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The Art of Empathy

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Part One of a series of stories from the earliest years of the Revolutionary War. 

The streets of Boston can be overwhelming; busy shops in the streets, ships piling into the port, and people rushing everyone with burgeoning ideas of revolution. As a young woman living and working in the Boston Home for Orphans, Mallory Williams awaits the day when she will be able to experience all of the excitement the revolution has to offer.  In the streets of Boston she meets Acton Lockwood, a crippled recluse living on the outskirts of the city. As their lives become further intertwined they must adapt to situations in which they never imagined themselves facing.All Rights Reserved

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When war erupted across Europe in 1939, sixteen year old Katherine Montague had known what she wanted to do - what she had to do. Now, five years later and a trained nurse in the British army, she finds herself thrust into the thick of that same war. But as the fight for the Western Front rages on, Katherine discovers something amid the rubble of the death and destruction around her. Something that will plunge her into a completely new war - a war she'd never intended to fight, but has no intention of losing. The war for William Hughes' heart. Love might be enough to win the battle, but will it be enough to win the war? If not, her own heart just might pay the price.

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Convalescent

When war erupted across Europe in 1939, sixteen year old Katherine Montague had known what she wanted to do - what she had to do. Now, five years later and a trained nurse in the British army, she finds herself thrust into the thick of that same war. But as the fight for the Western Front rages on, Katherine discovers something amid the rubble of the death and destruction around her. Something that will plunge her into a completely new war - a war she'd never intended to fight, but has no intention of losing. The war for William Hughes' heart. Love might be enough to win the battle, but will it be enough to win the war? If not, her own heart just might pay the price.