Lonely Teardrops (Champion Street Market Book 6)

€˜The new series will be greeted with joy by the thousands of women who enjoy her books.€ Evening Mail on Champion Street Market.

€˜Romance doesn€t come sweeter than this tale of love and chocolate set in the grimy streets of 1950s Manchester.€ Lancashire Evening Post on Candy Kisses

€˜You can€t put a price on Freda Lightfoot's stories from Manchester's 1950s Champion Street Market. They bubble with enough life and colour to brighten up the dreariest day and they have characters you can easily take to your heart.€ The Northern Echo.

In 1950s Manchester, folk are just emerging from the shadow of the war. Money is still tight, and the bustling market is a source of tempting bargains €“ as well as the local gossip.

€˜I need to tell you summat, lass. Summat you should€ve been told years ago.€

It€s the day of her beloved father€s funeral and Harriet can hardly take in her grandmother€s words. Joyce, the woman she has always called Mam, isn€t her real mother after all. At least that explains why Joyce has always favoured Harriet€s brother, Grant €“ blood is thicker than water.

Her emotions in turmoil, Harriet discovers a streak of rebellion that puts into jeopardy everything she holds dear. Can she come back from the brink or will her life be full of lonely teardrops?