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Heartbreak for Two
A woman chooses between the man she loves and the man who needs her
When aristocratic Jacqueline Brooks was detailed to drive Major Martin Wilson's car in the course of her volunteer war work, it was poetic justice. Martin was the son of her dead father's chauffeur. Her position was made more embarrassing by something which had occurred years before. Home on vacation from Cambridge, where he had won a scholarship, Martin had shown the temerity to ask her to go to a dance with him and had been ordered from the house by her class-conscious father.
Then the Honorable Roderick Tresmond, son and heir of Lord Mandon ask her to marry him. As he explained it, he wasnt in love with anyone else at the time and it would be such a "suitable" marriage. In spite of this rather off-hand proposal, Jackie believed her dreams had come true, for she had grown up with Roddy and idolized him. Her idyll was short lived, however, when she was made aware of Roddy's secret engagement to Amanda Hammond, a radio star. On the rebound, she accepted when Martin proposed, but soon decided to break it off as Roddy continued to press his suit, and succeeded in convincing her that she still loved him. Before she could act on her resolution, Martin was blinded, and she was faced with the problem of choosing between the man she thought she loved and the man who needed her-a problem that was complicated by the interfering, spiteful Mandy Hammond.
Maisy Greig's story of Jackie's disillusionment and love in wartime England is told with poignant tenderness.
This novel was serialized in England under the title of SALUTE ME, DARLING!
When aristocratic Jacqueline Brooks was detailed to drive Major Martin Wilson's car in the course of her volunteer war work, it was poetic justice. Martin was the son of her dead father's chauffeur. Her position was made more embarrassing by something which had occurred years before. Home on vacation from Cambridge, where he had won a scholarship, Martin had shown the temerity to ask her to go to a dance with him and had been ordered from the house by her class-conscious father.
Then the Honorable Roderick Tresmond, son and heir of Lord Mandon ask her to marry him. As he explained it, he wasnt in love with anyone else at the time and it would be such a "suitable" marriage. In spite of this rather off-hand proposal, Jackie believed her dreams had come true, for she had grown up with Roddy and idolized him. Her idyll was short lived, however, when she was made aware of Roddy's secret engagement to Amanda Hammond, a radio star. On the rebound, she accepted when Martin proposed, but soon decided to break it off as Roddy continued to press his suit, and succeeded in convincing her that she still loved him. Before she could act on her resolution, Martin was blinded, and she was faced with the problem of choosing between the man she thought she loved and the man who needed her-a problem that was complicated by the interfering, spiteful Mandy Hammond.
Maisy Greig's story of Jackie's disillusionment and love in wartime England is told with poignant tenderness.
This novel was serialized in England under the title of SALUTE ME, DARLING!
249 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1945
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June 28, 2017
I actually found this book at a local thrift bookstore. When I went to add it to my “To-read” list on Goodreads, there was no book listed, so I had to make my own entry. There was a different titled that it was published in England and there is no entry for that title either.
This book was a good hearted light read, it reminded me of a movie one would see from the 1940/50’s. It’s based in World War II London during the London blitz. It was an easy read, predictable outcome, but definitely an easy summer-book-at-the beach type. Definitely would recommend to the hopeless romantic or historical pieces.
This book was a good hearted light read, it reminded me of a movie one would see from the 1940/50’s. It’s based in World War II London during the London blitz. It was an easy read, predictable outcome, but definitely an easy summer-book-at-the beach type. Definitely would recommend to the hopeless romantic or historical pieces.
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