Publisher's Synopsis
Hank Carson thrived on danger, freedom, and the thrill of the unknown. During the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, he meets Adele Culpepper by chance-and in the heat of passion, they get married. But when life shifts from the wilderness of the Yukon Territory to the streets in the city of Boston, their marriage begins to unravel and they go separate ways.
Years later, amid the chaos of World War I, fate intervenes. Wounded on the battlefield, Hank is shocked beyond belief when he comes face-to-face with Adele once more-this time in France, alongside their daughter, Abby, now grown and serving as a nurse.As Hank recovers in a hospital in England and Adele returns home from a war-ravaged Europe, the Spanish Flu begins its deadly sweep across the globe. In the shadow of war and plague, the spark of life reignites an undying love between them in a chance encounter in England, however the life they want to have for themselves is not the life they will have-and regrettably, what happens to Hank, leaves Adele with heartfelt memories etched into her mind forever.When love is given a second chance in the darkest of times... will love survive or will it merely echo thoughts of what could have been in another place and time?
