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Ellie Dean
HOMECOMING is the eighteenth novel in the best-selling Cliffehaven series, and went straight to #7 in the Sunday Times Bestselling List. It is 1945 and peace has finally been declared in the Far East, but for those living at Beach View Boarding House, the news brings unexpected emotions. Peggy Reilly is devastated that her husband Jim will not be coming home for Christmas, and Sarah and Jane, who have lived at Beach View throughout much of the conflict, dread what they might find when they go back to Singapore. Life in Cliffehaven is in a whirlwind of change as the men return from the war, and Peggy’s evacuees begin to spread their wings and start new lives in different corners of the world. Peggy and Jim long to be together after so many years apart, but war has left them profoundly changed – can they rekindle the loving, close relationship they shared before?
WITH HOPE AND LOVE is the seventeenth novel in the Cliffehaven series. 1945 and the war in Europe is over, but for Peggy Reilly and the residents of Beach View Boarding House the effects of the conflict are still far-reaching. Cockney evacuee Ivy and her sweetheart, Andy, are saving to get married and fulfil their dream of returning to the East End, but then tragedy strikes and Ivy is faced with a life-changing dilemma that only she can resolve. Rita also faces an impossible choice when her sweetheart, Peter, proposes and asks her to live with him in Australia – just as her widowed father returns from fighting in Europe. Meanwhile, Peggy must say goodbye to several of her evacuee chicks whilst she awaits the return of her family from Somerset and the news that her husband, Jim, can finally come home. It’s a dream she’s held on to for six long years, bu fate has one more twist in store…
ON A TURNING TIDE is the sixteenth novel in the Cliffehaven series. It is now Otober 1944 and as the Allied troops draw closer to victory, life at Beach View Boarding House is still full of uncertainty. Rosie’s plans for her wedding to Ron Reilly are plagued with misunderstandings, and when Ron takes on a secret assignment just days before they are due to say their vows, it seems their future together may be doomed. Meanwhile, Peggy Reilly embraces her new managerial role at the uniform factory, which is a welcome distraction as her husband Jim is still fighting in the Far East. As a new year dawns, hope grows brighter for the return of loved ones – but a big sea change is still to come before Victory in Europe can be declared.
AS THE SUN BREAKS THROUGH is the fifteenth novel in the Cliffehaven series. It is June 1944 and as the planes continue to circle above the town, Peggy Reilly’s sister Doris seeks refuge at Beach View Boarding House after a V-1 blast destroys her home. It isn’t long before even Peggy loses her patience, but with more bad news to come, will Doris finally be forced to swallow her pride and mend her ways? With loved ones scattered far and wide across the globe, and tensions rising, the end of the war feels further away than ever. And yet with the long-awaited Allied invasion in sight, a glimmer of light is starting to break through.
WITH A KISS AND A PRAYER is the fourteenth novel in the Cliffehaven series. May 1944, and the tension is rising for Peggy Reilly and the inhabitants of Cliffehaven as planes continue to roar above the town. There seems to be no end in sight to this war which has scattered her family and brought conflict right to the door of Beach View Boarding House, and its toll is beginning to weigh on her slender shoulders. Meanwhile, Peggy’s father-in-law Ron, has landed himself in hot water with his sweetheart, Rosie – and this time, his Irish charm will not be enough to get him out of trouble. The war has forever changed the lives of Peggy’s loved ones, but with the promise of an Allied invasion comes the hope that her beloved husband and family will at last be coming home. Yet it will take an enormous amount of spirit to keep that hope alive and bring harmony back to Beach View.
WITH HOPE AND LOVE: 1945. The war in Europe is over, but for Peggy Reilly and the residents of Beach View Boarding House the effects of the conflict are still far-reaching. Cockney evacuee Ivy and her sweetheart, Andy, are saving to get married and fulfil their dream of returning to the East End, but when tragedy strikes, Ivy is faced with a life-changing dilemma that only she can resolve. Rita also faces an impossible choice when Peter proposes and asks her to live with him in Australia – just as her widowed father returns from the fighting in Europe. Meanwhile Peggy must say goodbye to several of her evacuee chicks whilst she awaits the return of her family from Somerset and the news that her husband, Jim can finally come home., It’s a dream she’s clung to for six long years, but fate has one more twist in store… With Hope and Love is the seventeenth book in the best-selling wartime saga series featuring the Reilly family and the evacuees who have made Beach View Boarding House their home.
THE WAITING HOURS is book twelve in the Cliffehaven series. War has not been kind to Carol Porter. It took her husband and baby and with them, her heart. At last she’s found some solace, working as a land girl on a Devon farm, but Carol’s sanctuary is about to be disrupted. When Pauline Reilly hears news of Carol’s relocation she worried for her little sister, but as rumours about Slapton Sands reach Cliffehaven, Pauline becomes more concerned for her only surviving son. As Carol prepares to face the impending upheaval alone, her beloved mother, Dolly, swoops into Slapton, and packing up Carol’s life presents unexpected opportunities for them both. Carol looks to her future while Dolly confronts a ghost from her past, and they both have a chance to mend their broken hearts.
UNTIL YOU COME HOME published January 2017
UNTIL YOU COME HOME is book eleven in the Cliffehaven series. It is 1944 and Anne Black is making the best of a new life in Somerset. But bringing up her daughters so far from their father, her mother Peggy and her real home in Cliffehaven isn’t easy. The safety of Somerset makes separation barable, until danger strikes and rocks Anne’s world. Back in Cliffehaven, Peggy is running Beach View Boarding House with her usual love and warmth. The war, however, is taking its toll, and Peggy longs to have her scattered family home again. As the fighter planes leave RAF Cliffe every evening, all anyone can hope is that the war – like the night – will soon be over.
Shelter From The Storm published August 2016
It is 1943, and April Wilton is devastated when she is forced to leave Portsmouth and the Wrens, where she has found friendship, fulfilment and love. Rejected by her mother, and facing an uncertain future, she travels to Cliffehaven. However she carries with her a secret, one that could change her life for ever. Can the warmth and support of Peggy Reilly and those at Beach View Boarding House heal the wounds of April's past and bring her hope amid this time of turmoil? SWEET MEMORIES OF YOU; Published January 2016
SWEET MEMORIES OF YOU; 1943 Peggy Reilly is at her best when the troubles of war come knocking at the door of Beach View Boarding House – especially when it concerns her younger sister, Doreen. Doreen is divorced from Eddie, but his letters have taken on a more threatening tone of late. When Doreen barely survives a traumatic disaster whilst on leave in London, she returns home to Peggy in the hope that the love and comfort she will find there can help her recover. However, Eddie continues to be an unsettling reminder of her past – and Doreen’s life is about to change dramatically.
ALL MY TOMORROWS
ALWAYS IN MY HEART
THERE’LL BE BLUE SKIES is Ellie Dean’s first wartime family saga for Arrow, and has just been bought by French publisher, L’Archipel.
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Ellie Dean is the best-selling author of the wartime sagas set in Beach View Boarding House on the South coast of England. Ellie lives in a tiny hamlet set deep in the heart of the Sussex Downs which offers the tranquillity so necessary for an author. Ellie finally married her childhood sweetheart some years ago, and they share two daughters, three sons and six grandchildren, who are scattered all over the world.
A PLACE CALLED HOME is the latest novel in the best-selling Cliffehaven series, and was published in March, 2023 by Arrow. It is now 1946, the war is over, and those who have spent years fighting behind enemy lines are finally home. Peggy Reilly is over the moon that her husband Jim is safely back from Burma. But after the horrors he’s endured, adjusting to life at Beach View will not be easy. Can he and Peggy find a way through? Meanwhile, evacuee Ruby Clark has much to contend with when her estranged mother turns up having completed a long prison sentence. Ruby will need her Beach View family more than ever. Will the sanctuary of home give them each the strength they need to face the challenges ahead?