Tania Anne Crosse

Hello, and welcome to my author page. In it, you will learn a little about the background to my stories. GREAT NEWS! I've just signed a contract with my lovely publishers, JOFFE BOOKS, for my latest saga, THE BUTTERFLY GIRL, that will be Book 11 in my Devonshire series! It's another heart-wrenching tale set during the Plymouth Blitz, based on true events and partly inspired by my mother's nurses' training during the war. In the meantime, why not take advantage of the special offer on the Box Set of Books 6-10? Through both world wars and into the 1950s, they show how the ugly tentacles of war reach way beyond the end of the conflicts. For those of you who are new to my books, each is a stand-alone, but you will enjoy them most if they are read in order. The first in the series is THE HARBOUR MASTER'S DAUGHTER, based on the history of Morwellham Quay, once the greatest copper port in the whole of Queen Victoria's Empire. Four more Victorian tales follow, mainly set on the wilds of Dartmoor, illustrating different aspects of the harsh life on the moor, from farming, mining and quarrying, to the little known gunpowder factory and the infamous prison. A Box Set is available to download of Books 1-5, the Victorian tales. As mentioned above, a second Box Set of Books 6-10 is also now available to download, with two WW1 titles, showing how sleepy Devon was just as involved in the conflict as anywhere. Then we jump forward to the 1950s with THE DARTMOOR GIRL and THE GIRL AT HOLLY COTTAGE, both stories of the legacy of war, before popping back to the WW2 years with Book 10, THE CONVENT GIRL. The action actually begins in a convent in Ireland, based on my own mother's childhood there, before moving to Plymouth where we see the run-up to hostilities through the eyes of the heroine. What will happen to her when war breaks out and Plymouth is devastated by the Blitz? You can enjoy this book without having read the previous titles, but for the eagle-eyed, there is a link to THE WHEELWRIGHT GIRL. And don't forget my four Twentieth Century Sagas set in London and Kent, the last one of which, THE STREET OF BROKEN DREAMS, won SAGA OF THE YEAR in the prestigious RoNA Awards 2020, so I can officially call myself an award-winning author! It’s the summer of 1945 and WW2 is drawing to a close. But for some it can never end. Set in Battersea, London, where I myself lived as a small child, it's another gripping, powerful drama, quite dark in places. I believe that, like all my novels, it will tug at your heartstrings. Whichever of my books you choose to read, I do hope you enjoy them! So why not take a look at my website for more details? I'm sure you will discover many hours of engrossing reading!