Flaming Nora

I'm overjoyed to announce that my new novel  The Toffee Factory Girls  is out in paperback today, Thursday 23 May.   It's published by Headline and is set at the outbreak of WW1 in a northern town where women start work at the toffee factory after the men are sent to war.  It's a story of love, friendship, war... and toffee.  The book will be available in Tesco, Morrisons and Asda plus Waterstones, WHSmith and all good independent bookshops.  It's also available online at all your favourite book websites and of course Amazon at  bit.ly/ToffeeFactoryGirls __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

Would you like to know more about the real-life locations I use in my novels?  I hope that if you read The Toffee Factory Girls or if you've read it already, that these pictures might give some context and background and add a bit of depth to the locations I've written about. 1. Horner's Toffee Factory, Chester-le-Street The most important of all of the locations in this book. Horner's Toffee Factory and the Dainty Dinah toffee brand inspired the novel, story and characters. 2.  Front Street, Chester-le-Street A lot of action in the story takes place on Front Street, which remains the main shopping street in Chester-le-Street. On the right hand side of this picture can you can see a group of women, dressed in their overalls. They are workers at Horner's toffee factory. 3. The Lambton Arms pub, Chester-le-Street The pub is where evil Frankie Ireland lives. Fortunately, Frankie's brother Jim and Jim's wife Cathy are good people who run the pub.  The pub will h...

My first Amazon No. 1! The Toffee Factory Girls sitting pretty at the top of Hot New Releases category Friendship.  Thank you everyone who has pre-ordered and if you haven't yet but would like to, it's at http://bit.ly/ToffeeFactoryGirls  __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

Now available to pre-order - kindle, paperback, hardback!  Published by Headline. The first in my new trilogy, The Toffee Factory Girls, inspired by the Dainty Dinah toffee factory in the northeast.  Order now at  bit.ly/ToffeeFactoryGirls   __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

I'm delighted to finally be able to reveal some big news. I've signed a new three-book deal with Headline. This time, it's to write novels starring the women who work in a northeast toffee factory around WW1.   You can read the full press release in The Bookseller. The stories are inspired by the women who worked at Horner's toffee factory in Chester-le-Street. One of the main brands of toffee made there was the Dainty Dinah  brand and the factory was nicknamed Dainty Dinah's toffee factory.  I can't wait to get my teeth stuck into this!  Researching in earnest will begin in the autumn. I'm very excited indeed. __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com