I enjoyed reading These Long Shadows, the third book in Jennifer Mistmorgan’s On Victory’s Wings WW2 historical romance series set in England. Katie is living with her parents and younger siblings in London while her husband, Jonty, is away fighting the war. Their marriage is in trouble. Jonty leaves the military and goes to London to save their marriage.
Jonty is originally from Edinburgh, Scotland. He’s self conscious about the prominent scars on his face and body from his near death war experience. He’s also dealing with past trauma that haunts his dreams.
Katie and Jonty’s marriage, two years earlier, took place when she was pregnant with another man’s child. She was only nineteen and working for RAF on an English airforce base when an unscrupulous airman took advantage of her naivety and left her to deal with the consequences. Jonty was her honourable friend who stepped up and offered her a marriage of convenience. Sadly, their baby girl passed away, and a grief-stricken Katie rejected Jonty.
I loved seeing Jonty and Katie’s sweet and heartwarming romance develop as they were forced to deal with many challenges and obstacles, including living with her family. Katie and Jonty both have complicated family relationships to negotiate, including family members struggling with alcoholism. Katie works for a French seamstress in Mayfair. She finds solace in sewing and recycling scarce fabric into beautiful items of clothing.
I wanted to see Jonty and Katie deal with their…
