Figs, Vines and Roses: — A Family Saga

Joy M. Lilley

United Kingdom8 Books

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Women's Fiction Literary Fiction

BIOGRAPHY
Hello, My name is Joy Gerken,pen name Joy M. Lilley I write/blog[joymlilleyauthor.wordpress.com] and was a trained nurse, most my working life, until I retired in 2015.I am a Grandmother and enjoy spending quality time with my large family.
My first novel is 'Figs, Vines and Roses' a tale of love and loss at the turn of the nineteenth century.

My second novel is called 'The Liberty Bodice'.This is a completely different genre to the first novel and follows the trials and tribulations of a young girl working for the Special Operations Executive[S.O.E.]in W.W.2.

You can also find my short story 'Lost and Found' published in Liphar short stories Vol 1.[Liphar short stories}by Liphar magazine.

In 2016 my novella 'Times pendulum swings again' was published. This tells of a hospital romance that starts well, until the truth about the surgical registrar admitting to his nurse girlfriend that he is married with two sons back home in Nepal.This book has just won a FIREBIRD award.

My forth publication 'Strawberry moon' a crime, mystery set in the Dordogne, France,was released in 2019 and has been well received.
I now have two novellas published. The first 'One Chance Encounter' tells of a mature woman looking for love in the wrong direction. And becomes embroiled in the nefarious side of the internet. The sequel is 'With Tears in her Eyes'has many twists and turns leading somewhere towards an unusual ending.

Joy Is a voice actress and mainly works in the FIVERR field. Find her if you require audio work at reasonable prices at www.fiverr.com/lilleypond3
She specializes in voicing short audio books.