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 … 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
Praise for A Dangerous Act of Kindness
‘I was gripped by this wartime romance with a difference’ 5* Reader review
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I read this nonstop. The setting is WWII so many of the characters were real people even though the genre is historical fiction. When Hitler took control of Germany and invaded other nations as well people lived every day wondering if they would survive that day. Extreme situations create extreme responses in a variety of ways,
the bottom line being survival. This would be a good book for a discussion group.
I give it a very strong recommendation.
Heartfelt and emotional. This is guaranteed to tug at your heartstrings and won’t let go in a hurry until it has consumed you. Fantastic reading.
The novel is set in World War II and reminds us of what happens when we dehumanize others.
7:30 a.m. Saturday: I wake up early to finish the last seven chapters because I simply CANNOT wait to find out what happens. That was my experience with this novel. It’s a very well written debut and Fergusson has a talent for strong storytelling.
The opening chapters pulled me right in, late on a Sunday night as I was perusing my weekly Kindle sample downloads. I bought it immediately because I wanted to know what happens next. It should happen more often when I read but it doesn’t. I was immediately invested in Lukas, in Millie, in Hugh, and loved Brigsie. I felt for Millie and rooted for her, sympathized for Hugh, and then when Lukas entered the picture, ALL I wanted was for Millie and him to come back together. I loved the cast of characters, even the antagonists because they were SO well done. I wanted to enjoy their journeys. I wanted to know how – if at all – Millie and Lukas would reunite because, after all, they would be changed by their experiences and that interests me most (for awhile there, I was panicking over Millie and Hugh, and that’s why I woke up early this morning, to find out whether…)
Fergusson has created a very solid, believable world. I questioned nothing. I loved the characters and all of their flaws. The pace is great, the conflicts and antagonists will get your blood boiling. I only wished the book was better edited, it certainly deserved to have all the i’s and t’s crossed (she wasn’t waited by guilt..she was weighted by guilt, for example). It can happen but it happened too often for a book that has been professionally represented and traditionally published. The only other thing that got to me was all the exposition in the Zoller-Schiller scenes. I could really have done without all that. Most people who pick up this book know about the atrocities of WW2 and I did not need to be spoon-fed all the details. Zoller felt as if he was placed in the story as a wooden billboard to pin all the research upon. And still…it’s forgivable because it only happens in the last 10 to 15% of the novel.
The ending got five or six nice big tears rolling down my face. Well done! Congratulations. Highly recommended.
This is one of my favorite books of the year! A fabulous story from a talented author. It’s still swirling around in my head. I got up early to read and went to bed late, reading this novel!