#BlogTour: The Merseyside Girls by Sheila Riley @1sheilariley @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources #TheMerseysideGirls #SheilaRiley #ReckonersRow

Book Synopsis:

The latest instalment in Sheila Riley’s brilliant Reckoner’s Row series
Liverpool 1950

When Evie Kilgaren takes over the running of the back office at Skinner and Son’s haulage yard, she has no idea she is walking into a hive of blackmail, secrets and lies.
Her fellow co-worker and childhood nemesis, Susie Blackthorn, is outraged at being demoted and is hell-bent on securing the affections of local heartthrob Danny Harris.
Grace Harris, a singer on the prestigious D’Angelo transatlantic ocean liners, is returning home engaged to be married. But Grace is harbouring her own shocking secrets and something valuable her fiancé very desperately wants back.

As we return to the lives and loves of those who live and work in the Mersey Docklands, not everything is as it seems and love and luck are rarely on the same side.

The Mersey Girls is available in ebook and paperback now. You can purchase your copy using the link below.

My Review:

The Mersey Girls was a gripping, absorbing read from a new author for me. I found myself quickly absorbed into the story and into the lives of the characters.

Firstly I loved the characters in this book and the close knit friendship group they enjoyed. They soon started to feel like they were old friends and I enjoyed following their stories throughout the book. I found myself wishing that I knew them all personally as I would have loved to have been a part of their group too.

I loved the setting in this book of Liverpool in the 1950’s which is an era that I hadn’t read much about. It was definitely a happier period then the war and it was nice to see the changes from the wartime sagas I have read. The author has a lovely writing style that manages to draw you into the book and makes the book easy to read so you can just relax into the story.

Overall I really enjoyed this absorbing read which kept me turning the pages as I desperately had to know how everything was going to end. There was lots of action, shock and surprises, which made me fly through the pages quickly. This is the second book in the series, but I felt it could easily be read as a standalone as everything you need to know is explained.

Huge thanks to Rachel from Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Boldwood for my copy of this book via Netgalley.

About The Author:

Sheila Riley was born in Southport, Merseyside when the local dockside maternity hospital was closed to new arrivals by the onset of scarlet fever. As a child she liked nothing more than sitting quietly, so as not to be noticed and sent out, listening to adults converse. Much was learned while earwigging! She also had a vivid imagination, and what she didn’t understand of the outside world she invented for her own amusement. And so began a lifetime’s love of storytelling… The Mersey Orphan is set in the frozen docklands of 1947 Liverpool and became a bestseller in the UK and Canada. The Mersey Girls is set in 1950s Liverpool and is up for pre-order here on Amazon!