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Sunshine and Showers

Victoria Crescent Sagas seriesbook 5

With the war over, two women in post-war England look for a settled future, and each must decide whether to trust her head or her heart. Patsy Doyle takes a live-in position as a maid in a household where the husband and wife are constantly at odds. She is drawn into their troubles and ends up holding secrets she would rather not know.

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Joy Kirk has long believed that the man she loved was lost in the Great War and that she would never love again. Now she has agreed to marry Robbie Bennett, for whom she has kept house for years, but married life brings surprises she did not expect. Both women face unforeseen turns, and both must decide whether happiness can be found.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 506 pages

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