Cover of Dancing in the Rain

Dancing in the Rain

Book 1 of The War Brides series

It's the fall of 1917, and the people in Canela, Texas are shocked when Carolyn Wentworth, believed to be nothing more than a beautiful social butterfly, volunteers to go to France as a nurse's aid. She'll be back in a month, they predict. But there's more to Carolyn than anyone realizes. Though she's appalled by the conditions in the hospital, she will not admit that her impulsive decision may have been the biggest mistake of her life. Instead, she sets out to prove that humor can heal. To the patients' amusement, she even resorts to wearing a clothespin on her nose when she empties bedpans, and she sees nothing wrong with dancing in the rain.

Clothespin Carolyn, as she's soon named, is a hit with the soldiers, much to the annoyance of Dwight Hollins, a brilliant physician who the nurses are convinced has never learned to smile. Doesn't Carolyn understand that war is serious? Someone needs to tell her that, and that someone is Dwight.

Read more

Carolyn and Dwight's sparring soon becomes the talk of the hospital - causing the patients to accuse them of being like an old married couple. They're wrong, of course. "Love" is not a word that applies to them until the day Carolyn impulsively promises that she and Dwight will dance on Christmas Day to entertain the patients. Though it's the last thing either of them intends, soon they're learning much more than the latest dance steps.

Genre
historical fictionromancehistorical romance
Setting
francetexas
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 200 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked Dancing in the Rain? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Dancing in the Rain. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Her Gilded Prison Shares historical romance, historical fiction, romance
  2. Charming Jo Shares historical romance, historical fiction, romance
  3. A Wanted Man Shares romance, historical romance, historical fiction
  4. Dangerous Prey Shares romance

“People who read Dancing in the Rain tend to reach for these next.”

  1. What Happens in Tuscany...
  2. Watchers on the Hill
  3. The French for Christmas

“If you want more of the same (historical fiction), start with these.”

  1. Master of Pleasure
  2. Tempted by Fire
  3. Sold and Seduced
  4. Dancing With A Devil

“If it was the historical romance that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. The Reluctant Highlander
  2. The Pleasure of Bedding a Baroness
  3. Sweet Tannenbaum
  4. The Lady's Sinful Secret

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Finding Chris Evans: The Ever After Edition
  2. A Nurse in Action
  3. Top Screwups Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them
  4. Life Over Limb