A Kiss And A Promise

by Katie Flynn

Sometimes hope is all you need...Liverpool, 1917: When Irish seaman Michael Gallagher docks in Liverpool after years of fighting with the British Navy, he never expects to fall in love. But the moment he glimpses Stella Bennett standing on the quayside, all thoughts of returning to his homeland vanish.Determined to be together, the young couple defy Stella’s parents’ wishes. But their plans to marry are soon derailed by the arrival of baby Ginny. Her crop of fiery red hair plants a seed of doubt in her father’s mind and it’s not long before their world begins to fall apart. As Michael returns to Ireland, Stella dies unexpectedly, leaving Ginny to be brought up in the slums at the mercy of her grandmother. Will she escape the shackles of her new life and find a way back to her father?

460 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Katie Flynn was born in Norwich and attended Norwich High School, where she was extremely happy and extremely undistinguished. Published at the tender age of eight, in Enid Blyton's Sunny Stories, she joined a Writers’ Circle as an adult, publishing short stories, articles, etc; only turning to novels in 1971 because the postal strike cut off her main source of income!
At first she wrote under several different names – Judith Saxton, Judy Turner, Lydia Balmain, Judith Arden – but her Katie Flynn books were a delight to write and proved far more popular than she had dreamed. She has now published nearly ninety novels, twenty-seven of which are Flynns. Her most recent titles are: Lost Days of Summer and Christmas Wishes.

Reviews

[Linda Klages · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting concept - thru a couple generations - interesting reading.

[Ayny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read, great descriptions.

[Tracey · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good little read . Ginny was such a fabulous strong minded young lass. She had a very horrible start to life with a bitter gran who gave her very little. After a few bad turns Ruth her gran, auntie and uncle young Ginny runs away ti ire jags ti find her dad Michael and I’d family in the farm.
I liked Ginny a lot , such a feisty little character.

[Annemarie Farthing · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy to read and follow book
Good one for bedtime 😴

[Mrs Susan Deuce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Read

Quite a good story line for such an inexpensive book. It's really worth reading, I would recommend to other readers.

[dave jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worth a read

I don't think I've ever given a Katie Flynn book less than a 5 ax I've enjoyed all the titles I've read and this one was no exception, kept me engrossed right till the last page

[Debra Reedy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would really like to read more about Ginny’s life as an adult. Ginny’s life story was so very interesting and only covered the first 10 years of her life. I could easily see her story becoming perhaps a family saga done as a trilogy.

[Daisy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice story although quite long winded in places, not read this author before but will try again.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great easy to read story.

[Layla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great book from Katie Flynn. always a great reads.

[Sandra Preston · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good easy enjoyable read

[Linda Hobson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent read

[Jane Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Kiss and a Promise

Katie Flynn's book always good read, even though the story stretches out, going I to a lot of detail. Would definitely recommend this book.

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lovely book some sad some so lovely A child finally gets her happy ever after
A definitely a book to read

[Amber Burton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing couldn't put it down pure truth of don't judge a book by its cover

[christine smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this book

[Denise Varty · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice read

[Jean Porter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book it was.well worth the rating . I had the feeling that they would end up on the farm to live happy ever after. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys this type of read.

I enjoy reading Katie flynn,s books. I hoped Ginny would make it to the farm to find her dad but at least having Mabel with him he found her and she was safe to at last have a happy life with him ,Mabel and grand parents who would love her.

[Eden Key · Rating 5 out of 5]

Micheal docks in Liverpool and wants to find a place to rest for the night.he meets a white cat and he puts it in his coat to keep in warm he then finds a girl who is trying to find her cat .he tells the girl that he has her cat and she is grateful and tells him that her name is Sarah.he tells her that he has nowhere to sleep so she invites him to sleep on her kitchen floor for the night . in the morning he is woken by Sarah's sister Lizzie and he has to explain what he is doing there. Sarah and Micheal fall in love but soon he has to leave Liverpool to go back into the navy but he promises to write and come back soon so they can be married but Sarah's mother doesn't like this idea . when he next comes back to Liverpool they share a room and Micheal tells Sarah to write to him if she is pregnant, to force her mother to let them get married.when he comes back to Liverpool next he finds out that Sarah has died and as the baby has red hair he doesn't think that she is his so at the end of the war he goes back to Ireland to his parents. ten years later he writes to his daughter to let her know that he is coming to England to visit.

[Pauline · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice easy read.

[Caroline]

Enjoyable novel. Look forward to reading my next Katie Flynn book