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The Girl with the Suitcase

My Autobiography

The Long and Winding Road

Betrayal

Deception

The emotionally gripping Sunday Times bestseller from Britain’s favourite storyteller

Suspects

A missing teenager. An outcast woman. And a girl determined to find the truth . . . From the Sunday Times bestselling author

The Woman in the Wood

Liar

You'll Never See Me Again

The House Across the Street

Belle

The Promise

Rosie

One mother's hidden past. Her daughter's life changed forever . . .

Forgive Me

A gripping and emotional story from the bestselling author of Stolen

Survivor

Charlie

Gypsy

Faith

Never Look Back

Secrets

The unputdownable novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Liar

Till We Meet Again

Trust Me

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Trust Me is a powerful historical novel based on a real life tragedy. For one girl betrayal goes hand in hand with trust . . . 
 
This is just one of many captivating novels from the international NO.1 BESTSELLING author Lesley Pearse.

With characters it is impossible not to care about, this is storytelling at its very best

An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry

Two young sisters sent far, far from home ... 
 
When tragedy deprives little Dulcie Taylor and her sister May of their parents, they are sent first to an orphanage and then shipped off to begin a new life in Australia. But the 'better life' the sisters are promised in this new and exciting country turns out to be a lie. 
 
It seems everyone who ever stood up for them, who ever said 'trust me', somehow betrays that trust: their parents, teachers and the sisters at the convent. But then Dulcie meets Ross, another orphanage survivor, and finds a kindred spirit. Can Dulcie ever get over the pain of the past and learn to trust again? And does she have the strength to fight for her own happiness as well as that of her sister?

Lose yourself in this powerful historical novel based on a real life tragedy from the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse 
 
For one girl, betrayal goes hand in hand with trust . . . 
 
When their father tragically kills their mother, Dulcie and her sister are sent to an orphanage. Told that a 'better life' awaits them in another country, they are shipped off to Australia. 
 
But the promises made turn out to be lies. 
 
And it seems to Dulcie that everyone who ever said 'trust me' somehow betrayed that trust. So when she finds a kindred spirit in Ross, another orphanage survivor, hope swells in her heart. 
 
But can she ever get over the past betrayals and learn to trust again? 
 
And can she fight not only for herself, but also for her sister? 
 
Praise for Lesley Pearse: 
 
'With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best' Daily Mail 
 
'Lose yourself in this epic saga' Bella 
 
'An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry' Woman's Weekly

Lesley Pearse was told as a child that she had too much imagination for her own good. When she grew up she worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother, before, at the age of forty-nine, settling upon a career that would allow her gifts to blossom: she became a published writer. Lesley lives in Devon and has three daughters and four grandchildren. 
 
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