The Longest Winter: An enthralling and heart-breaking romantic saga set in WW1 that will keep you gripped
<p><b><i>If you like Katie Flynn, Kristin Hannah and Fiona Valpy, you will love this page-turner of a romantic adventure from multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples. </i></b><br /><b><br /><u>READERS ARE LOVING <i>THE LONGEST WINTER</i>!</u></b><br /><b>"A really good read from cover to cover. Read it on holiday almost non stop..." - 5 STARS</b><br /><b>"I thoroughly enjoyed this story and found it held my interest from beginning to end..." - 5 STARS</b><br /><b>"</b><b>Didn't want to put it down" - 5 STARS</b><br /><b><br />*********************************</b><br /><b><br />CAN THEIR LOVE SURVIVE THE LONG WINTER OF WAR? </b><br /><br />When <b>Baroness Sophie von Korvacs</b> meets British painter <b>James Fraser</b> one hot summer's day in Vienna, the attraction is instant. A whirlwind romance follows, with <b>Vienna</b> bathed in the brilliance of the last days of the emperor. And when James proposes to Sophie it seems a fitting end to that wonderful, enchanting summer.<br />But darker days are on the horizon as Europe teeters on the brink of war. <br /><br />James must make the ultimate choice: love for King and Country or love for Sophie. Before he knows it, his difficult decision is made for him, and he and Sophie are <b>on opposite sides of a bloody and devastating conflict.</b><br /><b><br />Four bleak years of fighting and death roll by. Will Sophie's long winter ever end and can their love conquer all?</b><br /><i>The Longest Winter</i> was previously published as <i>Appointment in Sarajevo</i>.</p>