Not the Most Beautiful Girl

A poignant time slip novel that follows the ‘warts and all’ love story of a young couple in the 1940s communicating by letter, and a girl in the present day who discovers their correspondence 80 years later. “All I long for, is to be back home with you, & be together as all couples who love each other as we do, should be. Darling, when we are at last together, I will never let you out of sight, we’ll be together darling, always.” In 1945, George, a secret radio operator with the British Army, returns to London after serving in Europe. There he meets Edith, a civil servant, and it’s love at first sight. But they only have a few days together before George is due to leave for the Far East, forcing them to continue their romance by letter. In present day, 1940s obsessed Florence returns to Lingbury, a Victorian Villa, with a box full of letters she’s discovered. As she starts to read, she pieces together an incredible connection, and an understanding that her strong feelings of Déjà vu are much more than that. Florence has been to LIngbury before … but in the distant past. Based on a true, 'warts and all' paper based romance, capturing a moment in time. Not the Most Beautiful Girl, is a poignant, honest love story, where true love doesn't always run smoothly.