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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction
The brand new instalment in Fenella J. Miller's bestselling
Goodwill House series.July 1940 With Hitler's bombs getting closer,
WAAF Diane Forsyth is determined to face the oncoming danger and do
her duty to support the brave RAF pilots who risk their lives as
they take to the skies. And there's one pilot in particular Di
hopes remains safe - Squadron Leader Freddie Hanover. But with a
romance between them growing, Di and Freddie know their duty must
always come first. How can they dream of a future together whilst
this terrible war continues? Lady Joanna Harcourt understands Di's
vow of duty - she's taken one herself. But Joanna also knows that
life is terribly precious and that one must make the most of every
single day...before it's too late. Don't miss the next
heart-breaking instalment in Fenella J. Miller's beautiful Goodwill
House series. Praise for Fenella J. Miller: 'Curl up in a chair
with Fenella J Miller's characters and lose yourself in another
time and another place.' Lizzie Lane 'Engaging characters and
setting which whisks you back to the home front of wartime Britain.
A great start to what promises to be a fabulous series.' Jean
Fullerton
"Suddenly, without warning the life preservers on everyone on
the party boats started to erupt in a great explosion. The party
boats exploded from underneath the waterline. The scene was quickly
littered with debris, human remains, and a cloud of smoke. So quick
was the explosion and fire that the lake seemed to blink an eye and
erase much of the carnage. The wind blew the smoke from the scene.
What was once a heavenly voyage turned into a watery grave site.
Missing was the tombstones. Only the seagulls seemed to be ready to
pick apart the minuscule pieces of a boat ride gone mad."
Who is monitoring the ships and boats that pass across Lake
Erie? The United States is extremely vulnerable on the south shore
of the lake. Therefore, it only makes sense to have protection in
place along the northern shoreline to prevent a major terrorist act
against our nuclear power plants and fresh water supply.
"Terror by Invasion" is a warning of the potential for this type
of attack. It's up to all Americans to be on guard for terrorist
cells already operating in the United States, and to become part of
the plan for defending our country.
The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series
turns her prodigious talents to this World War I standalone novel,
a lyrical drama of love struggling to survive in a damaged,
fractured world.
By July 1914, the ties between Kezia Marchant and Thea
Brissenden, friends since girlhood, have become strained--by Thea's
passionate embrace of women's suffrage, and by the imminent
marriage of Kezia to Thea's brother, Tom, who runs the family farm.
When Kezia and Tom wed just a month before war is declared between
Britain and Germany, Thea's gift to Kezia is a book on household
management--a veiled criticism of the bride's prosaic life to come.
Yet when Tom enlists to fight for his country and Thea is drawn
reluctantly onto the battlefield, the farm becomes Kezia's
responsibility. Each must find a way to endure the ensuing
cataclysm and turmoil.
As Tom marches to the front lines, and Kezia battles to keep her
ordered life from unraveling, they hide their despair in letters
and cards filled with stories woven to bring comfort. Even Tom's
fellow soldiers in the trenches enter and find solace in the dream
world of Kezia's mouth-watering, albeit imaginary meals. But will
well-intended lies and self-deception be of use when they come face
to face with the enemy?
Published to coincide with the centennial of the Great War, The
Care and Management of Lies paints a poignant picture of love and
friendship strained by the pain of separation and the brutal chaos
of battle. Ultimately, it raises profound questions about conflict,
belief, and love that echo in our own time.
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