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Historical Fiction, Romance

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Dorothy L. Sayers, Lindsey Davis, Caroline Scott, Jennifer Robson

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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 alwa ...more

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Prequel to Dare Not Tell

Hello all!

The French Photograph, a free short story prequel to Dare Not Tell, is available to everyone who signs up for my mailing list via my website www.elaineschroller.com.

The French Photograph is about what Joe Parker does the morning before he meets Sophie Holt.

Another short story, this one about Will Ryan, the soldier who takes Joe Parker under his wing at the Australian National Memorial i Read more of this blog post »

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