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\"\"France, 1916: <\/strong>Estelle Graham faces a nightmare. Expecting to be met by her beloved husband and their newly-adopted daughter, she instead finds him gravely injured and unconscious in a casualty clearing station. Taking solace in his journals and letters, she fights for his care\u2014and his life.<\/p>\n

In a farmhouse near the Somme, Captain Jamie Graham is forever changed when he meets young Aveline Perrault. Damaged by the cold, cruel world around them\u2014made even colder by the war\u2014the pair form an unlikely bond. Aveline finds in her capitaine<\/em> the father she never had, and with her help, Graham faces the pain from his own childhood that even his loving marriage could not heal.<\/p>\n

Discover the depth of love and faith in the face of brutality as they learn to live while surviving the Great War.<\/p>\n

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Praise for The War in Our Hearts<\/em>:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Liv Arnold<\/a><\/strong>, author of Law & Disorder<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

Beautifully crafted, we see Graham\u2019s story from boyhood to present. I usually don\u2019t read stories about war but this story sucked me in. I love Graham\u2019s background story, the writing was poetic and his relationships with his wife Estelle, Avie and George were beautiful \ud83d\ude42 <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reese Hogan<\/a><\/strong>, author of Shrouded Loyalties<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

I really ended up loving this one. It reminds you of the best parts of life, and it reminds you of the worst, and they\u2019re woven together in such a way that you see they often coexist, and sometimes not as far as you think. I was also struck by the title; originally, I assumed it came from the romance angle of the story, but it\u2019s actually about the abuse and darkness in our pasts that leaves us forever torn, feeling less than whole. It did not end the way I thought it would, but it was so immensely satisfying, and I felt like every piece of the story was strong and essential to bring it to the place it did. A beautiful and evocative read.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

August Norman<\/a><\/strong>, author of Come and Get Me<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

Eva Seyler\u2019s heart-breaking WWI novel spins the tale of Captain Augustus Graham, a Scottish lord with a love of music made so much sweeter by the appreciation of his compassionate and fearless wife, Estelle, and his rescue of Aveline, a thirteen-year-old orphan caught between the trenches. Tortured by his overbearing father from a young age, Graham survives his youth with the help of his devoted, yet seemingly-charmed fraternal twin brother, and his discovery of his own identity through a natural musicality and faith. Jumping between the horrors of the trench warfare and the major events of Graham\u2019s life, Seyler lets us fall in love with our reluctant hero, the same way the independent Estelle does, by coaxing him out of his protective shell.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When Graham meets Aveline, a victim lost to the horrors of a war-torn French countryside, he develops a fast kinship and devotion to the young woman, who is in many ways a reflection of himself. Determined to return Aveline to Scotland to raise as part of his own family, Graham finds meaning in the anonymous mud and blood of the Great War, and a redemption in his own eyes, for the sins of his father. Like the Scottish ballads Graham and Estelle use to vocalize their love, Seyler\u2019s story is both maddingly sweet and heart-ripping sad, which is why this reviewer loved this epic tale of love, honor, and redemption.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Elizabeth Wein<\/a><\/strong>, author of Code Name Verity<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

Bittersweet and violent and gentle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More reviews: Historical Novel Society (2020-02)<\/a> * Discovering Diamonds (2020-06-26)<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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