Title: The London Restoration
Author: Rachel McMillan
File Size: 2716 KB
Print Length: 331 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0785235027
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (August 18, 2020)
Publication Date: August 18, 2020
Sold by: HarperCollins Publishing
Language: English
SYNOPSIS
From author Rachel McMillan comes a richly researched historical romance that takes place in post-World War II London and features a strong female lead.
Determined to save their marriage and the city they love, two people divided by World War II’s secrets rebuild their lives, their love, and their world.
London, Fall 1945. Architectural historian Diana Somerville’s experience as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park and her knowledge of London’s churches intersect in MI6’s pursuit of a Russian agent named Eternity. Diana wants nothing more than to begin again with her husband Brent after their separation during the war, but her signing of the Official Secrets Act keeps him at a distance.
Brent Somerville, professor of theology at King’s College, hopes aiding his wife with her church consultations will help him better understand why she disappeared when he needed her most. But he must find a way to reconcile his traumatic experiences as a stretcher bearer on the European front with her obvious lies about her wartime activities and whereabouts.
Featuring a timeless love story bolstered by flashbacks and the excavation of a priceless Roman artifact, The London Restoration is a richly atmospheric look at post-war London as two people changed by war rebuild amidst the city’s reconstruction.
What a beautiful book was this.
This is my first book by this author and definitely not the las one.
I love books setting in this time(WW11) or after and this author portrays a beautiful description of some of the churches and cities but what really caught me was the way she make us the readers get in the life’s and struggles of this couple.
Diana and Brent were separate for four years and those years left some scars, emotional and physical that is going to challenge their love and marriage.
The War may damage some architectural in this cities, and take the life’s of so many people, or sending many more with terrible wounds and emotional health nightmares, like the ones of Brent, but if there’s is something we learn is to fight for those we love and even when everything looks suspicious and mysterious I can be more happy for the strong and trusting of this brave couple.
This book has been a delightful to read, I wish I can do it without pauses but my work got in between and it took me so many days to finally finished. I encourage if you get your hands on this to read it when you have the time without pausing to much, I’m sure you would enjoy even more that way.
Happy reading.
Thank you to the author and Netgalley for the advanced copy, I voluntarily give my honest review.
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About Rachel McMillan
Rachel McMillan is the author of the Herringford and Watts mysteries, the Three Quarter Time series of contemporary romances set in opulent Vienna, and the Van Buren and DeLuca mysteries praised for bringing an authentic 1930's Boston world to life while normalizing the fictional conversation surrounding mental illness. She is also the author of Dream, Plan and Go: A Romantic's Guide to Independent Travel and A Very Merry Holiday Movie Guide: which explores her love of made-for-TV Christmas movies. Her upcoming historical romances The London Restoration and The Mozart Code (Harper Collins) take readers deep into an atmospheric look ofr post-war London, Vienna and Prague. Rachel lives in Toronto, Canada.
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