The ideal lady wears lace, speaks quietly, and never-under any circumstances-fixes an automobile. But Gwyn Ruthers has never cared two snaps about being the ideal lady. With the war to end all wars exploding across the English Channel, she leaves behind her restrictive life as a chauffer’s daughter to serve in an all-female ambulance unit in France. She’s not about to let her social status or gender prevent her from serving her country. Not even a handsome captain can distract her from her mission. Most of the time.
Captain William Crawford wouldn’t wish the ravages of war on any man, much less the captivating woman who insists on driving into battle instead of staying safely at home. He can’t deny that the troops need more medical help, but not when it puts innocent women in danger. How can he lead his men against the Jerries while worrying about Gwyn’s safety?
Bound together by circumstances, Gwyn and William can’t stop the love growing between them. Can their relationship survive, or will it become another casualty of war?
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: Among the Poppies
Book Author: J'Nell Ciesielski
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"Why must life always be a choice? . . . . For once, could You not make the path split? Make one straight, unquestionable way filled with sunshine and daffodils?"
Gwyn Ruthers is on a mission to see the world. Using the travel list that her now deceased mother drafted many years earlier, Gwyn is convinced that obtaining a pilot's license is her ticket to freedom from her simple life as a chauffeur's daughter. Quite the automobile expert, Gwyn manages to secure a position as an ambulance driver for a privately funded all-female ambulance unit stationed in France, during the throes of the Great War; impatiently waiting for her acceptance into flight training. It's there that her path forward becomes rather murky, for the handsome Captain William Crawford, who catches her "feet under the car" is all about order and routine, or so he thinks.
Set against the blazing torments of one the worst wars in modern history, Gwyn and William experience the best and worst that the heart has to offer, before finding that their sweetest dreams can reside "among the poppies".
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