Böcker utgivna av Christine Lawrence

An historical romance set in the Portsmouth Borough Asylum during World War 1.With her sweetheart away on the front line in Europe and through a series of life-shattering events, Emily finds herself losing both her family and her mind. Now living within the confines of the Portsmouth Borough Asylum and forced to work in the laundry as part of her treatment, she suffers more and more and can see no end to this nightmare life. As time passes, things start to improve when she is moved to work on the asylum farm. Will this be a way for her to recover fully, or is she doomed to stay behind these high walls for the rest of her life?

Shocked at the amount of homeless in Fareham, Karen takes a job at the local hostel where she meets support worker Gemma, an acquaintance from her past. When a young female resident is attacked, the the amount of finger of suspicion falls on Falklands veteran Harry who was spotted running from the scene. Or was it John, living rough in the woods, who is resisting help from the homeless team? Karen discovers him sleeping in her shed and offers him help but when he runs away, she follows and soon finds herself once more in danger. Meanwhile, Molly, fleeing with her young daughter from an abusive marriage finds life even harder when she loses more than the roof over her head. At the hostel she meets Wes, a friend from her past and now an outreach worker. Will their revived friendship help her situation, or make things worse, when her husband Rob scours the streets of Fareham determined to win her back at any cost?Shocked at the amount of homeless in Fareham, Karen takes a job at the local hostel where she meets support worker Gemma, an acquaintance from her past. When a young female resident is attacked, the the amount of finger of suspicion falls on Falklands veteran Harry who was spotted running from the scene. Or was it John, living rough in the woods, who is resisting help from the homeless team? Karen discovers him sleeping in her shed and offers him help but when he runs away, she follows and soon finds herself once more in danger. Meanwhile, Molly, fleeing with her young daughter from an abusive marriage finds life even harder when she loses more than the roof over her head. At the hostel she meets Wes, a friend from her past and now an outreach worker. Will their revived friendship help her situation, or make things worse, when her husband Rob scours the streets of Fareham determined to win her back at any cost?

Tales of hauntings, nightmares, murder and imaginings of the darkest kind! Scare yourself silly with this new book from Christine Lawrence, published by CompletelyNovel.com in December 2018.

Ten years have passed since Karen's ordeal. Now her life is full, but working with those struggling with drug addictions proves challenging in more ways than one.Gemma, recovering from her own addiction, is trying hard to pay back her debt to society. Volunteering in a charity shop leads her into a difficult situation when she forms an unlikely alliance with Kevin, another of the volunteers. When she comes across her ex-boyfriend, drug dealer Billy, things get even more dangerous.A tale filled with suspense. Is there a body in the cellar, or is it only in Kevin's over developed imagination? Or perhaps just in Billy's psychotic paranoid mind?PAYBACK is Christine Lawrence's second novel which can be read as a stand-alone story as well as a sequel to her first novel, CAUGHT IN THE WEB.

Herbert Wing's delightful collection of memories of life in Southwick in the first two decades of the 20th Century when children and villagers made their own entertainment. He tells what it was like to grow up without cars, television or computers, when a Christmas shopping trip to Portsmouth meant a long walk over Portsdown Hill and a tram ride from Cosham to Commercial Road.