Marilyn began her career in 1967 as a trainee journalist on the Lytham St Annes Express – part of the Gazette’s empire, later being promoted to Women’s Page Editor. On leaving the Express she became co-director of HB Publishing and PR Associates, Lytham, along with her father, Harry Brown, former Public Relations Officer of The Football League, St Annes, and founder of the Football League Review.
In 2014 Marilyn was shortlisted for the Festival of Romance New Talent Award with her first novel Baggy Pants and Bootees, set in World War Two. A member of The Society of Authors, she is currently finalising her third novel, working title The Making of Maggie, the sequel to her second novel, Occupying Love.
Baggy Pants and Bootees
When war baby Sophie joins the macho world of 1960s journalism she’s determined to prove that she’s ‘one of the boys.’ But a shocking phone call from her estranged mother sets Sophie on a quest to discover the secret of her birth.
Was her father the all-American soldier she dreamt of when she was a child, or someone far more sinister? This is the story the ambitious reporter was destined to write. Helped by the charming but mysterious David, Sophie uncovers a heartbroken wartime orphan, a GI romance and a terrifying assault that leads to an innocent man’s court martial – and clues to her own unhappy childhood. Torn between her secret love for Steve, the newspaper’s most eligible bachelor, and a desire to know who she really is, Sophie follows David to find her father. Only when faced with the startling truth can she accept the tragedy of love, loss and betrayal and begin a very different kind of future.
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Occupying Love
With the Nazis poised to invade Guernsey in 1940, feisty student Lydia Le Page returns from England on the day the island is devastated by the first bombing of the war on British soil. Trapped on the German occupied island, two men enter Lydia’s life: Martin Martell, the handsome but mysterious rector and Major Otto Kruger, the ruthless German Kommandant who falls under her spell. When Martin disappears, Lydia discovers a secret from her past that threatens her future. Will she be able to keep it from the enemy? And will she choose love or duty? Occupying Love is a story of love, loss and the identity that makes us who we are.
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