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A CAPTIVATING WW1 SAGA OF UNWAVERING STRENGTH.
My cousin has been killed in action. We grew up together. He was like a brother to me. His poor mother, my aunt Eloise, will need me now more than ever.
July 1916, Clifton Park.
Soft-hearted Dorothea Kaufmann returns to her family home for the memorial service of her beloved cousin, Roderick, following his untimely death in France.
She yearns to be reunited with her husband Johann, who she has not seen since the war began.
Dorothea must stay strong for Roderick's heavily pregnant widow, Rosa, whose unborn baby will never know its father. She fears her dear Aunt Eloise will never recover from the death of her son.
Soon, tensions mount as a dark secret arises. Rosa flees Clifton, leaving Dorothea to care for her two young children.
The only thing keeping Dorothea together is the thought of once again being by her darling Johann's side.
But then a letter arrives. And Dorothea's life will never be the same.
How much more will be taken from her? Dorothea has always worn her heart on her sleeve, but one tragedy too many may just harden that heart beyond repair.
ONE FAMILY'S STRUGGLE TO REMAIN UNITED IN THE FACE OF UNIMAGINABLE LOSS AND HEARTBREAK.
About the author
Dominic Luke was born in London and studied history at the University of Birmingham. A lifelong writer, he finally saw his name in print with the publication of Aunt Letitia in 2012, a novel set in the Second World War. Aunt Letitia featured in Amazon Kindle's Top 100 and was followed by the contemporary novel Snake In The Grass. A revised edition of Aunt Letitia has since been published by Joffe Books in 2022 as The Secrets We Keep. Dominic lives in Northamptonshire, which forms the setting for his series of interlinked historical novels about the Brannan family - Autumn Softly Fell, Nothing Undone Remained, Dreams That Veil and The Lives We Left Behind - now available from Joffe Books.
