Sinners and Shadows - Catrin Collier

Nineteen-ycar-old orphan, Rhian, dreams of love, marriage and a family of her own. Joey Evans is handsome, charming and has a reputation as a ladies’ man. It takes time and tenderness for him to win Rhian’s trust, but just when he succeeds, a shadow from his past threatens to destroy everything.

Unhappily married Edward Larch offers Rhian solace and the most difficult choice: to forgo love, her reputation and all chance of a settled family life for the sake of financial security.

Then Europe is plunged into war, turning everyone’s lives upside down. But Rhian cannot stop thinking about the man she loved who betrayed her – and the problems peace will bring