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A mother's love. A new love. As the Pacific War looms ever closer to Australia, will waiting and wondering break their hearts? September 1939. Sophie Parker nursed wounded soldiers in France during the Great War. She knows the physical and mental devastation war can wreak on hearts, minds, and bodies. When WWII breaks out, and Australia is called to join the effort, Sophie knows all too well what her sons will face when they enlist to fly and fight. Marianne Ryan grew up in a French town battered by the Germans during the Great War. But while she spends WWII in Sydney, far from her home and family in occupied France, the new love she never expected to find could break her heart beyond repair. With the war looming ever closer to Australia, Sophie and Marianne must watch and wait as the Japanese cut a swath through the Pacific. Can the two women be as courageous as the men they love? As they are in all wars, the women who wait at home must be the bravest soldiers. The Bravest Soldiers, A WWII Historical Novel of Romance, Love, and Longing (Book 2 in The Immense Sky Saga), is the next chapter in the Parker - Ryan family story begun in Dare Not Tell, but can be read as a standalone.

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"""A compelling story told with insight and understanding... Schroller deftly builds a portrait of two proud women ... as courageous as the men they love."" - The Prairies Book Review ""A sweeping portrait of life on the Australian home front during the second World War."" - The BookLife Prize by Publisher's Weekly ""Author Elaine Aucoin Schroller has crafted an emotionally rich reading experience that beautifully captures the profound impact of war on individuals and relationships."" - Readers Favorite 5-star Review ""Elaine Schroller has written a really beautiful family saga in The Bravest Soldiers...The novel spans years but, in crafting the story, Schroller is areful not to sacrifice the daily details in order to whittle down an epic."" - Readers Favorite 5-star Review ""This was one of the most amazingly heartfelt and memorable books I have ever read. I could easily enter the mindset of many of the characters and needed to pause several times due to tears that fell. Having grown up in Queensland and Canberra, I smiled as I visualised the Blue Mountains and was shocked at what people in Australia had to do back home while the men were away fighting.""- Readers Favorite 5-star Review ""Outstanding, I was so sad to be finishing it and now eagerly await the next instalment! The characters in this book are so likeable and the way Elaine brings them to life makes you want to meet them in person."" - Goodreads 5-star Review ""Readers will be swept away by an emotional look at how war affects the hearts of the bravest soldiers. Historical fiction lovers need to source out this saga - I'm confident they'll enjoy the Parker-Ryan family story."" - Goodreads 5-star Review ""Schroller's concentration on the jittery uncertainty of those...left at home is heartbreaking and tender. Through it all, Sophie and Joe's classic love affair deepens and a new love story begins. Thoroughly satisfying read!"" Goodreads 5-star Review ""...amazingly heartfelt and memorable... I could easily enter the mindset of many of the characters and needed to pause several times due to tears that fell."" - Readers Favorite 5-star Review ""...an emotionally rich reading experience that beautifully captures the profound impact of war on individuals and relationships...allowing readers to connect with the characters on a truly meaningful level."" - Readers Favorite 5-star Review"

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I read and write historical fiction to travel to other places in time. My degree is in History, which gave me the perfect training for researching specific places and events in DARE NOT TELL. I've visited all the sites where the story takes place, some more than once. THE BRAVEST SOLDIERS is the next chapter in Sophie and Joe's story; it's set in Australia and the South West Pacific Area during WWII and includes many of the characters in DARE NOT TELL.I'm a member of the Historical Novel Society and the Women's Fiction Writers Association.Visit me at www.elaineschroller.com or http: //instagram.com/elaineschroller.

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