Enduring Passions

Set in England in 1939, as the shadow of war spreads across Europe, this wartime romance follows two young people whose paths should never have crossed. Fay Rossiter, a striking and strong-willed aristocrat, is expected to enjoy a privileged life, with music opening doors for her. Tom Roxham, a railway policeman who plays saxophone in a dance band on the side, is far more intriguing than the men who move in Fay's circles.

Their social worlds are so far apart that they have no reason to meet, and the match seems impossible to everyone around them. When Neville Chamberlain tells the nation that Britain is at war with Germany, the gap between them becomes the least of their problems. Tom enlists in the RAF, and Fay trains as a nurse, so the two are pulled in different directions just as their feelings deepen.

The novel explores the pain of separation and the way class and conflict can test a relationship. Fans of emotional wartime sagas about love across social divides will find it a sweeping, character-driven read.