When Somebody Loves You

by JuneTate (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $3.33

  Another gripping saga from the queen of Southampton, combining the passion and power of novels by Josephine Cox and Martina Cole Life is far from comfortable for Elsa Carter, working on a fruit and veg stall in the seedy but colourful area of Southampton's docklands in the 1930s. She also has her drunken father to deal with and constantly struggles to shield her mother from his violent rages. But, despite everything, Elsa is a cheery, spirited girl and she finds comfort in her fiance, Peter Adams, a young reporter burning with ambition. When one day Elsa is drawn into the booth of an old gypsy, a fortune-teller called Fanny Braxton, she instantly senses the woman's malicious nature and is sceptical of anything Fanny tells her. But she still finds herself troubled by the encounter and apprehensive for the future. And, in her search for happiness, Elsa soon discovers that even those closest to her are not to be trusted...

• Used

  Paperback
  2007

  $3.33

  It's 1936 and every morning Kingsland Market in Southampton is bustling with shoppers. Elsa Carter, a vivacious young woman, takes pride in her colourful fruit and veg stall and enjoys the friendly banter with the other traders -- except for slippery Clive Forbes. Thank goodness she knows her fiance Peter, a cub reporter on a local rag, is a man she can trust. When Peter is sent away for work, Elsa meets Jean-Paul, a devastatingly handsome Frenchman who's selling antiques through Clive's stall. Elsa suspects Jean-Paul's business with Clive may not be strictly above-board, but she finds herself drawn to him -- and, to her horror, straight into the path of danger...