Courage to Be Counted

In the fall of 1942, Vivian Lambert wins a coveted overseas assignment as a recreation staff worker with the Red Cross. While she has long questioned if marriage and a family can mesh with her political aspirations, Vivian is absolutely certain she can't miss the opportunity to do her part to support the troops on the front lines. Falling hard for a sexy pilot before she ships out wasn't part of her plan.Desperate to avenge the death of his best friend in combat and do his patriotic...
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In the fall of 1942, Vivian Lambert wins a coveted overseas assignment as a recreation staff worker with the Red Cross. While she has long questioned if marriage and a family can mesh with her political aspirations, Vivian is absolutely certain she can't miss the opportunity to do her part to support the troops on the front lines. Falling hard for a sexy pilot before she ships out wasn't part of her plan.Desperate to avenge the death of his best friend in combat and do his patriotic duty, B-17 bomber pilot Jack Nielsen takes command of a ten-man crew. Keeping himself and his men alive in the fire-filled skies over Europe will require Jack's full focus, and romancing a beautiful and headstrong Red Cross Girl is a distraction he knows he shouldn't indulge.Vivian and Jack's steamy, whirlwind stateside romance threatens to fall apart under war-imposed strains. Vivian's work takes her from a bomber base in England to a clubmobile crew following the soldiers advancing from the beaches of Normandy across France and into the heart of Nazi Germany. Harrowing missions and mounting casualties suffered by the valiant bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force drive Jack to confront his dwindling survival odds. As Allied forces converge on all fronts in an intensifying press for victory, can Vivian and Jack's love withstand the battle between love and duty?