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  • Published: 5 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781787469754
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $28.00

A Summer Promise





A classic Katie Flynn story of tragedy, triumph and love in wartime Liverpool from the Sunday Times bestselling author.

Tragically orphaned at just five, Maddy Hebditch is sent to live with her strict grandmother at Larkspur Farm in Yorkshire. Despite the back-breaking farm work, Maddy’s friends Alice, Marigold and Tom bring sunshine to her hard life.

But when war is declared, their idyllic summers together are over. Determined to do their bit, Maddy and her friends volunteer for the forces. Separated by conflict, all four face terrible danger as the war worsens.

Then Tom is gravely injured, and Maddy’s world falls apart… Can they confront their deepest feelings with such an uncertain future ahead of them?

A heart-wrenching, page-turning tale of friendship, resilience and love from bestselling author Katie Flynn.

WHY READERS LOVE KATIE FLYNN...

'Her characters are like old friends'

'Takes you on a journey of heartbreak and joy'

'Heartwarming romance'

'Hard to put down'

  • Published: 5 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781787469754
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $28.00

About the author

Katie Flynn

Katie Flynn is the author of 47 bestselling novels which have sold over 5 million copies. Her first book, A Liverpool Lass, was published in 1993. Katie Flynn was the pseudonym of the author Judy Turner, who was inspired to write the novels after hearing family recollections of life in Liverpool during the early twentieth century. Judy sadly passed away in January 2019 at the age of 82. Her daughter Holly worked as her assistant for many years and together they co-authored a number of Katie Flynn novels, including Christmas at Tuppenny Corner. The Katie Flynn legacy now lives on through Holly who writes new books, often based on ideas she discussed with her mother.


Holly lives in the north east of Wales with her husband Simon and their two children. When she’s not writing she enjoys walking her two lurchers, Sparky and Snoopy, in the surrounding countryside, and cooking forbidden foods such as pies, cakes, and puddings! She looks forward to sharing many more Katie Flynn stories with readers in the years to come.

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Praise for A Summer Promise

Katie Flynn is a wonderfully gifted writer who effortlessly transports her readers back to the past with her latest mesmerizing saga, A Summer Promise. Full of richly drawn characters that leap off the pages, beautifully evocative descriptions of life in wartime England, touching romance, heart-warming pathos and nail-biting drama, A Summer Promise is a triumphant tale of the ties that bind, love lost and found, the power of friendship and the devastation of war that hooked me in from the very first page and kept me gleefully turning the pages late into the night.

Bookish Jottings

A heartwarming read from a master storyteller

Woman