Had to be You
Carlyle Women Book 2
by Lyn Cote
Self Published
September 25, 2018
Available in: e-Book (reprint)
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Had to be You
by Lyn Cote
"Lyn Cote provides a strong tale of a valiant woman that brings to life the years prior to, during, and just after World War II through her eyes."
1936 Maryland
Coming of age in theDepression, Chloe's daughter Bette McCaslin faces a troubled world. Her parents have taken in Gretel, a Jewish girl her same age sent by her family from Nazi Germany. In the KKK South this is met with animosity. As Bette finishes high school, she falls in love with Curt Sinclair, who applauds her family's decision. The two become informally engaged and Bette dreams of a future as a wife and mother, clipping recipes and living the quiet life.
But Hitler and others who seek world domination interfere with her plans. As her fiance attends college in Georgetown, she works as a secretary in the War Department. That job leads her into the murky world of espionage. The US, Canada and England have banded together to foil German spies working to gain American military secrets. Bette never considered being a spy even in her wildest dreams. But when J Edgar Hoover, FBI chief, asks her to be part of an investigation "unofficially, of course," she says yes. She will do anything to stop those who are persecuting Gretel's family. But after swearing an oath, she can tell no one--not even Curt.
Then the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. War crashes over them all, separating Bette and her GI fiance. Then FBI agent Ted Gaston becomes a regular part of her life working with her to foil Hitler's "sleepers" now awake and busy. She resists Ted's pursuit of her but he refuses to take no for an answer. When the war's won, she thought she knew how it would all end. But she finds that peace brings its own challenges.
The Carlyle Women-four generations,
each facing the challenges of her time
and each harboring her own painful secret~
Originally published October 2005 in trade paperback by Warner Faith.
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Lyn Cote's Bio
USA Today best-selling author of over 40 romances, Lyn Cote writes award-winning contemporary and historical romance. Her brand is "Strong Women, Brave Stories." Her books feature a strong heroine, often a multi-cultural cast of characters and authentic history or contemporary life. She lives with her real life hero in a lakeside cottage in the northwoods with two fun cats. (She loves dogs too. :-)