From bestselling author Soraya Lane comes a story about friendship,
love & heartbreak at the end of World War II.
When Betty, Madeline, Alice and June depart London for New York at the
end of 1945 they are complete strangers. But along with hundreds of
other war brides, they are leaving home to be with their American
husbands now the war is over. In the days they spend at sea, the four
young women become firm friends, and vow to stay in touch no matter
what their new lives bring.
But life in a new country comes with many challenges…
Betty has no family, and she has no intention of being alone in her
final stage of pregnancy. Her dashing pilot husband is the man of her
dreams, and she can't wait to be reunited with him, but tragedy awaits
her in America.
Madeline never wanted to leave her family, but she was also in love.
She is excited about the ranch her new husband has told her so much
about, but the reality of life with his family is nothing like she
could ever have imagined.
Alice fell in love with her soldier husband while she was nursing him
in London, but the strong, capable man who returned to sweep her off
her feet seems to have disappeared. In his place is a man so haunted
by what used to be before the war, that she has doubts their marriage
will last.
It seems that June is the only one of the four friends to find
happiness in America. Her husband and his family welcome her with open
arms, but her inability to get pregnant makes her feel like a failure.
The only thing these four brave women can count on is their
friendship, but Betty, Madeline, Alice and June didn't move half way
across the world to give up without a fight.