Readers will be taken on a journey of joy, love and heartbreak with our female-lead, Cadi. In this heart-breaking novel, readers see Cadi navigate life during the war in Liverpool as she receives some devastating news regarding her husband. Will she be able to survive this? When she got older, she decided that she wanted to join a writing group. She joined a writing circle and it helped not only inspire and focus her but got her started on writing short stories and articles and working on her writing. She started writing novels in 1971, but only because there was a strike that got rid of her main income and this was the catalyst for her to turn to fiction. Katie Flynn is a published author and the pen name used by Judy Turner. She has written under a few different pen names, including Judith Arden, Lydia Balmain, Judy Turner, and Judith Saxton. In her darkest hour, Cadi is comforted by her friends and with their support and guidance she begins to see a light at the end of the tunnel. But Cadi will face more than one unexpected turn along the way.

Liverpool brings a tough life for her following the years of the great world war’s end. Kitty finds that she’s always starving and has only rags to wear. She’s the oldest child in her family and takes her drunken mother’s rages while dreaming of running off to find a life that is better than the one she lives. Under her different pen names she was able to release around 90 books. 27 of those novels were composed under the name of Flynn. She passed away in 2019. Cadi races to be with her beau and. At his bedside, they make each other a promise that Cadi hopes she’ll never have to keep. In her darkest hour, Cadi is comforted by her friends, and with their support and guidance she begins to see a light at the end of the tunnel. But she will face more than one unexpected turn along the way.She has enjoyed writing her Katie Flynn books and has said that writing them was ‘a delight’. Writing under this pen name has been very fulfilling for the author and the titles that were published under this pseudonym have ended up selling quite a few copies and doing very well. It’s nothing like the life of Lilac Larkin. This beautiful young woman is assured and self-possessed. She has a nice job working as a maid. But when that comes to a close and she starts up working at a factory, she hopes that her life continues to hold that same promise.

Cadi races to be with her beau and. at his bedside, they make each other a promise that Cadi hopes she'll never have to keep.Meet Kitty Drinkwater, a young woman that lives off of Burlington Street in Liverpool. She resides at a place called Paradise Court, but her life does not live up to the name. The final edition of Katie Flynn’s heartfelt historical romance series, A Rose and A Promise, arrives this February. Though they may be posted miles apart, Cadi and her husband Jez’s love for one another is stronger than ever – until Cadi receives a heart-breaking call from Jez’s base. Readers love Katie Flynn and her marvellous novels. They leave an impact on readers and they are keen to share their thoughts and feelings: On the sprawling farm at Hollybank, Roz meets Bernie, a dashing farmer's son, who has more than just friendship on his mind. Roz is flattered by his affections, but will he win her heart, or will her love for Felix remain as strong as ever? Read more Details The setting is Liverpool in England and the year is 1905. The month is December, and it is the dead of winter. Dawn is breaking on a morning that is blustery with wind and raw, and this is the time when a newborn baby is placed at an orphanage’s front door. This baby girl has been abandoned but placed at the steps where she can be hopefully taken in and cared for.