The Girls Who Dared to Love : Brand-new for 2024, a captivating historical fiction story of pre-war London

Three girls seem to have the world at their feet in the summer of 1914. But World War I is coming and things will change forever – especially for women. Debutante Lucinda McFarlane is engaged to be married to Major Sir David Melcome, but their society wedding has to be scaled right down when war is declared and David is recalled to his regiment. Mabel Oakley, once a maid for the McFarlanes, has inherited Thomas Clarke’s printing works, but an unexpected turn of events leaves her at the mercy of her father’s old enemy, solicitor John Sheridan. What can she do? Lady Diana Fosse-Bury is incredibly beautiful and reckless. When war is declared she immediately wants to be in the thick of it. Can her budding romance with Lucinda McFarlane’s brother Iain survive the Western front? With war coming, the destinies of these three girls will soon be entwined forever, but only if they dare to love in the face of the dangers ahead of them. Praise for Diney Costeloe:’Truly captivating.’ Woman & Home’Diney Costeloe delivers an inspiring, heart-rending read with a wonderfully strong female protagonist.’ Woman’s Own’A treat from the very first page. I could not put it down!’ Historical Novel Society’Historical fiction heaven… Anyone who feels that women’s hist fict is a simplified genre sub-set would definitely need a rethink after this.’ The Bookbag