Where the Poppies Dance, sequel to A Sister's Sacrifice When the distressing shadows of war fall across Europe, Olivia Brodie watches the man she loves, Captain Spencer Middleton, lead his men proudly to the front, his final words a promise to return. Left behind among the working-class neighbours she calls family, Olivia clings to hope as the world around her changes forever.Her spirited younger brother, Lachie, eager to prove himself, enlists underage-his letters home filled with bravado and dreams of glory.Before long, Olivia realises she is carrying Spencer's child and then devastating news arrives from France, leaving her heartbroken. Olivia leans on her neighbours for strength, especially the mother-like figure of Tess.In a time when the future feels as fragile as the lives lost to war, Olivia must find the courage to protect the life growing within her and to believe that love can endure even through the darkest days.Will Spencer return to her? Or will the promise of a future remain only a dream whispered across the fields of poppies?Set against the sweeping backdrop of World War I and the unbreakable spirit of England's home front, Where the Poppies Dance is a powerful tale of love, loss, and a young woman's fight to keep hope alive when all seems lost. Author of over forty novels, AnneMarie Brear has crafted sweeping historical fiction with atmosphere, emotion, and drama aplenty that will surely satisfy any fan of the genre. AnneMarie was born in a small town in N.S.W. Australia, to English parents from Yorkshire, and is the youngest of five children. From an early age she loved reading, working her way through the Enid Blyton stories, before moving onto Catherine Cookson's novels as a teenager.Living in England during the 1980s and more recently, AnneMarie developed a love of history from visiting grand old English houses and this grew into a fascination with what may have happened behind their walls over their long existence. Her enjoyment of visiting old country estates and castles when travelling and, her interest in genealogy and researching her family tree, has been put to good use, providing backgrounds and names for her historical novels which are mainly set in Yorkshire or Australia between Victorian times and WWII.A long and winding road to publication led to her first novel being published in 2006.She has now published over thirty-five historical family saga novels, becoming an Amazon UK best seller and with her novel, The Slum Angel, winning a gold medal at the USA Reader's Favourite International Awards. Two of her books have been nominated for the Romance Writer's Australia Ruby Award and the USA In'dtale Magazine Rone award and recently she has been nominated twice as a finalist for the UK RNA RONA Awards.AnneMarie lives in the Southern Highlands of N.S.W. Australia.Please visit her website to learn more about AnneMarie, her books and to subscribe to her quarterly newsletter.
