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Twenty years after he left the World War I battlefields of France, Australian Joe Parker thinks he has tamed all his demons. His American wife Sophie, a wartime nurse, thinks she knows all his secrets. He hasn't. She doesn't. July 1939. Sophie and Joe are looking forward to a long-delayed honeymoon in France before they sail home to Sydney. But visiting the site of a battle where Joe fought twenty years earlier wreaks havoc with their itinerary and their marriage. When they arrive at Villers-Bretonneux, the location of Joe's most brutal battle, his long-buried memories erupt, including the ones he never told Sophie. And an impromptu trip to the French Alps only makes things worse when they discover German war artifacts on pristine alpine trails and the walls of the miles-deep Chamonix valley close in on him like the deepest trench he ever experienced. All the defenses he uses to hold his memories at bay start crumbling as the world teeters on the brink of a second world war. Bonds of friendship and shared experience helped them survive the Great War, but Sophie begins to doubt how well she really knows her husband when the foundations of their relationship seem to shift out of control. Can their marriage survive? Or will Joe's need to keep his secrets break both their hearts? Join Sophie and Joe on their journey of love and loss, secrets and redemption, from Paris and the Somme battlefields, to Australia, and back again via the French Alps.

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Dare Not Tell is a poignant portrayal of the long-term impact of trauma and how visceral fears can create isolation and distance even in the best of relationships. Schroller's writing, command of history, and compassion for how relationships evolve through tragedy are superb. Teri Case, award winning author of Tiger Drive and In the Doghouse This was a beautifully written story, with a rich sense of place, that had me fully emerged in the WWI era and 1939 France. Joe and Sophie were such engaging characters and I fully enjoyed following along as their story unfolded. Kimberly Sullivan, author of Three Coins and Dark Blue Waves I couldn't wait to pick up the story to immerse myself in their world.... The pace of the story kept me engaged from start to finish, and I didn't want it to end. Rae Blair, author of More Than I Ever Had Fans of historical fiction romance novels will be delighted to read the arch of Sophie and Joe's love. The Book Life Prize by Publisher's Weekly Vividly evocative and steeped in history... Readers will be left impressed with Schroller's control over her historical atmosphere as well as her multilayered, intriguing characterizations. Prairies Book Review Dare Not Tell is heart-breaking, touching, mysterious, and thrilling. If you want to feel a lot of emotions all at once, this book is the answer. Feathered Quill Reviews Deeply moving and emotionally intoxicating, Dare Not Tell is a tale of love, loss, and redemption, a story of one man's struggle to leave the past behind. The writing is replete with vivid descriptions and the kind of drama that keeps readers turning the pages. It is skillful, balanced, and emotionally rich. R. Oserio for Readers Favorite, Five Star Review I adored the way Elaine Schroller explores the protagonist's inner world, allowing Joe's anguish and pain to come across in the writing with unusual vividness. In Dare Not Tell, Elaine Schroller unfurls a gripping, emotionally and psychologically rich narrative that explores trauma from a unique perspective. C. Sia for Readers Favorite, Five Star Review The characters are deeply flawed, believable, and elaborately written; they instantly pull the reader in and it is easy to feel a strong connection with them. The author writes brilliantly about the experience of war, love, loss, and the quest for redemption. Dare Not Tell is an affecting tale, deftly plotted and expertly executed. R. Dzemo for Readers Favorite, Five Star Review

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I'm a history major and long-time technical writer. I read and write historical fiction to travel to other places in time.Dare Not Tell, my debut novel, is the story of Joe Parker, an Australian WWI vet, and his American wife Sophie, a WWI nurse. It begins with Sophie and Joe's chance meeting in 1916 Paris and chronicles their relationship through thick and thin up to the threshold of WWII.The Bravest Soldiers, the next chapter in Sophie and Joe's story, is set in Australia and the South West Pacific Area during World War II. The book features Sophie and Joe, their sons Sam and Jean-Luc, Marianne Ryan, plus visitors from the US, a new romance, and a trio of children whom life has treated very unfairly. There's a dog too, because I'll always include a dog in my books.

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