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Lorna Cook

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Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Romance

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I write historical fiction, weaving secrets and pieces of forgotten history with romance and intrigue.

I also write contemporary fiction under the name Elle Cook. My debut as Elle—The Man I Never Met—will be released in spring 2023.

As Lorna Cook:
The Dressmaker's Secret, set in wartime Paris in the days of Coco Chanel, coming January 2022.

The Girl From the Island, set in Guernsey in WW2 and present day. The Forbidden Promise, set in the Scottish Highlands in WW2 and present day.

My first book The Forgotten Village was a Kindle Number 1 Bestseller and has sold over 150,000 copies. (In Canada it's called The Forgotten Wife.) It won the Romantic Novelists' Association Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2020 and the RNA Joan Hes ...more

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	The Forgotten Village: Absolutely heartbreaking World War 2 historical fiction about love, loss and secrets 4.18 avg rating — 8,603 ratings — published 2019 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forbidden Promise 4.37 avg rating — 3,058 ratings — published 2020 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl from the Island 4.53 avg rating — 2,140 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dressmaker’s Secret 4.36 avg rating — 1,367 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hidden Letters 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings — expected publication 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Land Girl: A Manual for Volunteers in the Women's Land Army 1941

by Wilfred Edward Shewell-Cooper

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