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Lyn Andrews (born 1943) is the pen name used by British novelist Lynda M. Andrews. Her stories centre mainly around Liverpool and Ireland. Early life Andrews was born and raised in the Liverpool suburb of Fazakerley, She is the daughter of a hairdresser and a police officer. She was educated at the Convent of Notre-Dame at Everton Valley where she did not excel at English but had a passion for history and literature, eventually earning 5 O-levels. She then trained as short-hand typist at a well-rated commercial college in Colquitt Street. After graduating she became a secretary at the Lily Cups company in Aintree and married her husband Robert, a policeman from Fazakerley. At that time she was living in Fazakerley. Andrews remembers, "In those days I never did any writing at all. I didn't want to be a writer." She quit her job after about three years at Lily Cups when she became pregnant. Giving birth to triplets, a daughter Helen and two sons Paul and Keith, she raised her family and started to publish novels. Career Currently Lyn is one of the top one hundred bestselling authors in the UK, reaching No. 1 on the Sunday Times paperback best-seller list. In 1993 she was shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the year Award. To date she has written 31 original novels and is a popular novelist in the North of England. Personal life Lyn Andrews was born in Liverpool in September 1943. Her father was killed on D-Day when Lyn was 9 months old. When Lyn was 3 her mother Monica married Frank Moore, who became 'dad' to Lyn. She was a secretary before she married husband, Bob Andrews, a policeman. In 1970 she gave birth to triplets, 2 sons and a daughter. She lived in Ireland for 11 years and is now resident on the Isle of Man, but spends as much time as possible back on Merseyside, seeing her children and grandchildren. Bibliography The White Empress (1989) The Sisters O'Donnell (1990) Liverpool Lou (1991) Ellan Vannin (1991) The Leaving of Liverpool (1992) Maggie May (1993) Mist Over the Mersey (1994) Mersey Blues (1995) Liverpool Lamplight (1996) Liverpool Songbird (1996) From this day forth (1997) Where the Mersey Flows (1997) Angels of Mercy (1998) When Tomorrow Dawns (1998) The Ties That Bind (1999) Take These Broken Wings (1999) My Sister's Child (2000) The House on Lonely Street (2001) Love and a Promise (2002) A Wing and a Prayer (2002) When Daylight Comes (2003) Across a Summer Sea (2003) A Mother's Love (2004) Every Mother's Son (2005) Friends Forever (2005) Far from Home (2006) Days of Hope (2008) A Daughter's Journey (2008) A Secret in the Family (2009) To Love and to Cherish (2010) Beyond a Misty Shore (2011) The Liverpool Matchgirl (2018) References External links Lyn Andrews – The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller (Headline Publishing Group) Lyn Andrews: Best-seller status for ordinary girl (Liverpool Daily Post, 10 September 2007) Lyn Andrews on authorpages.hoddersystems.com Lyn Andrews on fantasticfiction.co.uk Lyn Andrews on christinegreen.co.uk. Discover the Lyn Andrews popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Lyn Andrews books.
Best Seller Lyn Andrews Books of 2024
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A Nightingale Christmas Wish
Donna DouglasAs Christmas 1938 approaches, the staff at the Nightingale Hospital have their own wishes for the festive season. Ward sister Frannie Wallace is hoping she won’t have to live throu...
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The Waiting Hours
Ellie DeanTHE NEW CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN'The Waiting Hours is a gem of a book, which will touch readers' hearts. Ellie Dean effortlessly evokes a sen...
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Nightingales on Call
Donna DouglasFrom the author of The Nightingale Girls, The Nightingale Sisters and The Nightingale Nurses – perfect for fans of Call the Midwife1937 sees new challenges for the trainee nursesDo...
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Until You Come Home
Ellie DeanTHE TWELFTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN‘We’ll just have to carry on in the belief that the end of the war is finally in sight'It is 1944 and Ann...
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Legacy of Sins
Anne BakerShunned as a child, a young woman's pursuit of happiness is threatened by the story of her parentage. Legacy of Sins is an enthralling Merseyside saga from muchloved author Anne B...
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The Railway Girls in Love
Maisie ThomasThe brand new Railway Girls novel set in Manchester during WWII. Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell, Daisy Styles and Margaret Dickinson.Readers LOVE the Railway Girls: 'Gripping and...
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All My Tomorrows
Ellie DeanTHE SIXTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANIt was a time of friendship, family, love and loss . . .In defending herself against her brutal husband, ei...
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The Nightingale Nurses
Donna Douglas‘Pay attention please, nurses. The next six months will be the most important of your lives’It’s the final year of training for three young nurses at The Nightingale Hospital… Hele...
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The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon
Glenda Young'Real sagas with female characters right at the heart' Woman's Hour'A gripping saga' People's FriendIf you love Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, you'll LOVE Glenda Young's 'amazing n...
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One Quiet Woman
Anna Jacobs'One of the most lovely and heartwarming books I have ever read! 5 STARS' Between the Pages Lancashire, 1930.Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry, an...
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The Nurses of Steeple Street
Donna DouglasFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NIGHTINGALE SERIES COMES THE FIRST BOOK IN DONNA DOUGLAS' NEW NURSES OF STEEPLE STREET SERIES.Welcome to the district nurses...
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The Girl Under the Olive Tree
Leah FlemingFROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE LAST PEARL AND DANCING AT THE VICTORY CAFE, this is a beautiful novel about family secrets, wartime betrayals and redemption. May 1941 and the isla...
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Surface With Daring
Douglas ReemanHiding, lying in wait on the sea bed, is EX16.Though one of the most important ships in the Royal Navy, she's not much to look at; she's only 54 feet long, with no defensive armame...
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The Bright One
Elvi RhodesIf you like Kitty Neale, Rosie Goodwin and Dilly Court, you'll love this emotional and powerful saga by multimillion copy seller Elvi Rhodes.READERS ARE LOVING THE BRIGHT ONE!"I ha...
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Shelter from the Storm
Ellie DeanTHE ELEVENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANIt is 1943 and April Wilton is devastated when she is forced to leave Portsmouth and the WRENs where she...
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One Special Village
Anna JacobsOne Special Village . . . can make the world a better placeLancashire, 1932 Widower Harry Makepeace lives in Manchester with his sickly daughter Cathie, scrimping and saving to get...
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One Kind Man
Anna JacobsJust one man can make all the difference . . .1931, Lancashire:When Finn Carlisle loses his wife and unborn child, he spends a few years travelling to keep the sad memories at bay....
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Keep Smiling Through
Ellie DeanTHE THIRD CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANJune 1940. Rita Smith swore she would never lose heart . . .Despite losing her mother at a young age and he...
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Daughters of the Mersey
Anne BakerWith the scars of World War I still fresh, the Dransfield family face further challenges... A heartbreaking saga of love, loss and tragedy, Daughters of the Mersey details the eff...
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On a Turning Tide
Ellie DeanPREORDER NOW:THE SIXTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANCliffehaven, October 1944 As the Allied troops draw closer to victory, life at Beach View ...
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Homecoming
Ellie DeanTHE EIGHTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANPeace has finally been declared in the Far East, but for those living at Beach View Boarding House, th...
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The Nightingale Girls
Donna DouglasThree very different girls sign up as student nurses in 1936, while England is still mourning the death of George V. Dora is a tough East Ender, driven by ambition, but also desper...
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Far From Home
Ellie DeanTHE SECOND CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANIt is 1940 and Staff Nurse Polly Brown has been granted a posting at Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital on the ...
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The Nightingale Sisters
Donna DouglasTo the student nurses at The Nightingale hospital, the ward sisters are heartless and frightening, with impossibly high standards. But the sisters have troubles of their own... Vi...
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The Little Ship
Margaret MayhewFrom bestselling author Margaret Mayhew, an emotional and gripping wartime saga, full of the tension and adventure of World War Two. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Donna Douglas ...
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District Nurse on Call
Donna DouglasTHE BRAND NEW BOOK BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR DONNA DOUGLASHer second book in The Nurses of Steeple Street series The Nightingale Christmas Show is available to PREORDER N...
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The Best of Fathers
Anne BakerWhen fate deals them a daughter, time threatens to take her away... The Best of Fathers is an unforgettable saga of family, hope and finding where you truly belong. Perfect for fa...
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Paradise Parade
Anne BakerA young woman discovers that all that glitters is not gold... Anne Baker writes a gripping saga of love, secrets and class struggles in Paradise Parade. Perfect for fans of Dilly ...
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Let The Bells Ring
Anne BakerThe devastation of war has dramatic consequences for a mother and daughter... Let the Bells Ring is an evocative wartime saga from muchloved author Anne Baker, as a family face ba...
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Keep The Home Fires Burning
Anne BakerAfter tragedy, a young mother finds happiness again... before a bitter enemy threatens to destroy everything. Anne Baker's unforgettable saga, Keep the Home Fires Burning, is a ta...
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The Crew
Margaret MayhewPerfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Donna Douglas, a saga full of the heartwrenching emotion and drama of World War II from bestselling author Margaret Mayhew.READERS ARE LOVING TH...
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Where the Heart Lies
Ellie DeanTHE FOURTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANFebruary 1941. Can love survive in a time of war? Julie Harris is working in London’s East End as a midwif...
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The Mountain
Elvi RhodesPerfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin, Dilly Court and Catherine Cookson, a moving saga of courage, hardship and triumph set in Yorkshire by multimillion copy seller Elvi Rhodes. READE...
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The Other Side Of Paradise
Margaret MayhewFans of Katie Flynn, Rosamunde Pilcher and Dinah Jeffries will love this emotional and sweeping wartime romance set in Singapore from bestselling author Margaret Mayhew.READERS ARE...
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Orphan Girl
Maggie HopeShe's no more than an unpaid servant...Lorinda is only a child when tragedy deprives her of her true family and, sent to live with her aunt in her boarding house, she grows up desp...
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The Girls in Blue
Lily BaxterWhen her home is destroyed in a bombing raid over London, Miranda Beddoes is forced to take refuge with her grandparents down on the Dorset coast. With both her parents doing their...
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Rebel Sisters
Marita Conlon-McKennaThe No.1 bestselling novel from one of Ireland's most loved writers!With the threat of the First World War looming, tension simmers under the surface of Ireland. Bright, beautiful ...
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Daughters Of The Moon
Susan SallisLose yourself in this moving story of a sanguine bond between sisters. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Rosamunde Pilcher and Fiona Valpy; you won't be able to put it down.'Full o...
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A Liverpool Lullaby
Anne BakerThe shocking truth of her parentage causes a young woman's future to be thrown into disarray... Anne Baker's gripping saga, A Liverpool Lullaby, follows a young girl's search for ...
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Forgotten
Susan LewisWhen Lisa Martin and David Kirby were forced to part, they never dreamed they might one day have a second chance. Many years later, they meet again and it is clear that, despite ev...
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Always in my Heart
Ellie DeanTHE FIFTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANUnited by love, separated by war . . .As the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore, Sarah Fuller is for...
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As the Sun Breaks Through
Ellie DeanTHE FIFTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANCliffehaven, June 1944As the planes continue to circle over Cliffehaven, Peggy Reilly’s sister Doris mu...
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A Wartime Nurse
Maggie HopeAs bombs begin to fall, her strength will be tested...A newly qualified nurse, Theda Wearmouth is delighted to gain a place at Newcastle Hospital. But the onset of war brings trage...
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Goodbye Piccadilly
Cynthia Harrod-EaglesIn 1914, Britain faces a new kind of war. For Edward and Beatrice Hunter, their children, servants and neighbours, life will never be the same again. Perfect for fans of Downton Ab...
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With Hope and Love
Ellie DeanTHE SEVENTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN. Cliffehaven, 1945The war in Europe is over, but for Peggy Reilly and the residents of Beach View Bo...