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Maureen Lee (1932 – 31 December 2020) was a British novelist of one hundred and fifty short-stories and dramatic historical romance novels. In 2000, her novel Dancing in the Dark won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Maureen Lee was born in Bootle, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, near Liverpool during World War II; and lived in Colchester, Essex. She attended Commercial College and became a shorthand typist. She married Richard, and they had three sons including DJ and House music producer Dave Lee (formerly known as Joey Negro). She published over one hundred and fifty short-stories, before publishing her first novel Lila in 1983. Since 1994, she continued to publish dramatic historical sagas mainly set in her home city of Liverpool. Maureen Lee died on 31 December 2020 at the age of 88. Bibliography Single novels Lila (1983) Stepping Stones (1994) Annie (1998) aka Liverpool Annie Dancing in the Dark (1999) The Girl from Barefoot House (2000) Lacey's of Liverpool (2001) Lime Street Blues (2002) The House by Princes Park (2002) Queen of the Mersey (2003) The Old House on the Corner (2004) The September Girls (2005) Kitty and Her Sisters (2006) The Leaving of Liverpool (2007) A Dream Come True (2007) Mother of Pearl (2008) Nothing Lasts Forever (2009) Martha's Journey (2010) Au Revoir Liverpool (2011) Amy's Diary (2012) After the War Is Over (2012) Flora and Grace (2013) Violet's Children (2018) Pearl Street Lights Out Liverpool (1995) Put Out the Fires (1996) Through the Storm (1997) The Seven Streets of Liverpool (2014) References. Discover the Maureen Lee popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Maureen Lee books.

Best Seller Maureen Lee Books of 2024

A Song at Twilight
Lilian Harry
A powerful novel from bestselling author Lilian Harry, set in and around a Devon airfield during the Second World War.It is 1943, and the quiet of Harrowbeer, in Devon, is disrupte...
The Girls They Left Behind
Lilian Harry
The second novel in the April Grove series, following the lives of workingclass families during the Second World War.It is 1940, and the neighbours in April Grove are close knit, p...
After the Dance is Over
Joan Jonker
With love on the horizon for their children, but sabotage just around the corner, two friends fight for those they love... while having a blast, of course. In After the Dance is O...
Lights Out Liverpool
Maureen Lee
Number One bestseller Maureen Lee's first novel of the hugely popular Pearl Street series.'With her talent for storytelling, queen of sagawriting Maureen Lee weaves intrigue, love ...
A Liverpool Lullaby
Anne Baker
The 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 ...
Tuppence To Spend
Lilian Harry
A vivid wartime saga of colour and authenticity capturing both the harshness and the warmth of life during the dark days of the Second World War.Dan Hodges is devastated when his w...
The Girls in Blue
Lily Baxter
When 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...
Spitfire Girl
Lily Baxter
1940. The height of the Blitz.In London, eighteenyearold Susan Banks longs to do her duty in the war. Her secret ambition is to learn to fly to serve her country and realise her d...
Secrets in Burracombe
Lilian Harry
Come home to Burracombe the village where life is full of surprises...A seemingly sleepy Devonshire village, Burracombe is in fact full of intrigue and drama. Family secrets, budd...
Workhouse Child
Maggie Hope
All she wants is a family of her own...Lottie is just three years old when her Mammy dies and she is sent to the workhouse. A childhood spent in poverty, skivvying for other people...
One Kind Man
Anna Jacobs
Just 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....
Man of the House
Joan Jonker
The war may be over, but for one young wife, her battles are only just beginning... Man of the House is a heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting saga of life after the war, in the...
Paradise Parade
Anne Baker
A 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 ...
Ambulance Girls
Deborah Burrows
On duty during London's Blitz...As death and destruction fall from the skies day after day in the London Blitz, Australian ambulance driver Lily Brennan confronts the horror with b...
A Cuckoo in Candle Lane
Kitty Neale
A Cuckoo in Candle Lane, is Sunday Times bestseller Kitty Neale's first novel, a powerful drama of family life set in postwar London.When Elsie and Bert Jones move with their child...
Corner House Girls
Lilian Harry
The first in the Corner House series, set in a Lyons Corner House in London on the brink of the Second World War.When cousins Jo and Phyl decide to become Lyons Corner House waitre...
Springtime In Burracombe
Lilian Harry
A warm and compelling tale, part of Lilian Harry's terrific Dartmoorbased series.The village of Burracombe is looking forward to the Coronation, but 1953 is to prove to be a year o...
Orphan Girl
Maggie Hope
She'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...
Weddings In Burracombe
Lilian Harry
A heartwarming visit to the village of Burracombe where, whatever life might throw at you strangers, surprises, love, change you can always rely upon your neighbours and friends....
Outcast Child
Kitty Neale
An emotional family saga that will tug at the heartstrings from Sunday Times bestseller Kitty Neale.Daisy Bacon has an ordinary, happy life living with her family in South London. ...
Flora and Grace
Maureen Lee
The Second World War a mother must make a heartbreaking sacrifice in order to save her child...'Maureen Lee weaves intrigue, love and warmth into every page' MY WEEKLY'A fine writ...
The Servant Girl
Maggie Hope
She is the downstairs maid; he is the Master’s son...Forced to become a kitchen maid at Fortune Hall, Hetty Pearson strikes up an unlikely friendship with the younger son of the ho...
A Stranger In Burracombe
Lilian Harry
A beautiful tale in the bestselling series set in a Devon village in the 1950s.Like the rest of the nation, the Burracombe villagers are shocked when King George the Sixth dies sud...
A Glimpse of the Mersey
Anne Baker
With the promise of happiness on the horizon, can a young woman help those she loves to achieve the same? A heartwarming and touching saga, Anne Baker's A Glimpse of the Mersey fo...
PS I Love You
Lilian Harry
Set in a Lyons Corner House in London, this is the third compelling novel in the series set against the backdrop of the Second World War.The war is progressing for the Nippies, the...
Kiss The Girls Goodbye
Lilian Harry
Set in a Lyon's Corner House in London, this is the second novel in the series set against the backdrop of the Second World War which began with CORNER HOUSE GIRLS.'The Corner Hous...
There Will Be Better Days
Elizabeth Waite
Flamehaired beauty Chloe Collard watched her mother struggle through life, scraping together pennies in order to provide for her and her brothers, so Chloe promised herself somethi...
A Wartime Nurse
Maggie Hope
As 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...
The District Nurses of Victory Walk
Annie Groves
The compelling bestseller from the author of The Mersey Daughter and Winter on the Mersey.Alice Lake has arrived in London from Liverpool to start her training as a District Nurse,...
Storm Over Burracombe
Lilian Harry
Tragedy threatens the Devonshire village of Burracombe...There's trouble afoot in Burracombe...Hilary Napier is upset and angry when her father brings in a new manager for the fami...
Echoes Across the Mersey
Anne Baker
With the Great War looming, one young woman also faces obstacles closer to home. Anne Baker's Echoes Across the Mersey is a thrilling saga of an impossible love, set under the sto...
One Special Village
Anna Jacobs
One 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...
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...
One Perfect Family
Anna Jacobs
One Perfect Family . . . can bring a whole village togetherLancashire, 1934. When Tam Crawford is unexpectedly bequeathed some money, he can finally realise his dream of settling d...
Liverpool Gems
Anne Baker
While in pursuit of independence and love, a young woman finds her family needs her more than ever. Liverpool Gems is a dramatic and warmhearted Liverpool saga from Anne Baker, wh...
Maggie
Lena Kennedy
Four decades. Four generations. One World War.Raised in Stepney, the heart of London's East End, Maggie Riley is the only child of an Irish widower. When she becomes pregnant at th...
A Gift for the District Nurses
Annie Groves
Heartwarming and nostalgic fiction from the best selling author of The District Nurses of Victory Walk.It’s 1943 and the district nurses have two new recruits…As the country ramps ...
Celebrations in Burracombe
Lilian Harry
Through the hard times and the good, true friends stand side by side. Set in Devon, the terrific new novel in the feelgood Burracombe series.The latest book in the Burracombe serie...
Daughters of the Mersey
Anne Baker
With 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...
Home is Where the Heart Is
Joan Jonker
When tragedy strikes, a young mother's friends and family ensure she is never alone... Joan Jonker's saga, Home is Where the Heart Is, brings to life a closeknit Liverpudlian comm...
Surprises in Burracombe
Lilian Harry
Hilary Napier has had enough of secrets. Her engagement party is a chance for her and David to finally celebrate their good news. But with obstacles springing up on all sides, ther...
Recipe for Life
Nicky Pellegrino
Escape to Italy with this sumptuous story of secrets and friendships under Mediterranean skies.A recipe for life should be a simple thing: love and happiness, family, friends and a...
Friends Forever
Lyn Andrews
Two young women find the bond of lifelong friendship gives them the strength to hold on to their dreams, in the hardship of 1920s Liverpool. In Friends Forever, Lyn Andrews weaves...
Liverpool Lies
Anne Baker
A series of devastating truths threaten the happiness of two sisters in wartime Liverpool. Anne Baker's Liverpool Lies covers the effects of the Second World War on two nurses, an...