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'Shell Shocked
It is the closing months of World War 1 and Lady Serena Buxton is on her own. Her home, Buxton Hall, is now a hospital. With her husband Randolph fighting at the front, the quartermaster, doctor and matron become her allies. Her household staff rally round her, all except the housekeeper who seems more and more detached. What is her problem?
The human problems on the home front escalate and then Randolph is reported missing in action. Fighting her own emotions while she solves one issue after another, Serena is barely holding her own. And then Randolph comes home.
She married for love. But the man who returns to her is not the man she married. How will she survive this devastating event? And will her love be strong enough to hold everything she holds dear together?
The human problems on the home front escalate and then Randolph is reported missing in action. Fighting her own emotions while she solves one issue after another, Serena is barely holding her own. And then Randolph comes home.
She married for love. But the man who returns to her is not the man she married. How will she survive this devastating event? And will her love be strong enough to hold everything she holds dear together?
93 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 2, 2014
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Victoria Chatham
50 books49 followersAn army brat, my family moved a lot when I was a child. Consequently books became my best friends as they could move with me.
I played around with writing untill 1997, when I started getting serious about it and started taking courses. Although I loved reading historical romance, especially Regency romance, the first novel I completed was a western contemporary romance. I think I wrote that book just to prove I could. Now my work in progress is the 3rd book in my Regency series.
I played around with writing untill 1997, when I started getting serious about it and started taking courses. Although I loved reading historical romance, especially Regency romance, the first novel I completed was a western contemporary romance. I think I wrote that book just to prove I could. Now my work in progress is the 3rd book in my Regency series.
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October 21, 2018
This short novel clearly portrays the life of Lady Serena Buxton. With her husband away fighting in World War I, Lady Buxton, like so many others, opens her large country estate to the army for use as a hospital. But she is unusual in that, rather than simply leaving the house and going elsewhere, she remains in residence as a nurse. The story also features trouble among Lady Serena's domestic staff and the challenges she faces when her husband is first reported missing and then returns as a shell shock patient.
This was a light, quick read. Other than some problems with timing--such as Serena's comment when her husband first comes home about the velvet summer evening sky and the comment that the next day featured a clear, chilly October morning--it was delightful, warm-hearted, high-spirited fun.
This was a light, quick read. Other than some problems with timing--such as Serena's comment when her husband first comes home about the velvet summer evening sky and the comment that the next day featured a clear, chilly October morning--it was delightful, warm-hearted, high-spirited fun.
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January 8, 2018This book was so very good, but it was an emotional book for me. I really enjoyed it and I love reading about their love story.
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