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WORLD WAR ll -LOVE AND ADVENTURE
Historical romantic fiction set during the Second World War (1939-1945)
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All My Love, Detrick (All My Love, Detrick, #1)
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The Glovemaker’s War
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You Are My Sunshine (All My Love, Detrick, #2)
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A Flicker of Light
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The Voyage
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The End of the Affair
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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The Magic of Ordinary Days
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After the Parade (Dolan Brothers, #5)
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The Last Time I Saw Paris
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The Diplomat's Wife (The Kommandant's Girl, #2)
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Letters from Home
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The Bungalow
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The Postmistress
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A Distant Melody (Wings of Glory, #1)
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In the Arms of the Enemy
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Lisbeth Eng (Goodreads Author)
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My Enemy's Cradle
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Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1)
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The Kommandant's Girl (The Kommandant's Girl, #1)
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The Sleeping Night
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The Beginning (Referee Viator Series, #1)
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Jackboot Britain
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Adventure, romance and war in the Far East: The Iris Hay-Edie Diary: A historical memoir
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The Marksman’s Lost Love (Abbott Family, #2)
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Hidden in the Shadows (Untold WW2 Stories)
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In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow
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A Hospital Summer: The heartbreaking story of a World War II nurse
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Our Daughters' Last Hope (Resilient Women of WWII Book 2)
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The Cellist of Sarajevo
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My Enemy, My Beloved
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The Knife-Edge Path
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Hidden In Plain Sight
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We Shall Not Shatter (Resilient Women of WWII #1)
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The Ship of Brides
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Eleanor's Secret
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The Time Between: Love, loyalty and betrayal in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam
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Into Deep Waters
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A Winter's Child
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City of Thieves
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Sunrise on Kusatsu Harbor
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The Taster
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Tales of the South Pacific
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The Heart of the Night
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The Traitor
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The Lost Valentine
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Holocaust
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The Siege (The Siege, #1)
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The Soldier's Return
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A Gradual Ruin
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Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
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Mitchell Zuckoff (Goodreads Author)
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The Grafton Girls (World War II, #3)
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Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II
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The Imposter Bride
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Those Who Save Us
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The Time in Between
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A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
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Next to Love
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Dear Enemy
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The Violins of Autumn
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