As many of you already know or can figure out easily, I love history, patriotism, reading, writing, painting, and puppies. If I could choose a Superpower it would be Time Travel. And my favorite era is the US Homefront during WWII. Is it any wonder why I love Joan La Blanc's series of Historical Fiction books based in the 1940s? And I'm sure you will, too!!

Just listen to this...

At 4 PM on a holiday weekend in 1943, the Pennsylvania Railroad's premier express departs Washington's Union Station for a high-speed run to Penn Station in New York City. Among the 541 passengers in its sixteen coaches are a disillusioned war widow and a Navy submarine officer on route to an exciting new duty. Over the next hours, these strangers discover they share not only adjoining seats but the same final destination-Portsmouth, New Hampshire-and an intriguing attraction.

As the Congressional Limited barrels into Philadelphia, however, fate intervenes to tear them apart and change their lives in ways neither could have foreseen.  Based on an actual event, Lucky in Love explores the challenges this couple faces in the aftermath of that eventful journey .

 

Thoroughly researched and richly detailed, this is the latest in Joan La Blanc's series of engaging novels set during World War II. It offers a compelling glimpse of the many faces of that conflict, including the roles of both railroads and military hospitals of the era. Carefully blending fact and Fiction, this is a novel for anyone who relishes a good romance, WWII era history, and yes, a brief, mental time travel.

Ms. La Blanc began writing when she was 83. Presently in her ninetieth year, she relishes historical fiction even more than she did when she was young enough to live the amazing lives portrayed in her books. 

And there's more!

Leave a comment below for a chance to win a copy of this book. You may also leave a comment on the Charm of the Carolines Facebook page. One lucky winner will be selected at random on May 1, 2019, and announced here. Make sure and sign-in with your email address so that you can be contacted if you are the winner. I'll contact the winner by email to request shipping information. 

Good Luck!  And check out all of Joan La Blanc's other books. 

*** And a special thanks to Lenore Hart at Northampton Press, Franktown, VA, for making this give-away possible!!