Red Cross Letters

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In June I finished Rosalie Fox's first aviation romance book, and then I read her third book, Red Cross Letters, recently on Kindle Unlimited.

This is a romance novel set in a time of war, with warplanes, death, and loss. It follow Richard, an RAF fighter pilot posted to Egypt and Crete in the early parts of World War 2, and Vittoria, an Italian nurse in New York, as told by their love letters through the war. They both experience changes, love, loss, and pain. The story is beautifully told, and is moving in many places, sometimes painfully so. As an aviation nut, I appreciated all the accurate aircraft details too. There are some amusing bits too - I imagine sneaking a famous children's author into the story was a piece of cake - and interesting historical references, like renowned surgeon Archie McIndoe, who I'd first read about many years ago in Richard Hillary's book "The Last Enemy".

I loved this book, and I was torn between trying to read it as quickly as possible and trying to stretch it out so it would last longer.