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The Promise

by Lesley Pearse Book 2 in the The Belle Trilogy series.

First published 2012

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When the First World War begins, Belle Reilly’s husband Jimmy joins the army and is sent to France. Belle refuses to remain a passive observer and volunteers as a Red Cross ambulance driver, working close to the front where casualties arrive faster than the medical services can absorb them.

In France she encounters Etienne, the man whose part in her earlier life has never been entirely resolved. Battlefield service forces Belle to balance marriage, memory and immediate duty while the violence around her removes the certainty that any promise can be kept until the war ends.

Historical Periods

Western Front1914–1918 CE

Genres

Historical Sagas Romance Social & Domestic Fiction War Fiction

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