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An unforgettable reading experience about one widow's brave determination to prove she is more than a do-nothing aristocrat and, in her journey of self-discovery and sacrifice, finds a second chance at true, unconditional love in the heart of war. *

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Volume One in the "Flying with the Swallows" duology.


Author signed, 6x9 paperback, 335 pages. OXFORD EXCHANGE SPECIAL PRICE


* An unforgettable WW2 reading experience about one widow's brave determination to prove she is more than a do-nothing aristocrat and, in her journey of self-discovery and sacrifice, finds a second chance at true, unconditional love in the heart of war. *


New York City, 1943: War widow and Best Society’s darling Mrs. Evelyn (Evie) Rousseau Somerset is five months into mourning her husband’s death when her family insists on an untenable plan for her future. Desolate and disenchanted with life, she’s determined to remake herself and prove she’s something more than a useless socialite—regardless of what her senator brother and domineering mother demand of her.


A previous clandestine job at a newspaper provides the escape she’s looking for: a trip to Lisbon, the spy capital of the world, to use her money and connections to rescue a family of German Jews stranded in neutral Portugal. While crossing the Atlantic to Lisbon, she meets handsome and enigmatic Carl Wilson, a cocksure, ill-mannered American musician with an agenda and secrets of his own.


Armed only with sophistication and moxie, Evelyn reluctantly welcomes Carl’s invitation to a new world—one that ultimately lands her as a secret agent for His Majesty’s government.

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Cat Gardiner loves romance and happy endings, history, comedy, and Jane Austen. A member of the National League of American Pen Women, she enjoys writing across the spectrum of Pride and Prejudice-inspired romance novels. From the comedic Christmas, Chick Lits Lucky 13, and Villa Fortuna to the sultry Conscience Series bad boy biker Darcy, these contemporary novels will appeal to many Mr. Darcy lovers.


Cat’s passion for 20th Century Historical fiction merges in her first Pride and Prejudice “other era,” set in a 1952 Noir, Undercover. Her greatest love is writing Historical Fiction, WW2–era Romance, and it is in Time & Again Antique Shop Series where she has merged her two loves: WW2 and P&P with time-travel in four novelettes. You can read all four in one bundle: Seasons in Time.


Historical fiction devotees will thoroughly enjoy Cat’s stand-alone debut WW2 epic novel, A Moment Forever, a 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Award Romance Finalist. She has just released her next WW2 two-volume novel in the riveting Flying with the Swallows duology: The Lisbon Affair, Volume One and Rendezvous in Berlin, Volume Two.


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