A Kiss and a Promise
Author: Katie Flynn
Liverpool 1917. Stella Bennett is sixteen and so beautiful that Michael Gallagher, an Irishman fighting with the British Navy, falls in love with her on sight. The Bennett family is horrified but the young couple know their minds and are set on marriage. Then Stella has a baby, Ginny, and when Michael sees her he is convinced she is not his child. He agrees to support her….Read More
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