Acts of Love and War ~Maggie Brookes
1936. Civil war is tearing Spain apart, and the world is on the brick of chaos…
Twenty-one-year-old Lucy is frustrated with her constrained life in Hertfordshire, teaching and keeping house for her domineering father. But she is happy to live next door to Tom and Jamie, brothers she has known since childhood, and whom she loves equally. Her life is turned upside down when Tom leaves to join the Republican cause in Spain. He is quickly followed by Jamie who, much to Lucy’s despair, supports General Franco in the fight to keep Spain rigidly authoritarian, with the help of both Hitler and Mussolini.
The Ninth Month ~ James Patterson and Richard Dilallo
Emily Atkinson leads a complicated life in New York City. She’s a successful marketing executive who lives in a luxury apartment and enjoys glamourous existence-until she lands in the hospital with a double diagnosis: she parties too much and she’s pregnant. Her nurse and new best friend, Betsey, helps Emily rediscover how much she loves morning runs in the park and quiet nights at home.
The Village Of Arran ~ Debbie Holland
Some history of Arran from April 27, 1947 to 1944. Talks about the old businesses in Arran and some of the people that lived there and talks about some of the money payed and how much people have made. There is also newspaper articles from then. Ending with the author sharing some information about their life.