A Valley of Betrayal (Chronicles of the Spanish Civil War, Book 1)
Goyer has stumbled upon the Spanish Civil War, which has seldom, if ever, been treated by romance writers. Her heroine, Sophie Grace, is an American inadvertently drawn into the conflict as she tries to join her fiance in Madrid. He proves unfaithful but conveniently dies, allowing Sophie to observe the war as a reporter and unofficial nurse. Unable fully to sympathize with the anti-Fascist Loyalists, Goyer never grasps why the war so affected a generation of liberal idealists--Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell, to name just two. On the other hand, her explication of history is unaffected and clear, and Sophie's slow identification with suffering Spain seems hard-won.John MortCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved