Each and every one of his friends had died in the war, and he came back to his hometown permanently wounded and unable to love himself anymore. He comes back a completely different person, both on the inside and on the outside.

Intrigued by his flawlessness, but also intimidated by it, Fern watches from afar and pines away with her unrequited love.Īfter the attacks on September 11, 2001, Ambrose joins the military along with his four best friends and heads off to war. He is gorgeous, tall and muscular with beautiful eyes. Regardless, she cannot mistake the fact that Ambrose belongs on the pages of one of her romance novels as its main hero. They consume her thoughts and truthfully might be responsible for giving her unrealistic expectations of men. In this best novel by Amy Harmon, we meet Fern, who is a certified lover of romance novels. Can she give up her entire life for love, or will she choose to give up her love for her old life? With the skill that only a great author can bring, this book is full of beautiful language and gorgeous descriptions that will transport you to a past Ireland right along with Anne. She realizes that she has fallen in love with the doctor, and now she is faced with a heartbreaking decision. When the doctor joins the army for Ireland’s independence, Anne cannot explain why she is so distraught. The doctor unwittingly assumes that Anne is the mother who had abandoned the boy, and Anne, unsure what to do with herself at the wrong time in history, assumes the mom’s identity. Under the care of a gentle doctor, she finds herself drawn to the small boy that the doctor takes care of. With no clue how it happens, Anne finds herself in 1921 in Ireland. She travels to Ireland to spread his ashes while consumed with grief, but she was not prepared for the way that her grandfather’s stories would live on in her memory, or in her real life. Anne grew up hearing her grandfather’s stories of his Irish home, and now that he has died, she finally gets to see it with her own eyes. Grief, love, and war are all prominent themes in this best-selling and most popular novel from celebrated author Amy Harmon.

From sand and ash by amy harmon