Sheila Newberry has such an engaging writing style. She creates wonderful characters and you really care about the story. Tilly is a maid and is taken in by a family and helps different people. It’s set during the WW1 years which is one of my favourite eras for a book. There is heartbreak and sadness and the struggles of a war.
I'm very keen to add more books by Sheila Newberry to my tbr list

This is a first for me by this author... but it certainly won't be my last.

This Christmas, will she finally find a family to call her own?

As Christmas grows nearer, Tilly, a young maid, is sent away from her home in London to care for a sick child in an old cottage on the Isle of Sheppey, and she little imagines how her life will change . . .

Having settled in with her new family, Tilly dares to believe that the happiness she's longed for could be hers at last, and that she might finally be free from the secrets of her past. But tragedy strikes, and Tilly is forced to return to London, leaving the cottage under the sea wall - and her new life - behind.

As war approaches and new challenges arise, will Tilly be able to overcome her struggles and find her way home?

A heart-warming book full of sadness, love and the fight to survive during the hardships the war has caused.
Characters were well written and you really felt for young Tilly in this great storyline.

I will be looking out for more of this authors works and look forward to future books.

Thank-You Netgalley for my ARC.

I really enjoyed this book. It follows the life of Tilly a maid who ends up as part of the family helping different relatives in their hour of need. During World War One Tilly becomes a member of the Salvation Army. We follow the ups and downs of Mrs Augusta and her brother’s family as well as Tilly’s as they cope with the hardships that the war caused. If you like historical sagas then you will love this book.

This is such a lovely book full of love,sadness,fighting to survive and live.Tilly is young girl who has been wronged but has lived to tell the tale and has stamped her mark.The people she has met and helped have helped her and the friends she has are her family.I highly recommend that you read this book and would gladly give it 5* as Sheila Newberry never fails to draw me into her books.

A solid saga written in a familiar style. I really enjoyed reading this, makes a great companion for the cold nights ahead.

Excellent book with a great storyline. Characters that are so well written. I would highly recommend this book to anyone!