Hello Readers,
Thank you, Ellie and Canelo for sending me a free eBook
copy of A Dangerous Act of Kindness by LP Fergusson in exchange for a
spotlight.
Today is my stop on the Trapped Blog tour grab a biscuit
and a cuppa, I’ve got a spotlight and a miniature review. just for you This
post contains links to buy the book, I do not profit from the sharing of these
links.
Title: A Dangerous Act of Kindness
Author: LP Fergusson
Genre: Historical Fiction
Release Date: 28th March 2019
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Book Blurb:
What would you risk for a complete stranger?
When widow Millie Sanger finds injured enemy pilot Lukas
Schiller on her farm, the distant war is suddenly at her doorstep.
Compassionate Millie knows he’ll be killed if discovered, and makes the
dangerous decision to offer him shelter from the storm.
On opposite sides of the inescapable conflict, the two
strangers forge an unexpected and passionate bond. But as the snow thaws, the
relentless fury of World War Two forces them apart, leaving only the haunting
memories of what they shared, and an understanding that their secret must never
see light.
As Millie’s dangerous act of kindness sets them on paths
they never could have expected, those closest to them become their greatest
threats, and the consequences of compassion prove deadly…
A Dangerous Act of Kindness is a beautiful, harrowing
love story, perfect for fans of Rachel Hore and Santa Montefiore
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Author Bio:
LP Fergusson grew up on the borders of Wales in a Tudor
house on the banks of the River Wye. As
a child she longed to go back in history. Now she does, through her writing.
She has an MA in Creative Writing from Oxford Brookes University and won the
Blackwell’s Prize for MA Creative Writing. Her stories have made a number of
shortlists for competitions run by the Orwell Society, Oxfordshire Libraries
and Flash500. Her psychological thriller reached the final three of a
Quercus/Psychologies Thriller competition and her wartime novel A Dangerous Act
of Kindness was Highly Commended in the Caledonia Novel Award 2018. She edits
the historical blog With Love from Graz which was featured on BBC Radio Wales,
Radio 2 and BBC4’s A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley. She now lives in
an Oxfordshire village beneath the chalk downs where her debut novel is set.
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Miniature Review
I was completely captivated by this beautiful book and in
my opinion, is historical fiction at its finest laced with love and courage
amidst the backdrop of war. Millie Sanger is a young widow struggling to keep
the dairy farm that had been in her husband’s family for generations without
having the war adding to her troubles. Millie’s polite is made worse by the War
Agricultural Executive Committees (War Ags) wanting to take the farm off unless
Millie ups its production. With men and women across the land doing their duty
for their country, the war has touched and changed the lives of everyone.
One evening just before a blizzard cuts off her farm from
the outside world, Millie is out checking her farm when her dog runs off. She
goes after him and ends up by one of the remote unused barns that just happens
to be the same barn her husband killed himself in. Millie has known plenty of
anguish and upheaval in her life already, however, the war which seemed so far
way comes shockingly close when she finds an injured pilot on her farm. Not
just any pilot, but the pilot from the Messerschmitt, a Lukas Schiller. He
appears to be injured and struggling to keep his gun raised at the dog. Millie
becomes consumed with pity for the injured pilot despite knowing that if they
were discovered, he would be killed on the spot, so the kind-hearted widow
decides to offer him shelter. All the while the blizzard has started to set in.
Millie and Lukas might be on opposite sides, but thrust together by fate, they
find themselves drawn to one another and forming an unexpected bond.
LP Fergusson makes you feel every aspect of the second
world war from the beauty of the changing English landscape, the comedy and
bleakness of the evacuees and the way their lives brush up against the people
of society. The narrative was woven beautifully and pulled at the heartstrings.
The love story acts as a beacon of hope, whilst the ravages of war played on
around them. A Dangerous Act of Kindness is a compelling and evocative tale
that will plunge the reader into a world of risk, jeopardy and bravery that
will leave them breathless. When the war ends will they ever see each other
again and overcome any hurdles that may come their way or are their lives on a
different unchangeable path?
Don't forget to check out the other stops on the blog tour
Lx
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