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Lightning Strikes Again
England 1926: Twelve years ago, Frank went to war and Daisy said she'd wait for him. She never wrote to him and when he returned, she was gone.
When Daisy discovered she was pregnant she wrote to Frank, but he never replied, and his powerful father forced her to leave. Now, she works as a clippie, a ticket-taker on the buses, and lives in poverty with her son and her war-disabled father.
During the General Strike Frank sees Daisy on the picket line. Both are angry and mistrustful, but they soon discover their feelings for each other have not changed.
Then Frank's father calls in thugs to force the strikers back to work, and things threaten to turn very nasty indeed...
When Daisy discovered she was pregnant she wrote to Frank, but he never replied, and his powerful father forced her to leave. Now, she works as a clippie, a ticket-taker on the buses, and lives in poverty with her son and her war-disabled father.
During the General Strike Frank sees Daisy on the picket line. Both are angry and mistrustful, but they soon discover their feelings for each other have not changed.
Then Frank's father calls in thugs to force the strikers back to work, and things threaten to turn very nasty indeed...
271 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 19, 2025
About the author
Caitlyn Callery
17 books5 followersCaitlyn Callery writes historical romance with a touch of spice, and sweet contemporary romance, as well as song lyrics.
Member of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
She was born in Coventry, England and grew up in Leicestershire, but has lived all her adult life in Sussex, on the Regency Route, which stretches from Brighton to Tunbridge Wells.
She loves history and, when she isn't writing, she likes nothing better than visiting historic houses, gardens and other sites all over the UK.
You can read about her forays into history in her blog
Member of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
She was born in Coventry, England and grew up in Leicestershire, but has lived all her adult life in Sussex, on the Regency Route, which stretches from Brighton to Tunbridge Wells.
She loves history and, when she isn't writing, she likes nothing better than visiting historic houses, gardens and other sites all over the UK.
You can read about her forays into history in her blog
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September 19, 2025
I absolutely loved this book! It was very well written and as I was born in the 1950s, it was, historically very accurate. I would definitely recommend to anyone who loves a book with a great story that you can't put down,.
November 25, 2025
Set in Sussex and Kent, England, in the 1920s, this is the second book in the series about the Pearson brothers. This time the focus is on Frank and his sweetheart Daisy. Before he went to the Front Line in WWI, Frank proposed. Once he’d departed, Daisy realised she was pregnant. She sent him letters, but he didn’t reply. When he returned, he was informed she’d married and moved away.
Ten years later, they meet again in Tunbridge Wells. Daisy is working as a clippy (conductress) on the local buses, living with her father and son in a small, grotty flat. Frank realises he is the father of her child. As they argue, trying to pick their way through the lies and misunderstandings which destroyed their hopes for a future together, it becomes apparent that the man responsible is closer to Frank than he could ever imagine. Meanwhile, they have to negotiate the ‘rent-a-mob’ bullies that are being sent to disrupt the general strikes in the town, aware that violence might become an option.
This book was a slow burn for me. I dislike this era of general strikes, and feel strongly about people fighting against the unfairness, poverty, and misery of working for companies determined to keep profits high, while caring nothing about their employees. I had faith that the author would reach a balance, and eventually the love story of Daisy and Frank conquered the detailed history of the period.
I was given an ARC copy of this book to review honestly.
Ten years later, they meet again in Tunbridge Wells. Daisy is working as a clippy (conductress) on the local buses, living with her father and son in a small, grotty flat. Frank realises he is the father of her child. As they argue, trying to pick their way through the lies and misunderstandings which destroyed their hopes for a future together, it becomes apparent that the man responsible is closer to Frank than he could ever imagine. Meanwhile, they have to negotiate the ‘rent-a-mob’ bullies that are being sent to disrupt the general strikes in the town, aware that violence might become an option.
This book was a slow burn for me. I dislike this era of general strikes, and feel strongly about people fighting against the unfairness, poverty, and misery of working for companies determined to keep profits high, while caring nothing about their employees. I had faith that the author would reach a balance, and eventually the love story of Daisy and Frank conquered the detailed history of the period.
I was given an ARC copy of this book to review honestly.
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