#BlogTour: Blackpool Lass by Maggie Masson @Authormary @littlebookcafe @LittleBrownUK #BlackpoolLass #HistSaga #5Stars

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Book Synopsis:

The perfect read for fans of Mary Wood, Kitty Neale, Val Wood and Nadine Dorries

Orphaned and destitute, will Grace find her own way in the world?

When Grace’s Ma passes away and her Da’s ship sinks with all hands, Grace is utterly alone in the world. She’s sent to an orphanage in Blackpool, but the master has an eye for a pretty young lass. Grace won’t be his victim, so she runs, destitute, into the night.

In Blackpool, she finds a home with the kindly Sheila and Peggy – and meets a lovely airman. But it’s 1938, and war is on the horizon. Will Grace ever find the happiness and home she deserves?

The Blackpool Lass is available in ebook and paperback now.  It is currently only £1.99 in ebook.  You can buy a copy of both here.

My Review:

Blackpool Lass is a fantastically gripping but heartbreaking historical saga from one of my favourite authors.

I fell in love with Maggie from the start.  She is an incredibly sweet though strong little girl who goes through a lot of heart breaking things in her young life.  Some of the scenes describing her ideal were utterly gut wrenching and quite hard to read at times.  Its unbelievable that some people can act like that with no regard to how it affected Gracie.  I so wanted to be able to give her a hug and adopt her myself.

This is quite a fast paced book with lots of stuff happening or going on all the time.  I wanted to keep reading to find out what happened to Maggie, hoping with all my heart that she got the happy ending I felt she deserved.

The setting in the book is brilliantly evoked and I loved the sense of community that the author manages to describe.  The tight knit fishing village, with everyone looking out for each other was great to read about and I loved how everyone rallied around Grace.  My favourite setting was the wonderful descriptions of the circus and the people who live there.  Their kindness, fun and willingness to help was great to read about and were my favourite bit of the book.

This is the first book in a planned series from Mary Wood writing as Maggie Mason and I can’t wait to read more from her.  If you like realistic, emotional historical saga’s with a fantastic main character that you can’t help falling in love with then you’ll love this book.

Huge thanks to Mary Wood for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Sphere Publishers for my copy of this book!

Weout The Author:

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Maggie Mason is a pseudonym for saga author Mary Wood. Mary was born the thirteenth child of fifteen and throughout her life had various factory, office and home-based jobs, finally becoming a Probation Service Officer before she retired.

Mary married in 1963 and with her husband Roy has four children, eight grandchildren, and five step-grandchildren. She got her first book deal in 2013 and has not looked back since.

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36 thoughts on “#BlogTour: Blackpool Lass by Maggie Masson @Authormary @littlebookcafe @LittleBrownUK #BlackpoolLass #HistSaga #5Stars”

      1. Thank you so much Jo. So sorry I didn’t have time to comment yesterday. This is a lovely blog, and you have done Grace’s story proud. Love the review, it captures the essence of the story without spoilers and shows your enjoyment of the book. so happy you enjoyed it. Hope you will support me again in the future. Much love, Mary x

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  11. A lovely review I agree the book is completely gut wrenching in parts. The best one I’ve read in a long time. Can’t wait for the next book from Maggie by Mary.

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