The question remains whether their love will be realized during those tumultuous years. Yet the two would-be lovers manage to find one another near the battlefields of France. Despite being a surgeon, Robbie is not from the right class and, therefore, spurned as an appropriate suitor by Lilly’s snobby parents. Strongly on Lilly’s mind is Robert Fraser, a friend of her brother’s and the one man who makes her heart flutter. Instead, Lilly defies her family’s stifling expectations by moving to London, where eventually she joins the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and becomes an ambulance driver in a refreshing change of pace from the more usual female occupation of nursing. “Robson’s first novel evocatively captures the feeling of the time as it follows the adventures of independent Lady Elizabeth “Lilly” Neville-Ashford, who in 1914 is expected to adhere to the rigid roles for upper-class British ladies. or will it become another casualty of this tragic war? In a world divided by class, filled with uncertainty and death, can their hope for love survive. Fearful for her life, he’s determined to keep her safe, even if it means breaking her heart. Lilly is the most beautiful – and forbidden – woman Robbie has ever known. She doesn’t care that Robbie grew up in poverty and yearns for their friendly affection to become something more. The handsome Scottish surgeon has always encouraged Lilly’s dreams. Defying her parents, she moves to London and eventually becomes an ambulance driver in the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps – an exciting and treacherous job that takes her close to the Western Front.Īssigned to a field hospital in France, Lilly is reunited with Robert Fraser, her dear brother Edward’s best friend. When war breaks out, the spirited young woman seizes her chance for independence. But in 1914, the stifling restrictions of aristocratic British society and her mother’s rigid expectations forbid Lilly from following her heart. Lady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford wants to travel the world, pursue a career, and marry for love.
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