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Start with There'll Be Blue Skies and continue through all 19 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by Ellie Dean • Published 2011
Sixteen year old Sally is evacuated from London’s East End to the English south coast with her little brother Ernie, acting as his stand in mother because their real mother, Florrie, prefers a good time to parenting....
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Ends with With Promises to Keep
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Book 1:There'll Be Blue Skies
Ellie Dean • 2011
Sixteen year old Sally is evacuated from London’s East End to the English south coast with her little brother Ernie, acting as his stand in mother because their real mother, Florrie, prefers a good time to parenting....
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Book 2:Far from Home
Ellie Dean • 2012
September 1940. Staff Nurse Polly Brown secures a posting to Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital so she can be near her badly injured husband. The decision tears her in two, because it means sending their beloved five year...
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Book 3:Keep Smiling Through
Ellie Dean • 2012
In June 1940, seventeen year old Rita Smith believes she can weather anything with the support of her close knit Cliffehaven community. When Italy joins the war and her dearest friends are suddenly interned as enemy a...
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Book 4:Where the Heart Lies
Ellie Dean • 2013
In February 1941 midwife Julie Harris loses almost everything when a bombing raid destroys her East End home and kills her family. All she has left is her baby nephew William and a promise to keep him safe until his f...
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Book 5:All My Tomorrows
Ellie Dean • 2014
Eighteen year old Ruby Clark has spent her short marriage enduring her husband’s violence. In wartime London she finally fights back and flees, boarding a train with no idea where Cliffehaven even is. A job at the loc...
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Book 6:Always in My Heart
Ellie Dean • 2014
As Japanese forces advance on Singapore, sisters Sarah and Jane Fuller are forced to leave their parents and Sarah’s fiancé behind. Their dangerous journey ends in Cliffehaven, where they are taken under Peggy’s wing...
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Book 7:Some Lucky Day
Ellie Dean • 2014
May 1942 finds young pilot Kitty Pargeter loving her work in the air, until a crash leaves her badly injured and her flying career in ruins. Sent to a specialist hospital in Cliffehaven, she must face a new life with...
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Book 8:While We're Apart
Ellie Dean • 2015
In 1942, Mary Jones loses her parents and her home in a sudden bombing raid. Among the ruins she finds her father’s trunk and a shocking secret hidden in his diaries. Her search for answers leads her to Cliffehaven, w...
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Book 9:Sealed with a Loving Kiss
Ellie Dean • 2015
Still grieving for her parents, Mary Jones settles in Cliffehaven and takes a job at the Kodak factory, sorting Airgraphs from servicemen and their families. She longs for word from her own sweetheart at the front, un...
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Book 10:Sweet Memories of You
Ellie Dean • 2016
It is 1943 and Peggy Reilly is at her best when family troubles arrive on her doorstep. Her younger sister Doreen, already shaken by a bitter divorce, survives a traumatic incident while on leave in London and returns...
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Book 11:Shelter from the Storm
Ellie Dean • 2016
April Wilton has found friendship, fulfilment and love in the WRENs at Portsmouth, so being forced to leave the service in 1943 feels like a personal disaster. Rejected at home and carrying a secret that could change...
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Book 12:Until You Come Home
Ellie Dean • 2017
In 1944 Anne Black is trying to keep life steady for her daughters in rural Somerset, far from their real home in Cliffehaven and from her husband serving overseas. When danger strikes even this supposedly safe haven,...
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Book 14:With a Kiss and a Prayer
Ellie Dean • 2018
In May 1944, tension hangs over Cliffehaven as planes roar overhead and everyone waits for the long promised invasion of Europe. At Beach View, Peggy feels the strain of holding her extended family and lodgers togethe...
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Book 15:As the Sun Breaks Through
Ellie Dean • 2018
June 1944 brings V 1 raids to the south coast, and Peggy’s sharp tongued sister Doris is bombed out of her home and forced to take refuge at Beach View. Her arrival upsets the fragile peace among the boarders, even as...
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Book 16:On a Turning Tide
Ellie Dean • 2019
Cliffehaven, October 1944. With victory in sight, Rosie and Ron’s wedding plans are plagued by misunderstandings and a dangerous secret assignment that may part them for good. At the same time Peggy takes charge at th...
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Book 17:With Hope and Love
Ellie Dean • 2019
In 1945, evacuee Ivy and her sweetheart Andy dream of marriage and a return to London’s East End, until tragedy forces Ivy to make an agonising choice about her future. Rita faces her own dilemma when Peter asks her t...
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Book 18:Homecoming
Ellie Dean • 2020
In 1945 peace in the Far East finally arrives, but life at Beach View is far from simple. Peggy is devastated that Jim will not be home for Christmas, while long term evacuees prepare to leave and couples like Sarah a...
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Book 19:A Place Called Home
Ellie Dean • 2023
Cliffehaven, 1946. The war is over and those who fought behind enemy lines are returning at last. Peggy is overjoyed to have Jim back from Burma, yet the horrors he endured make ordinary life at Beach View feel strang...
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Book 21:With Promises to Keep
Ellie Dean • 2025
As 1947 approaches, Cliffehaven is still grieving for Gracie, a young mother who died leaving two small children behind. Polish refugee and nurse Danuta vowed to raise them as her own, but her husband’s failing health...
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Beach View Boarding House Cliffehaven FAQ
What is the best order to read the Beach View Boarding House Cliffehaven series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with There'll Be Blue Skies.
How many books are in the Beach View Boarding House Cliffehaven series?
There are 19 books currently listed in the Beach View Boarding House Cliffehaven series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Beach View Boarding House Cliffehaven series?
New readers should start with There'll Be Blue Skies, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Beach View Boarding House Cliffehaven series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears possibly ongoing and spans releases from 2011 to 2025.