A Reckoning in the Sun | Paddy Mayne
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From the war-torn streets of Seville to the burning sands of North Africa, Isabel Sáenz Murphy's life has been forged by fire. She has lost everything but her defiance, and in Gibraltar's military hospitals she earns a reputation as a woman who bows to no man.
Across the desert, Lieutenant Robert Blair Mayne is carving his own legend with the newly formed SAS - reckless, brilliant, and feared in equal measure. When their worlds collide, Isabel and Paddy are drawn into a storm of passion and conflict that rages as fiercely as the war itself.
Together, they must survive a world where courage, loyalty, and love are tested beyond all limits.
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