Broken Rainbows

Hearts of Gold #7

by Catrin Collier

It is 1942 and, in the wake of America's entry into the war, the small community of Pontypridd suffers its own - not entirely welcome - GI invasion.

The South Carolina Regiment billeted on the town soon cuts a swathe through its women, living up to GI's reputation as "over-paid, over-sexed and over here". For Bethan, whose husband is a POW in Germany, and her friend Alma, whose husband is missing, the arrival of the American officers brings new and dangerous friendships. While for Jenny, a bitter young war widow, it is a chance to bury her grief in a series of one-night stands.

The women are caught between loyalty to their men folk and the very real attraction of the GIs, and when tragedy strikes the mines, the tension reaches breaking point...

Genres: Historical

423 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 30, 2013

About the author

Catrin Collier is Wales' most prolific and well-known author of historical, romantic fictions. The daughter of a Prussian refugee and Welsh father, she grew up in Pontypridd. Her first historical novel Hearts of Gold, was filmed as a mini-series by the BBC in 2003. Her crime book, By Any Name, written as Katherine John was filmed by Tanabi and released on Amazon Prime in 2017. She lives with her family on the Gower Peninsula, near Swansea. More information on Catrin Collier, Katherine John and Caro French's books can be found on her website www.catrincollier.co.uk

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m enjoying the series and this book was no different. There are a lot of characters anyway in this series but I did find it slightly confusing remembering who was who with all the new American soldiers.

[Denise Musson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable

[Nicole Dyer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't realise that it was the seventh Book of a series but I will definitely read the others in the series if I come across them.

[Liz Balaam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 7 in this series is just as good as the previous 6. Broken Rainbows covers the last few years of World War II and explores the lives of the inhabitants of a village whose men have gone off to war and how they coped, not only with raising their children, but working in munitions factories, surviving on rations, supporting each other, and in the latter years coping with the "invasion" of the American forces to their little village, and the relationships that then develop. I will be sorry when I have reached the end of the series as I am enjoying it so much.

[Alison Lane · Rating 4 out of 5]

excellent