In 1944, American naval officer Lt. Wyatt Paxton arrives in London to prepare for the Allied invasion of France. He works closely with Dorothy Fairfax, a “Wren” in the Women’s Royal Naval Service. Dorothy pieces together reconnaissance photographs with thousands of holiday snapshots of France–including those of her own family’s summer home–in order to create accurate maps of Normandy. Maps that Wyatt will turn into naval bombardment plans.
As the two spend concentrated time together in the pressure cooker of war, their deepening friendship threatens to turn to love. Dorothy must resist its pull. Her bereaved father depends on her, and her heart already belongs to another man. Wyatt too has much to lose. The closer he gets to Dorothy, the more he fears his efforts to win the war will destroy everything she has ever loved.
The tense days leading up to the monumental D-Day landing blaze to life under Sarah Sundin’s practiced pen with this powerful new series.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: The Sea Before Us
Book Author: Sarah Sundin
What do you like about this book:
"When times are dark, it's hard to see the light, but it doesn't mean the light is less real."
Times have been very dark for Dorothy Fairfax, a "Wren" in the Women's Royal Naval Service. The loss of her mother in an aerial raid, the death of her two brothers in service, and the slow, methodical disappearance of her father emotionally, as he fails to cope with his life in the present, have caused Dorothy to question her faith in God entirely. When a tall, handsome liaison officer from Texas, Lt. Wyatt Paxton crosses her path, Dorothy wonders if his sturdy, steady, optimistic sincerity will provide lasting friendship or simply bore her to tears.
Wyatt Paxton joined the Navy while on the run from past mistakes, but it has provided him with enough means to make restitution to his family, and possibly gain their forgiveness. After meeting the lovely auburn haired Dorothy, Wyatt tries to deny his initial attraction; after all, she seems infatuated with another officer whose flirtatious antics seem to draw the attention of many young ladies. However, as one of the largest naval operations in history looms on the horizon, Wyatt and Dorothy are forced to concentrate on their assignments, rather than on what might have been.
The author's astounding knowledge of naval history is on full display in "The Sea Before Us", at times possibly overshadowing the characters within, but nonetheless providing a magnificent backdrop for this introductory story in the "Sunrise in Normandy" series.
I was provided a copy of this book from the publisher. The opinions stated above are entirely my own.
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