Promises Made Under Fire

[a:Charlie Cochrane 2727135 Charlie Cochrane https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1274344657p2/2727135.jpg] is a “new to me” author and I don't know if this is her general milieu, but I loved this. Excellently done period piece about the “love that dare not speak its name” during WWI. I think the author got the voice and attitude of the characters perfectly right without devolving into any kind of self-loathing or other often trod and trite period themes. It's bittersweet but not maudlin with and absolutely believable HFN on the verge of HEA. I'll say no more because unfolding this like a long lost letter found in a drawer is part of the beauty, along with [a:Kevin Stillwell 5815059 Kevin Stillwell https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s perfect narration/performance.