Mist

A girl with no home, a house in need of love... a beautiful romance set in the breathtaking Welsh mountains

The twists and turns of the plot make entertaining reading and keep the pages turning right to the last one.

Mary Fitzgerald was born and brought up in Chester. At eighteen she left home to start nursing training. She ended up as an operating theatre sister in a large London hospital and there met her husband. Ten years and four children later the family settled for a while in Canada and later the USA. For several years they lived in West Wales, northern Scotland and finally southern Ireland until they settled again near Chester. Mary had long given up nursing and gone into business, first a children’s clothes shop, then a book shop and finally an internet clothes enterprise. 
Mary now lives in a small village in north Shropshire close to the Montgomery canal and with a view of both the Welsh and the Shropshire hills.

A girl with no home, a house in need of love... A beautiful romance set in the breathtaking Welsh mountains 
 
Lark has been wandering the country for many years, with no real place to call home. Until she meets Matthew Williams, a Canadian who has inherited a run-down hill farm in North Wales. Young and enthusiastic, Matthew has no knowledge of farming and no experience of living in the countryside. 
 
 
Entranced by the beauty and wildness of the place, Lark agrees to help, and together they throw themselves into getting the farm back onto its feet. 
 
 
Until a terrible accident brings Matthew’s father over from Canada, and suddenly none of their lives will be the same.

What Tomorrow Brings

A young girl falls in love with two very different men as Europe plunges into war

August 1937 
 
Seffy Blake falls in love with Amyas Troy from the moment she sees him on a Cornish beach. But when he disappears, she is forced to face the consequences of their affair alone. 
 
In London, Seffy makes a new life for herself working as an assistant to journalist Charlie Bradford, and as Europe hurtles towards war, it is Charlie who sees her through her darkest times. 
 
But when Amyas reappears in her life, Seffy must decide whether to follow her heart, or accept her genuine love for Charlie and keep what remains of her family safe from the terrifying consequences of war.

Historical Romance

The Love of a Lifetime

Previously published as an ebook titled Richard Wilde. An unforgettable love story from the five-star reviewed self-published author Mary Fitzgerald. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy.

Mary Fitzgerald was born and brought up in Chester. At eighteen she left home to start nursing training. She ended up as an operating theatre sister in a large London hospital and there met her husband. Ten years and four children later the family settled for a while in Canada and later the USA. For several years they lived in West Wales, northern Scotland and finally southern Ireland until they settled again near Chester. Mary had long given up nursing and gone into business, first a children’s clothes shop, then a book shop and finally an internet clothes enterprise. 
 
Mary now lives in a small village in north Shropshire close to the Montgomery canal and with a view of both the Welsh and the Shropshire hills.

Can love survive the worst betrayal of all? 
 
From the moment Elizabeth Nugent arrives to live on his family’s farm in Shropshire, Richard Wilde is in love with her. And as they grow up, it seems like nothing can keep them apart. 
 
But as the Second World War rages, Richard is sent to fight in the jungles of Burma, leaving Elizabeth to deal with a terrible secret that could destroy his family. 
 
Despite the distance between them, though, Richard and Elizabeth’s love remains constant through war, tragedy and betrayal. 
 
But once the fighting is over, will the secrets and lies that Elizabeth has been hiding keep them apart for ever?

Mary Fitzgerald

1944: Three girls join a touring variety group and travel through Europe, entertaining the troops as World War II draws to a close 
 
In the wake of D-Day three very different women join a touring variety company, performing to factory girls, hospitals and serving troops. 
 
Catherine's husband has been reported missing in action and she needs a job to support her mother and daughter. 
 
Della, a Liverpudlian show girl, is ambitious for fame and hides her problems behind a devil-may-care attitude. 
 
Frances, titled but impoverished, will do anything to keep the family home safe for her brother, a POW in the Far East. 
 
Travelling from show to show, the three women form a strong bond. But when they follow the advancing army through France, their friendship deepens as the company is stalked by lies and betrayal, and it’s clear that nobody will come home the same. 
 
Previously published as Imperfect Tense.

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