When injured World War II soldier Harrison Clark is assigned to live with a traumatized older veteran, he expects a quiet recovery. Instead, he faces immediate, icy resistance from the veteran's overworked daughter, Eleanor Driscoll. Exhausted by wartime shortages and the heavy burden of managing her father's severe PTSD, Eleanor deeply resents Harrison's intrusion into their small, stressful home. To her, this disciplined sergeant is a painful reminder of the violent world that already stole her girlhood dreams- including her profound love for ballet, an art form she has completely abandoned and refuses to ever practice again. Yet, forced together under the same roof, their sharp friction slowly begins to soften. As they navigate the heavy realities of the home front, Harrison's calm patience with her father's severe trauma begins to shatter Eleanor's defensive walls, sparking a deep, slow-burn romance. They find an unexpected, desperate solace in each other's arms, but love in wartime is always lived on borrowed time. Just as they finally admit their deepest feelings, Harrison receives his sudden medical clearance and immediate deployment orders to the dangerous European front lines- forcing the star-crossed lovers into an agonizing, heartbreaking race against time before his departure.

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Birmingham, 1919. Eliza Hart runs a small orphanage in Small Heath, and she's lived her life on simple rules; Keep your head down. Protect the children. Stay far away from men like Thomas Shelby. ───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───── He took a drag, exhaling slowly before glancing at her again. "You were right before," he said. "There is no way to break a heart gently."

𝙊𝙋𝙃𝙀𝙇𝙄𝘼 𝙇𝙔𝙉𝘾𝙃'S fury was a storm that broke loose the second she saw her sister go down. Without a second thought, she mistook 𝙅𝙊𝙃𝙉𝙉𝙔 𝙆𝘼𝙑𝘼𝙉𝘼𝙂𝙃 for the culprit and decided he deserved a dose of his own medicine. Grabbing the rugby ball, she launched it back at him with a force that was all raw, righteous anger. Johnny saw her, and in that moment, the entire world outside of her seemed to fade away. He was a boy who lived and breathed the game, but her sheer intensity pulled his attention off the pitch. It wasn't her body he noticed first, but her eyes-the color of whiskey, sharp and defiant, framed by dark lashes that contrasted with the soft, rebellious pink in her hair. He noticed the way she swallowed hard, as if choking down words she couldn't dare to speak, and the way her jaw tightened before she unleashed a snarky remark at his best friend, Gibsie. He was captivated. But he knew, with a certainty that was both thrilling and terrifying, that girls like her came with a warning label. They were the ones who broke you and then laughed as you bled. Still, a dangerous instinct told him that to let her walk away would be a regret he'd carry forever. ♱ ᴏᴘʜᴇʟɪᴀ ʙʀɪᴅɢᴇᴛ ᴍᴜʀᴘʜʏ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ʟᴏᴠᴇʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴀꜰꜰᴀɪʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʙᴇᴀᴛᴇɴ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴜᴛᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ʜᴇʀ ᴏᴡɴ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ. ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴏᴜɴɢ ɢɪʀʟ ᴡʜᴏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴅᴏɢ. ꜱʜᴇ ʙɪᴛᴇꜱ ᴅᴏᴡɴ! ꜱʜᴇ ᴇᴀᴛꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ! ʙᴜᴛ ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ꜱᴄᴀʀᴇᴅ, ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴀʏɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ᴡᴀʏ ᴏᴜᴛ! ♱