ballroom Girls fulfil their dreams and make this a Christmas to remember?
Del 2 - Ballroom Girls
The Ballroom Girls: Christmas Dreams
Curl up with this festive, heartwarming and uplifting historical romance book
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
229 kr
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As war rages on, can they keep dancing?Blackpool, November 1942Wartime worries fail to dampen the glitz and glamour of the ballroom in the run-up to Christmas. After all, life is for living.Newlywed Pearl's bliss is cut short when her beloved Bernie is called up into the Army. Will dancing at the Tower Ballroom take the edge off her heartache or will it throw temptation her way?Unexpected news of an inheritance presents Joy with a different dilemma. Should she move to Scotland in line with her parents' final wishes or stay in Blackpool to dance with Tommy, the man she loves?Meanwhile, ambitious Sylvia ditches Eddie, her loyal dance partner, and launches into a new career teaching jive and jitterbug. Regrets soon set in, however. Is this the worst mistake she's ever made?Change is in the air. Can our Ballroom Girls fulfil their dreams and make this a Christmas to remember?
120 kr
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'Live for the day' is the motto for the times, and our girls plan to waltz their worries away...Ever-ambitious Sylvia wants more from her life, so starts planning a Dance Weekend at the Winter Gardens – not easy in wartime when air raids could cancel an event at the last minute. What she doesn't expect is for the competition to bring the dashing Vernon into her life too! Could everything finally fall into place for Sylvia?Joy's life has entirely turned around in the last year. Newly married to her beloved Tommy and at the helm of her family's business in Manchester, she can't believe how far she's come. But will the plight of her young employee Mildred throw things off course? Or will she and Tommy still be able to perfect their waltz in time for the competition?Pearl is still longing for her darling Bernie to return from the war. Dancing is the best way to distract herself from her worries, so she throws herself into rehearsing the jive with handsome GI partner Errol. But as tongues begin to wag, will the ballroom still provide the solace she needs?As the war wears on, can the Ballroom Girls really hit the big time?The third book in heart-warming THE BALLROOM GIRLS series_____________________Praise for Jenny Holmes and The Ballroom Girls series'Full of drama, romance and the thrill of dancing . . . a heartwarming and uplifting story' Lancashire Post'Anyone who recalls dancing at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom . . . will love this latest romance' Choice Magazine'Vivid characters, sparkling dialogue and a lively, heartwarming story' Vicki Beeby, author of The Ops Room Girls'Definitely a book sure to please lovers of WW2 romance' Lizzie Lane, author of The Tobacco Girls'A story vibrant with the atmosphere of the time and fuelled by the power of duty and friendship' Peterborough Telegraph