The Lady in the Spitfire - Softcover

Schrader, Helena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595401511 ISBN 13: 9780595401512

Publisher: iUniverse, 2006

Synopsis

Returning from his first combat mission over Germany with a damaged B-17 and a wounded tail gunner, Lt. Jay Baronowsky of the US Eighth Air Force is forced to divert due to weather. In heavy cloud he nearly collides with an RAF bomber. On landing, he is shocked to discover that a woman piloted the RAF aircraft. However, he soon finds himself fascinated by the attractive and highly professional woman pilot. The Englishwoman is a sharp contrast to his American fiancée, who seems to have no understanding for what he is going through. Jay makes every effort to meet the English woman pilot, Emily, socially. Emily resists Jay's attentions. She has not yet recovered from the loss of her RAF pilot husband, Robin, who has been posted missing. In fact, she is not yet willing to admit that he is dead. But there seems to be no harm in having dinner with Jay or showing him a bit of the country. One thing leads inevitably to another, and Emily soon discovers that she likes Jay very much indeed. But should she risk getting involved with another pilot flying against Germany?

About this title

From the Author

Many people contributed to this book -- first and foremost the pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), the USAAF and RAF, whose story inspired it.  It is impossible to name them all or the many historians, photographers and archivists, who have made their story accessible, so I can only thank them here collectively.

About the Author

Award-winning novelist Helena P. Schrader earned a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg. She has publishednumerous works of non-fiction and fiction. As a novelist, she hasfocused on historical and biographical fiction. Her Jerusalem Trilogy has accumulated 11 literary honors to date, including the Pinnacle Award for Best Biographical Fiction 2016, the FeatheredQuill Book Award for Spiritual/Religious Fiction 2017, 2 Chaucer Awardsfor Medieval Fiction, and finalist recognition from Foreword INDIES forMilitary/Wartime Fiction 2016 and the M.M. Bennett's Award forHistorical Fiction. Her novel set in the 7th Crusade, St. Louis' Knight, won the 2014 Chaucer Award for the Best Historical Fiction set in theHigh Middle Ages, and also placed third in the 2014 Feathered QuillLiterary Awards for both Historical and Spiritual Fiction. All threebooks in her Balian d'Ibelin biography, Knight of Jerusalem, is a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree.
 
Visit her website: helenapschrader.com for descriptions of her publicationsor follow her blog: schradershistoricalfiction.blogspot.com for updateson current works in progress or recent reviews and publications. 

Helena is a career diplomat currently serving in Africa.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0595401511
• ISBN 13: 9780595401512
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 322