A Love That Heals: William & Lea
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''1944. War broke them. Love rebuilt them.''
In April 1944 , Polish Jewish nurse Lea Karturcz meets William Heath , a young paraplegic soldier.
Destined by a miracle to be the love of her life.
But Lea's family remains trapped in Nazi-occupied Poland , their fates unknown.
A former RAF pilot , William has given up all hope , until Lea walks into his life , one rainy April morning.
As Lea's love heals William's wounds & his heart , she discovers that his courage saved the lives of Leon & Rahel , her beloved cousins sent away on the last ''Kindertransport'' train from Holland.
When William is rejected painfully by someone he once loved , Lea's love for him is revealed.
In the aftermath of war & unimaginable loss during the Holocaust , will their love be enough to heal William's heart and reunite Lea with her lost family?
A Heart-felt , Ww2 Romance About Love , Loss , & The Sacred Value of Life!
Inspired by the 2012 BBC drama film The Best of Men.
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