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The Raiders
The Raiders
Series · 5 books · 201-2013
By
Pam Howes
Books in series
#1
Three Steps to Heaven
2009
Currently free from Amazon... It's 1961 and eighteen-year-old Eddie Mellor has the world at his feet. His group, The Raiders, are about to be signed by one of Manchester's leading theatrical agents. He is head over heels in love with Jane Wilson. The pair are looking forward to an exciting future until his ex-girlfriend Angie Turner announces she is expecting his baby. Eddie is forced into a hasty marriage, gives up the group and finds menial employment in a paint factory to support his wife and son. His dream of becoming a famous rock drummer is the one thing keeping him going. Eddie's luck is about to change for the better when he hears that Jane has broken off her recent engagement. The pair meet secretly and begin a passionate affair. Roy Cantello, lead singer with The Raiders persuades him to re-join the group. Following Angie's untimely death alongside her lover, Richard Price, Eddie and Jane marry and take on the responsibility of raising Eddie's son, Jonny. Their happiness is under threat when their new baby daughter Jessica goes missing while the group is touring Europe. Presumed kidnapped for ransom, due to the groups' high profile, it soon becomes apparent that the baby has been taken by Jane's mentally disturbed ex, Mark Fisher, who believes that Jane is his wife and Jessica his daughter. He takes the baby to his step-family on The Isle of Wight. As the police move in, Jessica is rescued but Mark jumps to his death over cliffs at The Needles beauty spot. As life begins to return to normal for Eddie and Jane, The Raiders top the British and American charts and Eddie feels that life can only get better. Then he is dealt the cruellest blow of all when he learns that the son he adores is not his child...This is a gritty tale of love, betrayal, kidnap and rock'n'roll set in the 1960's The first in a trilogy about The Raiders through the decades.
#2
'Til I Kissed You
201
The mid 80's sequel to THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN, Jess Mellor and Nick Cantello are in love. Jess' half-brother Jon is also in love with her. Following a tragic accident, Jess turns to Jon and an incestuous relationship begins, but is it...? Another tangled web of love, betrayal and music. Brand New Formatted Version 2015. PAM HOWES is the author of a series of rock'n'roll fictional stories THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN; set in the sixties ALWAYS ON MY MIND; set in the eighties NOT FADE AWAY set in the norties THAT'LL BE THE DAY. set in the fifties; the prequel to Three Steps to Heaven FAST MOVIN' TRAIN - a stand-alone true romance. IT'S ONLY WORDS; A short story collection CATHY'S CLOWN (The Fairground Romance Series #1) Now available at a special THE ROCK'N'ROLL YEARS BOX-SET; The first three novels for the price of one.
#3
Always On My Mind
2011
It's almost 16 years since Livvy Grant gave her five day old daughter Harley to the baby's father, rock musician Roy Cantello and his wife Sammy to bring up as their own. Now Livvy is coming home to seek out her daughter and former lover... Always On My Mind is the third novel in a series spanning over fifty years and the lives and loves of the Mellor and Cantello families. PAM HOWES is also the author of: 1) THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN: (rock'n'roll years series) 2) 'TIL I KISSED YOU: (rock'n'roll years series) 4) NOT FADE AWAY: (rock'n'roll years series) 5) THAT'LL BE THE DAY (rock'n'roll years series -the prequel to Three Steps to Heaven.) THE ROCK'N'ROLL YEARS BOX SET: (rock'n'roll series) FAST MOVIN' TRAIN: A stand-alone true romance. CATHY'S CLOWN: (The Fairground Romance Series) IF YOU ENJOYED DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS YOU'LL LOVE THE ROCK'N'ROLL SERIES.
#4
Not Fade Away (Pam Howes Rock'n'Roll Romance Series)
2012
Not Fade Away is the fourth novel in the best selling Rock'n'Roll romance series by Pam Howes, the original Rock Romance author. When Roy Cantello, lead singer with chart-topping band The Raiders, had an affair with Livvy Grant, a young singer half his age, it was to change his and wife Sammy's lives forever. Roy fathered a daughter. Livvy handed baby Harley to him and Sammy to bring up as their own and then vanished from their lives, only to reappear when Harley was sixteen. Roy became re-involved with Livvy and when she claimed to be pregnant again with his child, Sammy divorced him. The child wasn't Roy's, but the son of Livvy's late husband. Roy has raised Danny as his own. He and Livvy had a son the following year but their relationship failed. Roy remarried his wife Sammy six months ago and shares joint custody of the two little boys with Livvy. Everything is now warm and cosy in Roy's world, but not for long… PAM HOWES is also the author of: 1) THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN: (rock'n'roll romance series) 2) 'TIL I KISSED YOU: (rock'n'roll romance series) 3) ALWAYS ON MY MIND: (rock'n'roll romance series) 4) THAT'LL BE THE DAY: (rock'n'roll romance series) THE ROCK'N'ROLL ROMANCE BOX SET: (rock'n'roll romance series) FAST MOVIN' TRAIN: (rock fiction series) IF YOU ENJOYED DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS YOU'LL LOVE THE ROCK'N'ROLL SERIES.
#5
The Girls of Mersey Square
2013
Mersey Square, Stockport, 1959
. Jane Wilson’s parents met during the war in the north of England, but Jane is more interested in listening to the new rock music than hearing stories about the Blitz. When she meets handsome drummer Eddie Mellor, with his sparkling blue eyes and cool black leather jacket, she knows her life is about to start. But Jane’s parents think Eddie’s rebellious ways will lead their beloved daughter into trouble. They forbid her from seeing Eddie, telling Jane to get a proper job as a nurse. But Jane cannot stand the idea of life without the boy she loves and secretly continues to see Eddie. The day she finds out that Eddie has betrayed her, she is utterly distraught. Were her parents right all along? Jane is desperate to rebuild her life. Her friends rally round to support her and she gets a job at the local music shop she loves, when to her shock, Eddie invites her to his family home and begs her to reconsider. Just as Jane is feeling tempted, someone pounds on the door of the house bringing shocking news that will change both of their lives forever… Can Jane find happiness with Eddie? And if she does, will her family ever forgive her?
The Girls of Mersey Square
was previously published as
That’ll Be The Day.
Author
Pam Howes
Author · 21 books