Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and Boldwood Books for my gifted copy of the ebook so I could bring my review today!
Caught between enemy lines – can they survive?
1914, Hampshire
Jack Barlow has a dream. For generations his family have been in service at Trenwith Estate. If he can survive the ravages of war, he’ll return home to build his own mechanic business and become master of his own destiny.
Louise Saint-Claire, is battling against the odds to run her family farmhouse in German occupied France after her abusive husband is taken prisoner by the Germans. She is determined to survive this brutal and bloody war.
But fate throws Jack and Louise together when she finds the wounded British soldier and she decides to risk everything to keep him safe
What chance can one woman and one man have when caught between the French Resistance and the German army?
Previously Published as Love and War by Linda Sole.
My Review
Rosie Clarke is an author whose books I will always want to read. I have read a number of them already, so when I was invited to read this one, I wasn’t planning to refuse!
I didn’t even realise Louise’s War was part of a trilogy, and I hadn’t read the first book. Saying that, this one read so well as a standalone. I always have a FOMO (fear of missing out) if I haven’t read every book in a series, so I will end up reading the first book at some point.
As always, Rosie Clarke has spun a tale so well. This is set in the First World War, and we are introduced to Louise and Jack. Two people who, to all intents and purposes, shouldn’t be together, especially when the German army and the French Resistance are involved.
I did appreciate the difference from the sagas I usually read by this author. Although different in some ways, it is no less entertaining. The way her characters are just as well developed as the other books I have previously read. The settings are as high a standard, too.
The battle Jack and Louise faced with their love had me gripped. Class and war are prevalent in who ‘should’ love who. They transcended them all in their determination. I was hoping with every fibre of my being that everything worked out. That is the magic that Rosie Clarke weaves with her stories.
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Author Bio
Rosie Clarke is a #1 bestselling saga writer whose most recent books include The Mulberry Lane series. She has written over 100 novels under different pseudonyms and is a RNA Award winner. She lives in Cambridgeshire.
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