In Another Time

In Another Time
Caroline Leech

A captivating World War II romance from the author of WAIT FOR ME, perfect for fans of CODE NAME VERITY and SALT TO THE SEA.It’s 1942, and Maisie McCall is in the Scottish Highlands doing her bit for the war effort in the Women’s Timber Corps.As Maisie works felling trees alongside the enigmatic John Lindsay, Maisie can’t help but feel like their friendship has the spark of something more to it. And yet every time she gets close to him, John pulls away. It’s not until Maisie rescues John from a terrible logging accident that he begins to open up to her about the truth of his past, and the pain he’s been hiding.Suddenly everything is more complicated than Maisie expected. And as she helps John to untangle his shattered history, she must decide if she’s willing to risk her heart to help heal his. But in a world devastated by war, love might be the only thing left that can begin to heal what’s broken.

First published in the USA by HarperTeen,

an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Inc. in 2018

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2018

Published in this ebook edition in 2018

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Source ISBN: 9780008249151

Ebook Edition © July 2018 ISBN: 9780008249168

Version: 2018-07-24

To the lumberjills who served in the Women’s Timber Corps in the forests of Scotland 1942–1946

To Perryn, Jemma, Kirsty, and Rory

You are my everything

Epigraph (#uf4c16416-af20-5352-bd4f-fc18d5686157)

John Anderson, my jo, John,

We clamb the hill thegither,

And mony a canty day, John,

We’ve had wi ane anither;

Now we maun totter down, John,

But hand in hand we’ll go,

And sleep thegither at the foot,

John Anderson, my jo.

from “John Anderson, My Jo”

ROBERT BURNS, 1759–1796

Contents

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Dedication (#u9e0c2e18-807b-5b61-8699-f1dbe2113cf1)

Epigraph

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Chapter Three (#ud2aad6e9-65ef-59d0-bafd-9c8f8bac7b4f)

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