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A Place in the Line Part 1
In the wake of the Great War, disgraced and having lost everything he held dear, former RFC pilot Captain Daniel Morrow clings precariously to life. At last understanding how far into the darkness he’s fallen, he admits himself to Yarrow Hill War Hospital. If he can be saved at all, if he’s worth saving, the shell shock ward is his only chance.
Celia Fabre didn’t come through the war unscathed – not that she would admit it, even to herself. Her life as a nurse began with the Voluntary Aid Detachment, stationed near the front lines and steeped in blood. By the time she made it home, she knew she was meant for medicine. With a job that she loves in spite of a rather unfit head nurse, and a fiancé who doesn’t seem to be all she once thought, she finds herself faced with decisions she never intended to have to make.
A new patient is assigned the empty bed in Celia’s section of the east ward, and she can’t help gravitating to him. In one another, she and Captain Morrow find a surprising friend and a kindred spirit. And that’s all. That’s all either can afford to allow…
Celia Fabre didn’t come through the war unscathed – not that she would admit it, even to herself. Her life as a nurse began with the Voluntary Aid Detachment, stationed near the front lines and steeped in blood. By the time she made it home, she knew she was meant for medicine. With a job that she loves in spite of a rather unfit head nurse, and a fiancé who doesn’t seem to be all she once thought, she finds herself faced with decisions she never intended to have to make.
A new patient is assigned the empty bed in Celia’s section of the east ward, and she can’t help gravitating to him. In one another, she and Captain Morrow find a surprising friend and a kindred spirit. And that’s all. That’s all either can afford to allow…
720 pages, Paperback
Published December 30, 2022
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Elisabeth S. Elliott
5 books6 followersElisabeth S. Elliott has been writing stories since she could hold a pencil. Never quite able to dedicate to a single genre, she has over a dozen manuscripts across various interests awaiting a polish and publishing. Her non-writing interests include painting, science, science fiction, old fairy tales, endless research, and being a never-sleeping cryptid.
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January 1, 2023
Everyone should read this. It's an amazing book that will have you on the edge of your seat, wanting to know what happens next. Bring tissues and your drink of choice, and enjoy this!
Even though this is a romance, you can tell the author did her research. She accurately describes the struggle of a war-torn soldier struggling with ptsd in a time period that didn't care about them. Elliot explores the wide variety of opinions towards these soldiers, ranging from pity to apathy to dismissal to genuine concern and desire to help. The characters are so realistic they come to life on the page, and I can clearly see them as the story develops.
It's an amazing read and I would recommend it to everyone.
Even though this is a romance, you can tell the author did her research. She accurately describes the struggle of a war-torn soldier struggling with ptsd in a time period that didn't care about them. Elliot explores the wide variety of opinions towards these soldiers, ranging from pity to apathy to dismissal to genuine concern and desire to help. The characters are so realistic they come to life on the page, and I can clearly see them as the story develops.
It's an amazing read and I would recommend it to everyone.
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