Description:

Meggie Elliot is a young woman of above average intelligence, and on the brink of adulthood. Living with her aunt and uncle in London at the outbreak of World War 2 she’s intent on going to university, then pursuing a career in law. She is encouraged in this by her solicitor – a man she admires a little too much. Too old for her, he lets her know it. Meggie follows her dream as best she can, knowing it’s unlikely it will ever come to fruition. In a burst of patriotism she joins the WRNS to do her bit for the war effort. Sent to work in a decoding unit she meets the dangerously exhilarating young aristocrat, Nicholas Cowan, who sweeps her off her feet. But Meggie suspects Nick of being the man who burgled her aunt’s home, and to expose him would ruin a lot of lives. Against all reason Meggie and Nick begin to fall in love . . . ** ### From Booklist You can never really choose who you fall in love with, and no one knows that better than young Meggie Elliott. It all began the moment she arrived in London at the start of WWII. As she tried to find her way to her aunt and uncle’s home in the smoggy shadows, she ran into a presumably nice officer, who ensured her safe arrival. She then met aristocrat Nicholas Cowan, who may be the kind officer and/or the man who burglarized her aunt’s home just a few days later. Meggie dreams of pursuing a legal career but joins the WRNS (Women’s Royal Naval Service)instead. She becomes rather fond of Rainard Stone, a solicitor for the estate she inherits from her family, but nothing diminishes the connection she feels to Nicholas. As love becomes entwined with a mammoth secret, Woods presents a powerful historical love story that expresses her passion for storytelling and love of romance. --Carissa Chesanek ### Review "Woods presents readers a powerful historical love story that expresses her passion for storytelling and love of romance" (*Booklist*)