June Francis 
Mersey Girl 

Happiness always comes at a cost…Having grown up in a convent after the death of her mother, Lizzie Knight has never known what it s like to have a real family. So when a strange woman turns up with promises of a new life in Liverpool, she is thrilled.Warm-hearted and kind, Phyl is everything she wants in a stepmother. But then Lizzie falls in love with the one man who should have been out of bounds. Should she follow her heart and risk losing it all?From the author of A Sister s Duty and Lily s War(Note: previously published as Going Home to Liverpool)