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Genre: Historical romance<\/strong><\/p>\n Release Date: June 24 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n Publisher: Amelia Press<\/strong><\/p>\n With the Nazis poised to invade Guernsey in 1940, feisty student Lydia Le Page returns from England on the day the island is devastated by the first bombing of the war on British soil. EXTRACT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018So you\u2019ve met the handsome new rector, you lucky girl.\u2019 Maggie\u2019s eyes twinkled. \u2018What did you think of him?\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018He\u2019s good looking, I\u2019ll give you that. I gather you haven\u2019t been introduced?\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019ve had the odd glimpse since he replaced old man Ozanne, but believe me, tongues are wagging. Some folks say he\u2019s a double agent put here by the Jerries, and that he daubed \u201cV for Victory\u201d on the prison walls. Isn\u2019t it exciting?\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Exciting he may be,\u2019 Lydia kept her voice casual, \u2018but he\u2019s not really my type.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018You mean you fancy him?\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018I mean nothing of the sort, Maggie. He\u2019s a rector, not a movie star \u2013 don\u2019t you think of anything but the opposite sex?\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Not very often, to be frank. I think of food, of course, seeing as there\u2019s never enough to go round, and going out after the curfew, and being able to buy whatever I like in the shops. What else is there to occupy my mind?\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018You could help with the Sunday school at Torteval. The lady who leads it has gone to England.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Me? Help with the Sunday school? You do make me laugh. There\u2019s hardly any kids left on the island and those that are here wouldn\u2019t gain much from me. Or much that would do them any good. I think all that book–<\/em>learning\u2019s gone to your brain. You need to relax a bit more.\u2019 Maggie winked. \u2018There\u2019s a picture on at the Regal tonight. Do you want to come with me?\u2019<\/p>\n Lydia pulled a face. \u2018It\u2019s German<\/em>, with English subtitles. Are you still sure you want to go?\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018You never know who you might meet.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Oh, Maggie \u2013 you really are a hopeless case.\u2019<\/p>\n BUY LINKS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Occupying Love<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Baggy Pants and Bootees<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n ABOUT MARILYN CHAPMAN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I got my first break writing in a football magazine when I was 15 and have been writing ever since. An NCTJ qualified journalist, I spent my early years on the Blackpool Evening Gazette and Lytham St Annes Express in Lancashire.\u00a0 I then helped to set up a family PR and publishing company on the Fylde Coast and freelanced for national newspapers and magazines, including Woman.<\/p>\n My debut novel Baggy Pants and Bootees was released as an e-book in February 2014 by a small publishing house based in Britain and Germany. A time-slip novel set between World War Two and the \u2018swinging sixties, it was published as a paperback in August 2014.<\/p>\n Born in Guernsey, I have always wanted to write a novel set in the Occupation of the Channel Islands, after hearing so many stories about life under German rule from my grandparents, whose home was requisitioned by the enemy. Occupying Love is the result.<\/p>\n After spending several years in the Midlands I now live in Lancashire with my husband of 45 years. We have two daughters and two granddaughters who we spend lots of time with.<\/p>\n A member of the Society of Authors and the Romantic Novelists\u2019 Association I am currently working on a sequel to Baggy Pants and Bootees.<\/p>\n Facebook:\u00a0 <\/strong>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guernseygirlie<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Twitter:\u00a0 <\/strong>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarilynChapma77<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Goodreads Author Page: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/7912863.Marilyn_Chapman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Google+\u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/plus.google.com\/guernseygirlie<\/strong><\/p>\n LinkedIn:\u00a0 <\/strong>https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marilyn-chapman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\nTrapped on the German occupied island, two men enter Lydia\u2019s life: Martin Martell, the handsome but mysterious rector and Major Otto Kruger, the ruthless German Kommandant who falls under her spell.
\nWhen Martin disappears, Lydia discovers a secret from her past that threatens her future. Will she be able to keep it from the enemy? And will she choose love or duty?
\nOccupying Love is a story of love, loss and the identity that makes us who we are.<\/p>\n![\"Marilyn](\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Me-1.jpg\")
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