<p><strong><em>2018 Writer&#39;s Digest 2018 Self-Published Book Awards Honorable Mention</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>2018 B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>2018 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Finalist</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>2018 Discovered Diamond</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>2018 Goethe Award for Historical Fiction Long-Listed</em></strong></p><p><strong><em><strong><em>2017 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist</em></strong></em></strong></p><p>South Boston-native Ned Tobin has all the luck. Alive after the Somme, now an officer, he meets, beds and falls in love with the alluring Ad&egrave;le Ch&eacute;reaux, a half-English lyc&eacute;e teacher who gives herself fully to Ned. Their love affair is suddenly upended in 1917 when Ned is called home and Ad&egrave;le flees the last German advance of the First World War.&nbsp;</p><p>Harlem lawyer Chester Dawkins is a fine young man and a devoted brother. He dutifully joins a new regiment anxious to fight for their chance at valor in the face of deep-rooted racism. Meanwhile, his sister, Lena, is left at home to shoulder a crippling legacy of family debt.&nbsp;</p><p>Ned finds himself back in France with Chester&rsquo;s regiment. Can these soldiers from very different backgrounds overcome long-held prejudices and find common cause in the bloody trenches? Will Ned ever find Ad&egrave;le again? And what will become of Lena?</p><p>Journey through avant-garde Paris, Prohibition-era Harlem and newly independent Ireland in this heart-wrenching yet hopeful story of love and loss. &nbsp;Has Ned&rsquo;s luck finally run out?</p>