On the Home Front

HER PATRIOTIC DUTY

Esme Colborne is about to marry Richard Trevannion, son of a wealthy MP, but when, on the eve of their wedding, she learns she is adopted - from a working class family - she flees. Away from the life she knew, a chance encounter leads her into the role of a ‘decoy woman’, testing British undercover operatives to ensure they won't reveal secrets. The job is as thrilling as it is dangerous but, when she realises she still has feelings for Richard, will she be brave enough to walk away from all she has worked to create?

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HER HEART'S CHOICE

When Lou Channer exchanges the family home in quiet North Devon for shared lodgings and a new way of life as a clerk in the Royal Canadian Naval Yard in Plymouth, she catches the eye of local wheeler-dealer Harry, who dazzles her with gifts and nights on the town. But when Canadian Lieutenant Douglas Ross also asks her out, Lou's life becomes complicated. And when the depot where she works is burgled — and she's suddenly the prime suspect — her whole future is on the line.

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TIES THAT BIND

After a bomb destroys Esme’s London home, instantly killing her young son, Kit, her husband despatches her to Woodicombe in Devon, to stay with her cousin, Louise, where she faces the impossible task of recuperating. By chance, she is drawn back into her former world of the Special Operations Executive, and as her marriage starts to crumble, a local airman pulls her closer. With Louise facing problems of her own, will Esme betray her wedding vows or can she find her way back to Richard?

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