"From the sky, my point of view is shifted. my mindset is changed. The laws of science are blurred. It all softens behind the window of a plane."
On October 13, 1943, Italy declared war on Nazi Germany, thus changing the course of its history forever.
As the war surges around them, Mandy lives in the heart of Rome with her family, her father teaching the careful practice of crop dusting. Flying the plane is her freedom and her escape until the Allied forces invade, tearing apart the world she once knew. As bomb raids, food shortages, and mistrust attempts to shatter the hope of the living, Mandy is thrust into an era gripped by loss and destruction. Alone and afraid, she must find the strength within her to survive and overcome, as well as allowing herself to be softened by the love that may be the hardest, yet the only, thing left to give.
Just when she's decided to leave the Town, Lady Cressida Belverst is forced to marry Lord Calan Haverston, the man who coincidentally knows a way out. Agreeing to marry for all the wrong reasons, can Cressida and Calan find out where their hearts truly belong?
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It is impossible to leave the Town, but one woman is determined to escape with the help of her betrothed.
Lady Cressida Belverst has always been judged as a walking scandal. Oh, how she tries (on some rare occasions) to be proper! When her parents arrange for her to marry a rich lord, Cressida has had enough. She has to leave the Town because she will not be forced to live with a man she doesn't love. But what happens if the very man she's betrothed to is the only one who can help her get out?
Calan Haverston, the Lord of Easton, takes the risk and helps his betrothed by using his knowledge of the Town's secrets because he is as willing as she to stay free of marriage for reasons completely different. He has dark secrets he cannot share with her, and his life is not one he can likewise open to anyone. But what happens when she leaves after awakening desires he thought he has under control? And what happens when he finds himself longing for her?
Cressida goes to a completely different place, one she has only heard in stories and read in books, with hopes of finding what her heart has always longed for. But love, mystery and secrets will chase her and it will only be a matter of time before she realizes what her heart truly desires.
*This story is a standalone title in the Haverston Family series.