title: It Had to Be You
author: Bolen, Cheryl
description: A World War II love story for the ages. . . The time is 1937. Journalist Dianne Castle mixes with Hollywood's elite post-Prohibition hedonists at the popular Club Borneo, owned by handsome Japanese American, Johnny Honda. Amidst the threat of war and chants of Yellow Peril, Dianne and Johnny fall in love, but it's a love not to be. How can Johnny let his beloved Dianne throw her life away on the likes of him? Dianne stubbornly vows to follow him to the ends of the earth-even if it means entering an internment camp. * * * The kind of book that you think about afterward. . .They [hero/heroine] grip your heart and make you weep.—In Print It is definitely one for the keeper shelf.—Margaret Lawrence I highly recommend It Had to Be You for an all-consuming and powerful love story.—Romance Communications Reviews Best Mainstream Novel – Golden Triangle Runner-up Best Mainstream Novel – Book of Your Heart Runner-up Best Historical – Now and Then Runner-up Best Historical – Show Me More