The Spring Posy by Michelle Vernal

A gripping historical timeslip novel with a mystery at its heart.

Now, as the lights of Liverpool twinkled below them, Sabrina waited to hear what Adam would say to the news that going through the time slip once more would mean she’d find her mother.
‘Well, that’s it then, isn’t it?’ he said after an age. ‘We’ve no choice but to go back.’
Sabrina Flooks can barely remember her mother. Abandoned when she was only three, she longs to understand what happened. But when she searches a mysterious pocket of Bold Street where she was found, she’s shocked to be flung back in time.

Liverpool 1982. Delving into the past can be dangerous and Sabrina’s promised, she’ll forget her quest to find her mother. But, when a young woman calls into Brides of Bold Street, where she works, she shows her a photograph that changes everything.

Liverpool 1945. The victory bells are chiming out over Liverpool; World War 2 in Europe is over. By the firelight of the bonfires burning brightly and amidst the cheering crowds, Sabrina will find the answers she’s been searching for.
But should she have left the past alone?