Loved this book,I will look out for more from this author

Warning! This book has a couple of despicable characters who will make your skin crawl and possibly make you want to dispose of them in a gruesome way.
Alice's father Mal is a wife beater, a man only his mother could love and I doubt very much if she did. He had a lovely wife and Holden but only thought of himself.
Her friend Hannah didn't have it easy either with her brother Bert and his warped sense of what was decent. When Hannah's mother has an accident and Alice's mother dies the lives of the two friends will change forever.
This is a story of friendship against the odds. Each girl had plenty of troubles of their own to put up with but could always rely on each other. I read this book in a day,I didn't want to put it down.
This is the first book in a series of five titled The Victoria Cresant Sagas. These books are not follow ups but all different stories and all out now. Here is the Amazon link for Step by Step only 99p.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. I have thoroughly enjoyed this book because the writing style suits this genre perfectly bringing the story forward at a right momentum while keeping the emotional engagements with characters just right. I look forward to reading more of June Francis' books

Excellent book. Great main characters and plot. I would recommend this book.