Dr. Eleanor Vale is a respected historian specializing in World War II military archives, known for uncovering forgotten stories buried beneath official history. Quietly ambitious and deeply drawn to the human side of war, Eleanor is granted rare access to a newly declassified collection of classified military files that had remained sealed for decades. Expecting routine wartime documents, she instead discovers scattered references to a mysterious female surgeon named Dr. Chiara Marchetti. At first, Chiara appears only in fragments - a faded photograph tucked into a folder, bloodstained surgical reports signed "C.M.," and testimonies from wounded soldiers describing a woman who operated for hours during the attack on Pearl Harbor, even after suffering a gunshot wound herself. But the deeper Eleanor investigates, the stranger the story becomes. Entire files are missing. Pages have been heavily redacted. Official military histories credit male officers for medical breakthroughs Eleanor slowly realizes belonged to Chiara. Obsessed with uncovering the truth, Eleanor pieces together hidden letters, photographs, and forgotten records. What she uncovers is the story of a brilliant female surgeon who saved countless lives during the war, only to have her contributions erased from history afterward. As Eleanor digs deeper, she begins to suspect Chiara's disappearance was not accidental. Someone deliberately buried her legacy, ensuring her name faded into obscurity despite her extraordinary work. Recovering Chiara Marchetti's story becomes more than academic research - it becomes Eleanor's mission to restore a forgotten woman to history and expose the uncomfortable truth that some heroes are not forgotten by time, but intentionally erased from it.

Sequel to The Way Back Home! It's now 1918; Emmy Hunterson and Will Schofield are finally engaged to marry. Joseph Blake stands by the couple in support while still holding his own love for the bride-to-be. Obstacles arise that threaten their stability and safety in a story of romance, family, sacrifice and loss in the Great War and beyond...

When the arrogant stranger Bess is forced to marry unexpectedly becomes a duke, she'll find herself at odds with her growing feelings as he hunts for a killer. ***** Sharp-tongued Elizabeth 'Bess' Jones is perfectly content living on her lonesome in a tiny village south of Derbyshire. She works as a nurse, owns a small home, and finds the label of 'spinster' an agreeable trade for her independence. But when her entire life is uprooted in an instant, she only has one person to blame: her new husband, Emmett Wilde, who was caught in a compromising situation with her. And now, despite his promise to fake a death certificate after their wedding--to free her of any duty to him or their marriage bed--he sends for her in the dead of night with startling news: his father has been murdered, and he is now the Duke of Ascot with a wife he can no longer deny... [[Word Count: 60,000-70,000 words]] [[Cover designed by Ren Tachibana]]