Someone to Trust

by June Francis

Plucky Lucy Linden supports her widowed mother and younger brother, selling firewood and toffee apples on the streets of Liverpool. Her uncanny ability to be in the right place at the wrong time gets her noticed by a young policeman, Rob Jones . At first he is amused by her exploits, but upon learning how tough life is for Lucy, he decides to keep a watchful eye on her - much to her annoyance. When Lucy's bad-tempered uncle, with a tendency to lash out, returns from the war with some alarming connections to the IRA, her attitude to Rob changes dramatically... A moving saga on the ties which bind us together, Someone to Trust is a triumph, perfect for fans of Pam Howes, Dilly Court and Lyn Andrews

Genres: Historical Fiction

Paperback

First published January 8, 2001

About the author

Although, June was born in the seaside resort of Blackpool, she has lived all her life in the port of Liverpool, home of the Beatles. One of four children, her love of stories began when her father told her 'The Little Match Girl', which left her in floods of tears, but also with a desire to make up stories, herself. As soon as she could read she was doing a three mile walk to the local library. She passed the scholarship to Liverpool Girls' College where her English teacher told her that she had a great imagination. Despite this, June did not believe she could ever be an author, so on leaving school, she became a cash clerk. She married at twenty-two, has three sons, ran a church playgroup for ten years and it wasn't until her youngest started school that she joined a Writers' Club and turned her hand to writing articles about What She Knew for a woman's magazine. But her first love had always been books and eventually she wrote her first two medieval romances for Mills & Boon. After doing another two, she had an urge to write a family story set in Liverpool during WWII. This was bought by another publisher. Since then she has had thirty-three books published.

Reviews

[Linda Anderson]

Confusing

Gave it two because of the grammar in parts and the way it was written, Confusing I am sure Maureen mentioned her in laws wanting her and the children to return to Ireland with them when he husband died, why was he buried in Ireland, then later her inlaws lived in Yorkshire.

[Eleanor]

I really enjoy a man market paperback every now and again. They're usually very packed and extremely fast paced. In 342 pages, we went through six years of watching the characters lives tell. This is definitely a book some grandmothers would like.

[Charmaine]

A nice light read with romance entwined.

[Natalya]

This was a good, easy read. Ended quite suddenly and wasn't entirely satisfying, but was enjoyable enough.