Meet author L.B. Griffin, whose novel, The Twenty-One Year Contract, is a companion to her debut novel, Secrets, Shame, and a Shoebox. No worries, it’s a standalone. You’ll probably want to read the first book after devouring this. 

1950s London. Who would have guessed a contract, a friend, and a simple shoebox would hold life-changing secrets.

 

Blurb for The Twenty-One-Year Contract

Kathleen Gray – talented, a little wild, at times rebellious, but always popular – has a fun, easy life in rural Wiltshire, with a doting family.

Suddenly, they are gone, everything is changed, and she has only Uncle Jack. Try as he might, he cannot be father and mother to her – he has a business to run and his own life to manage.

Kathleen takes a chance and becomes Kate Westfield, fending for herself in London, with a new life built on her hopes and dreams and new friends. She could hardly have imagined that one of those friends has a shoebox full of answers.

Excerpt from The Twenty-One-Year Contract

“The more Kate understood, the more she didn’t like, and a niggle of doubt grew. Then one evening everything seemed to slot into place. Girls came and went. It hadn’t been obvious, at first, but why she’d missed it to begin with she couldn’t understand. One party they were there, the next they had vanished, and new girls replaced them. Kate couldn’t work out who they were, where they came from, or why they disappeared. Forever curious, she just had to find out, and tonight was the perfect time.

A young girl caught her attention. She was on a much older man’s arm. It wasn’t an unusual occurrence, but soon after a few drinks she looked wobbly on her feet, and slightly distressed.  He could have just been helping her to the bathroom, but Kate doubted it. She decided to follow them at a discreet distance, stopping when necessary, looking at paintings hung on the wall, still watching the girl who, by her walk appeared inebriated. Before long, the couple arrived at a door marked private. They went in. Worried, more for the girl than her own safety, she turned the knob…”

 

“L.B. Griffin pens a masterful work with The Twenty-one-Year Contract, as she takes us on a journey from post-war England and through the 1950s and 1960s. And if you are a child of the 60s like I was, where the Fab Four and the Stones ruled the airwaves, James Bond lit up the silver screen, and Twiggy was the posh bird of fashion, Griffin took me there straight away.”   ***** Amazon reviewer

Author Bio

L.B. Griffin, born and raised in Bath UK, absolutely loves writing fiction. She is happily married and surrounded by her family in Wiltshire. She has always written around the full-time paid job and pays tribute to everyone she has taught and met. They have been her inspiration to write.

Whilst her stories are a complete work of fiction, they touch upon social issues, the reality of life. They are filled with gentle hints of romance. Her women are strong, courageous, they are survivors. Though they don’t necessarily see themselves that way, they certainly are. Her debut novel, Secrets, Shame, and a Shoebox was released worldwide in mid-2021. It immediately received rave reviews. The sequel, The Twenty-One-Year Contract, standalone, also continues to receive excellent reviews.

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