‘Rocks & Flowers In A Box’ by Cynthia Hilston

Synopsis

The wedding bells for Lorna and Tristan Blake toll doom right as the honeymoon begins with an unexpected turn in Tristan’s health. While World War II winds down, Lorna receives a letter from the War Department informing her that the brother she thought killed in action is still alive. She is overjoyed, but his return will dredge up a devastating secret about their parents’ tragic death –a secret that could destroy her new marriage and threaten her husband’s physical and mental well-being. What unfolds is balancing act of keeping the faith and shattering the pieces of the life she’s worked so hard to put back together.

My Review

As well as being a book geek I am also a history nerd, with a particular fondness for stories set during the Second World War.  So I hope you can see why the synopsis of ‘Rocks & Flowers In A Box’…