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Because in the darkest days of the Blitz, love is more important than ever. It's February 1942 and the Americans have finally joined Britain and its allies. Meanwhile, twenty-three-year-old Francesca Fabrino, like thousands of other women, is doing her bit for the war effort in a factory in East London. But her thoughts are constantly occupied by her unrequited love for Charlie Brogan, who has recently married a woman of questionable reputation, before being shipped out to North Africa with the Eighth Army. When Francesca starts a new job as an Italian translator for the BBC Overseas Department, she meets handsome Count Leonardo D'Angelo. Just as Francesca has begun to put her hopeless love for Charlie to one side and embrace the affections of this charming and impressive man, Charlie returns from the front, his marriage in ruins and his heart burning for Francesca at last. Could she, a good Catholic girl, countenance an illicit affair with the man she has always longed for? Or should she choose a different, less dangerous path?

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Charming and full of detail about the work of a nurse in 1940s London, you will ride emotional highs and lows with each new birth and death. Beautifully written. * The Lady on Jean Fullerton * A delightful, well-researched story that really does depict nursing and the living conditions in the East End at the end of the war. * Lesley Pearse on Call Nurse Millie * A lovely, fascinating, proper treat of a read set during the Blitz of World War Two... A Ration Book Christmas is food for the soul, it's simply deliciously readable and enjoyable. * Liz Robinson, LoveReading * A real page-turner with larger-than-life characters and convincing period detail. * Daily Express on A Ration Book Christmas *

A real page-turner with larger-than-life characters and convincing period detail. * Daily Express on A Ration Book Christmas * A lovely, fascinating, proper treat of a read set during the Blitz of World War Two... A Ration Book Christmas is food for the soul, it's simply deliciously readable and enjoyable. * Liz Robinson, LoveReading * A delightful, well-researched story that really does depict nursing and the living conditions in the East End at the end of the war. * Lesley Pearse on Call Nurse Millie * Charming and full of detail about the work of a nurse in 1940s London, you will ride emotional highs and lows with each new birth and death. Beautifully written. * The Lady on Jean Fullerton *

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Jean Fullerton is the author of fifteen historical novels. She is a qualified District and Queen's nurse who has spent most of her working life in the East End of London, first as a Sister in charge of a team, and then as a District Nurse tutor. She is also a qualified teacher and spent twelve years lecturing on community nursing studies at a London university. She now writes full time. Find out more at www.jeanfullerton.com

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