October Reads Worth Falling For

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The Cider Girls Join the Fight by May Ellis

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Also by May Ellis:

The Cider Girls Under Fire, November 2026
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The Cider Girls Join the Fight, July 2026
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Wartime with the Cider Girls, November 2024
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THE CIDER GIRLS JOIN THE FIGHT
By: May Ellis

Cider Girls 2
Boldwood Books
July 2026
On Sale: June 26, 2026
Featuring: Daisy Selway; Elsie Bloomfield; Rose Flaherty
344 pages
ISBN: 183633933X
EAN: 9781836339335
Kindle: B0F4W9THDY
Paperback / e-Book
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Women's Fiction Historical

Raise a glass of cider to women doing war work

A BRAND NEW heartwarming wartime saga of friendship, secrets and resistance from the BESTSELLING author of The Clarks Factory Girls at War! Perfect for fans of Annie Murray, Margaret Dickinson and Katie Flynn!

1941, Somerset: the shadow of war is closing in.

Two years into the conflict, Rose is adjusting to life as a Land Girl, working the Somerset fields alongside Jimmy, the farmer's son whose watchful, protective attention she can neither escape nor ignore. Thankfully, she has found companionship in Daisy, a district nurse, and Elsie, an ATS clerk. New friends thrown together by the necessities of war, they call themselves the Cider Girls.

As the threat of invasion grows, the girls prove their courage to the commanding officer of a secret resistance unit and are drawn into a dangerous world of espionage, coded messages and hidden loyalties.

But there is trouble close to home too. Daisy knows she is in love with her lifelong friend Mattie, but will she speak the truth before it's too late? Elsie's life is shattered by the tragic death of her sister, leaving her with an impossible choice. And Rose finds her work in the resistance increasingly hard to hide.