Lesley Pearse

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2000
  • Latest Book:
    June 2022
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Lesley Pearse is one of the UK's best-loved novelists with fans across the globe and sales of over 2 million copies of her books to date. A true storyteller and a master of gripping storylines that keep the reader hooked from beginning to end, Pearse introduces you to characters that it is impossible not to care about or forget. There is no formula to her books or easily defined genre. Whether crime as in 'Till We Meet Again', historical adventure like 'Never Look Back', or the passionately emotive 'Trust Me', based on the true-life scandal of British child migrants sent to Australia in the post war period, she engages the reader completely.
Truth is often stranger than fiction and Lesley's life has been as packed with drama as her books. She was three when her mother died under tragic circumstances. Her father was away at sea and it was only when a neighbour saw Lesley and her brother playing outside without coats on that suspicion was aroused - their mother had been dead for some time. With her father in the Royal Marines, Lesley and her older brother spent three years in grim orphanages before her father remarried - a veritable dragon of an ex army nurse - and Lesley and her older brother were brought home again, to be joined by two other children who were later adopted by her father and stepmother, and a continuing stream of foster children. The impact of constant change and uncertainty in Lesley's early years is reflected in one of the recurring themes in her books: what happens to those who are emotionally damaged as children. It was an extraordinary childhood and in all her books, Lesley has skilfully married the pain and unhappiness of her early experiences with a unique gift for storytelling.

Full Series List in Order

The Belle Trilogy

1 - Belle (Jul-2011)
2 - The Promise (Jan-2012)
3 - Survivor (Mar-2022)

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • Never Look Back

    Never Look Back is the latest from bestselling author Lesley Pearse. One good deed takes her into another world . . . Sixteen-year-old Matilda is a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saves the life of Tabitha, a minister's daughter. Wel...

  • Trust Me

    Trust Me is the gripping historical novel from bestselling author Lesley Pearse. She lost her parents and then was sent far, far away . . . When their father tragically kills their mother, Dulcie and her sister are sent to an orphanage. Told that a '...

  • Father Unknown

    Father Unknown is the latest from bestselling author Lesley Pearse. Losing her adopted mother threatens all she's ever had . . . Daisy was adopted. But when her mother dies, she finds her secure existence thrown into turmoil by the discovery of a scr...

  • Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again is the latest gripping novel from Lesley Pearse. She kills two people in cold blood - why? Susan walks into a busy doctor's surgery and guns down two members of staff. Then she calmly waits for the police. Beth is the lawyer assign...

  • Secrets

    Secrets is the latest in a long line of hits from Lesley Pearse, bestselling author. Without her mother she is alone in the world . . . Twelve-year-old Adele is placed in a bleak, cruel children's home after a family tragedy drives her mother insane....

  • A Lesser Evil

    When Fifi moves to London with her bricklayer boyfriend Dan, her mother is outraged. Despite initial feelings of horror at her new surroundings, Fifi finds the freedom from her middle-class family background exhilarating. Insatiably inquisitive, Fifi...

  • Remember Me

    In 1786 a fisherman's daughter from Cornwall called Mary Broad was sentenced to be hung for theft. But her sentence was commuted, and she was transported to Australia, one of the first convicts to arrive there. How Mary escaped the harsh existence of...

  • Charlie

    Can young Charlie find the strength to save her family? One glorious summer's day, sixteen-year-old Charlie Welsh has her privileged childhood brought to an abrupt and terrifying end when she witnesses her mother being brutally attacked in her own ga...

  • Rosie

    Rosie is a compelling novel by the bestselling author Lesley Pearse. Her brutal, violent family will be the death of her . . . Without a mother, Rosie is at the mercy of her father and thuggish brothers. Then one day a friend comes to the farm in the...



  • Hope

    Hope is the next historical novel from the acclaimed Lesley Pearse. Her existence would be the ruin of her mother . . . Baby Hope, the unfortunate proof of Lady Harvey's adultery, is smuggled out of a privileged aristocratic household to a nearby vil...

  • Faith

    Scotland, 1995. On the hills of Cornton Vale Prison. She was convicted of killing her best friend . . . Laura Brannigan has been put away for murder. She insists that she didn't kill Jackie. But her search for true justice seems futile. Then she rece...

  • Camellia

    Camellia Norton is orphaned at fifteen when her mother's body is fished from a river in rural Sussex. And when she discovers a cache of letters amongst her mother's effects she realises that the past she has always been so sure of has been built on a...

  • Georgia

    When nine-year-old orphan Georgia James is unexpectedly fostered by the kindly Celia and her bank manager husband she can hardly believe her luck. But then - on her fifteenth birthday - she suffers the cruellest betrayal of all at the hands of her fo...

  • Tara

    In the East End, twelve-year-old Tara witnesses her villain of a father almost kill her mother. She forges a determination then and there to change her life. This is the story of three beautiful and talented women. Mabel, whose great love for a gam...

  • Gypsy

    Gypsy is a compelling historical novel of survival from international number one bestselling author Lesley Pearse. Tragedy sent her on a journey far from home . . . Fifteen-year-old Beth's life is shattered when she and her brother Sam are orphaned. ...

  • Ellie

    From one of the UK's best-loved novelists and the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Stolen'. Ellie is a sweet-natured brunette, generous of heart with a sparkling smile and an accent which reveals her East End background. Bonny is beautiful ...

  • Charity

    From one of the UK's best-loved novelists and the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Stolen'. Charity Stratton's bleak childhood is changed for ever when both her parents are killed in a fire. Separated by the authorities from her younger bro...

  • Belle

    The Belle Trilogy - 1

    The international number one bestselling author tells the story of a strong woman trying to be good in a world gone bad, taking us from London to New Orleans and beyond in this powerful, moving historical novel. She witnessed a murder - and now he...

  • The Promise

    The Belle Trilogy - 2

    Lesley Pearse, No.1 bestselling author of Stolen and Belle , returns with the phenomenal novel The Promise . Heartbreaking, enduring and masterfully told, The Promise will take you on a breathtaking journey into the battlefields of the First W...



  • Forgive Me

    Forgive Me is an intense and gripping story of love and forgiveness.Until then, Eva always believed her family's life would be comfortable and secure - but Flora's suicide changes everything. And when Eva discovers that in her will Flora left her an ...

  • Dead to Me

    A compelling new story from international number one bestselling author Lesley Pearse

    Spring 1935. Two girls meet by chance on Hampstead Heath. To an outsider, they could not appear more different. Verity is well-mannered and smartly dressed, livi...

  • Stolen

    At this special price NOW . . . She's half-drowned, her memory lost . . . who is she? Shocking secrets will come out in the unputdownable Stolen This is just one of many thrilling novels from the international NO.1 BESTSELLING author Lesley Pe...

  • The Woman in the Wood

    Fifteen-year-old twins Maisy and Duncan Mitcham have always had each other. Until the fateful day in the wood . . . One night in 1960, the twins awake to find their father pulling their screaming mother from the house. She is to be committed to an as...

  • The House Across the Street

    The 10-million-copy, number 1 bestselling author is back with another beautifully-written, compelling and page-turning epic. Twenty-three year old Katy Speed is fascinated by the house across the street. The woman who lives there, Gloria, is the most...

  • You'll Never See Me Again

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND WOMAN & HOME BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER

    ''Storytelling at its best'' Daily Express

    Did you ever wish you could run away from your life and start again?

    When Betty''s husband returns from the war broken and ...

  • Liar

    Discover the enthralling new Sunday Times bestselling story of murder and lies from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of You''ll Never See Me Again

    THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE WOMAN & HOME BOOK CHOICE AWARD ...

  • Without a Trace

    How far would you go for a friend? Coronation Day, 1953. In a small village in Somerset, amid the festivities and celebrations, shopkeeper Molly Heywood slips away to her friend’s cottage. Upon her arrival, she makes a shocking discovery: her ...

  • Suspects

    What do you do when your dream home becomes your worst nightmare? . . . THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER

    ''Sensational storytelling'' MY WEEKLY
    ''A riveting page-turner full of suspense and suspicion. Gripping! WOMAN''S WEEKLY
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  • Betrayal



  • Survivor

    The Belle Trilogy - 3

    New Zealand, 1938. Despite her parents fear for her reputation, Mariette Carrera is a bold and defiant young woman. And though the whole world awaits a war, she sets sail for London, leaving her small town behind her. Finally free, Mari throws herse...

  • Deception

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lesley Pearse has published 31 books.

Lesley Pearse does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Deception, was published in June 2022.

The first book by Lesley Pearse, Never Look Back, was published in March 2000.

Yes. Lesley Pearse has 1 series.
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