Putting on the Style

<h2>Bargains galore and life in the raw...</h2><p>Folk are just emerging from the shadow of WWII and money is still tight. So the vibrant market of Champion Street is a source of many a tempting bargain - as well as all the local gossip.</p><p><b>Dena</b> loves her Saturday job at <b>Belle Garside's</b> market café and her ready smile makes her a universal favourite. She is soon in thrall to Belle's two good-looking and dangerous sons. But fate has other plans in store when her younger brother is killed by a gang of thugs.</p><p>Only when it is far too late does Dena begin to ask herself one terrifying question: has she fallen in love with her brother's killer?</p><p><b>A moving saga of second chances and forbidden love set around a bustling café in 1950s Manchester perfect for fans of Kitty Neale and Ellie Dean.</b></p><h3>Praise for <i>Putting on the Style</i></h3><p>'You can't put a price on Freda Lightfoot's stories from Manchester's 1950s Champion Street Market. <b>They bubble with enough life and colour to brighten up the dreariest day</b> and they have characters you can easily take to your heart' <i>Northern Echo</i></p><p>'<b>A rattling good read</b> to touch the heart of anyone who has loved someone they shouldn't have' <i>Dorset Evening Echo</i></p><p>'<b>Deftly chronicled</b>' <i>Telegraph & Argus</i></p><p>'Freda Lightfoot's talent for creating <b>believable characters</b> makes this a page-turning read' <i>Newcastle Evening Chronicle</i></p>