World war 2 romance books

Every love story is built with inherently high stakes. After all, a heart can be the ultimate prize, and courtship a most dangerous risk. And love, as we all know, won’t stop for much. Our hearts pay no attention to timing or impediments, and logic falls by the wayside as we feel the anguish of lost love, or the triumph of love realized. 





All by itself, love is tense and wondrous. But add in war, the threat to our very existence and humanity, and those stakes fly through the roof. For me, novels that explore love affected by war are the ultimate page-turners; books that might break or—surprisingly —mend your heart. After all, when the world is bleak and harsh, and a heart still finds the ability to soar, what could be more beautiful?   

In my novel
Take What You Can Carry
, an American woman and her Kurdish boyfriend visit Kurdistan of Iraq in 1979, a time when the government tried to break the Kurds and their will, when friends and neighbors were pitted against one another, and a simple night out could end in devastation. I knew from the politics and the setting that the struggles would take them to the brink, and either make or break their love. 

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Wartime Romance



Looking for some novels that feature romance during wartime? Check out these historical fiction novels. (Keep tissues nearby.)







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Terrible mistake + forbidden romance + WWII.
eBook, 2002New York : N.A. Talese/Doubleday, 2002, c2001. — Overdrive eBook




Lots of letter writing + Paris + WWI.
Book, 2017New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017] — GAYNOR






Longing glances + decorum + American Civil War.
eBook, 2007[United States] : Grove/Atlantic, Inc. : Made available through hoopla, 2007. — Hoopla eBook






Forbidden romance + little known history + WWII.
Book, 2013Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2013], ©2013. — TRENOW






Time travel + two realities + WWI.
eBook, 2013New York, N.Y. : Berkley Publishing Group, [2013, 2012] — Overdrive eBook




Falling for the enemy soldier + WWII.
Downloadable Audiobook, 2013[United States] : Tantor Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2013. — Streaming Hoopla Audiobook









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Reader Recommendations – Our favorite wartime historical romance (or not romance) novels



UPDATED MARCH 17th 2023!!
 This one was a request a couple of weeks ago, and I thought, absolutely YES!! LET’S MAKE A LIST!!

BTW, the usual favorites of course, are on here (like that one to the left, and of course The Bronze Horseman and Outlander – and by this point, I’m sure most of us have devoured them). But I promise you there are a TON more recommendations below (many that are new-to-me) and sound AMAZING!!!!!!

Lorna asked:


Lorna: Do you have any recommendation for a historical fiction?I just finished The Nightingale and it was such a good book. Now I am on a WWII/ historical fiction kick!

Maryse: I do have a category called “war time” and most of it pertains to historical fiction. I need to expand on this section!! 😀 https://www.maryse.net/tag/war-time. We also created this super-short list back in 2015.


But let’s do even better than that!! Your favorite WAR-TIME historical romance (or just war-time historical fiction) books? Let me know.

P.S. Mine is The Nightingale. 🙂


READER RECOMMENDATIONS:



Sandra:
I love
The Bronze Horseman
and