The promise
By: Lesley Pearse
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780241950371; 9780141964089
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Fiction
Description: On the outbreak of war, Belle Reilly's husband Jimmy enlists and heads for the deadly trenches of northern France. But Belle knows she cannot stand idly by when so many are sacrificing their lives. Volunteering to help battlefield wounded, Belle is posted to France as a Red Cross ambulance driver. There, a tragic accident brings her face to face with Etienne - a man from her past she's never quite forgotten. Torn between forbidden passion, loyalty and love, Belle is caught in an impossible situation. Will she succumb to the dark forces of this most brutal of wars? Or will fate intervene and finally lead her to lasting happiness?