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A Dangerous Act of Kindness Kindle Edition

by L. P. Fergusson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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  A wartime love—across enemy lines. “The strong writing, with its attention to detail, wonderful descriptions and authentic dialogue, holds our attention.” —Historical Novel Society
 
When widow Millie Sanger finds injured enemy pilot Lukas Schiller on her farm, the distant war is suddenly at her doorstep. Compassionate Millie knows he’ll be killed if discovered, and makes the dangerous decision to offer him shelter from the storm.
 
On opposite sides of the inescapable conflict, the two strangers forge an unexpected and passionate bond. But as the snow thaws, the relentless fury of World War II forces them apart, leaving only the haunting memories of what they shared, and an understanding that their secret must never see light.
 
As Millie’s dangerous act of kindness sets them on paths they never could have expected, those closest to them become their greatest threats, and the consequences of compassion prove deadly . . .
 
A Dangerous Act of Kindness is a beautiful, harrowing love story, perfect for fans of Rachel Hore and Santa Montefiore.
 
“What a humdinger of an emotional read. . . ! When you think you’ve read all the stories you can about the Germans and the war, this is a very unique novel and a very unique set of circumstances.” —The BookTrail
 
“The themes of guilt, betrayal, and loyalty are universal but they are played out here in the most poignant and bittersweet way. A definite five star read.”—Stand Out Scotland
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"I was completely captivated by A Dangerous Act of Kindness and loved everything about it." Hair Past a Freckle BookBlog

"I was pulled in from the opening sentence and didn't come up for air until the concluding paragraph." Stacy is Reading BookBlog

"I have to give this book 5 stars, great story line, with depth and feeling." Love Books BookBlog

"A beautiful story that I couldn't put down and didn't want to end." Netgalley Review --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BLG7F9GV
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Canelo (March 28, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 28, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 514 pages
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LP Fergusson is a writer based in Oxfordshire. As LP Fergusson she writes serious historical fiction dealing with the Second World War and the War of Spanish Succession. As Loraine Fergusson she writes cozy mysteries inspired by her time working in one of England's major stately homes, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. The Archivist (2012) was the first novel in the Duntisbourne Hall series, The Golden Hand (2013) the second, and The Hipkiss File (2023) the third.

She has an MA in Creative Writing with Distinction from Oxford Brookes University and won the Blackwell's Prize for MA Creative Writing 2015. Her manuscript The Fever Box won Fictionary Book of the Year 2022. For six consecutive years her short fiction has made it through Round 1 of NYC Midnight, winning first place twice. She has been shortlisted by the Orwell Society, published by Oxfordshire Libraries, and her psychological thriller A Serpent’s Tooth reached the final of the joint Quercus/Psychologies Thriller competition.

She is the editor of the blog With Love from Graz, which was featured on BBC Radio Wales, Radio 2 and the BBC4 programme A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley.

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Ann McKemy
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing read!
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2020
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This was a great story. It was well written and easy to read. The characters were well rounded and I was able to put myself inside the story and sustain my disbelief. I enjoyed humanity portrayed in the story that occurred between two people during a world war and a time of hatred on both sides of the continent. The emotion of all of the characters was real and believable, as was the social and historical mores portrayed. I appreciated the idea in the book that love can cross boundaries of fear, hatred, and societal prejudice and come out pure in the end.
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M D Tuch
4.0 out of 5 stars wonderfully written, suspenseful
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2020
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I liked this book a lot. Strong 4.5 stars. I don’t read a lot of romance or WWII novels, but I am glad that I read this one. The first 50% is easily 5-star material. I liked that the romantic scenes were not too explicit (my imagination did just fine). I liked the fact that the story was about the behind-the-scenes people and places that were affected by the war. Fergusson’s gift with dialog is spot on, and it helped provide me an instant connection with the characters on many levels, as their personalities were as complex as their problems. Millie, torn by guilt, but astute enough to realize that individuals partaking in the war are still just people, with the ability to feel pain. Lukas, caught up in the grip of several difficult choices. First, should he trust the mysterious farm girl that helped him survive and ultimately gave her heart to him, or turn her in to authority at his capture and mitigate some of his own suffering. Hugh, the good-natured neighbor that always had eyes for Millie, and a loyalty to her that endured many frustrations. And, of course, Gyp, the loyal and protective farm dog with a sweet personality.
Readers looking for explicit romance will probably be disappointed. Readers looking for a history lesson will be similarly disillusioned. This is a story that has some of all of that, plus more. For being set in a farming locale, the tempo moves along at a lively pace. No dead spots. Horrific German crimes are also described and discussed. Also was how common Germans coped with the atrocities that they had inadvertently taken part in, and how they lived with the guilt when they finally realized that Hitler had duped their nation.
My biggest problem with the book was the unanswered questions left for the reader to ponder. Whatever happened to Brigsie (one of the best personalities in the book)? Did Hugh take in Danny and his little brother? How was his loyalty to Millie affected after Lukas reappeared? Did Lukas ultimately escape? These omissions ultimately marred a 5-star story. There are other questions left for readers to ponder. Empathy for others, where it crosses the line. Forgiveness, and our ability to forgive terrible wrongs brought upon us. Who is responsible for the injustices inflicted during war and to what extent? Seems like likely questions to mull over at a meeting of the local book club.
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marilyn hoffs
5.0 out of 5 stars Storyline keeps the reader glued to the book
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2019
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I learned a great deal about the war that I had never heard before. I thought I was pretty well versed in this war, but I was wrong. The story line was so well fabricated (sewn together) that it just sort of pulled me along. I could not put it down. I watch enough PBS that I have a pretty good picture of the landscape and that also helped me enjoy the story. The use of suspense and little hints of what to look for in the next chapter was woven in very well.
To the author I say, keep writing. You are a natural.
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Sherri
4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing story—needed more romance
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2019
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There was a lot I liked about this book. I liked the story. I liked that it was a snapshot of a time and place unfamiliar to me. I liked the romance between Lukas and Millie. And finally, I really liked the writing style of the author. What I didn’t like is that the author didn’t give us enough time with the two main characters together, showing them falling in love. We didn’t really get to see it. We just had to accept the author’s word that they were in love. I also thought too much time was spent on Lukas in the camp and the talk of the war. I know that was the setting but it was overdone. I understand why the author ended it the way she did, but after reading page after page after page waiting for them to be together again, I wanted more—the readers deserved more. Despite some negative aspects to the book, I enjoyed it, am glad I read it, and want to thank the author for a great story.
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RED
5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't stop reading it.
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2019
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I love this author's writing style. There is one passage I read over and over again. I read this on my Kindle as a library loan. When my loan ran out I purchased it. The only time I have done this. I was given a free trial of Audible and I downloaded it on Audible. This book touched my heart.
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Cesca
3.0 out of 5 stars Danger and love?
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2019
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I checked this book out from my library for the Big Library Read. It was a little predictable. But it was also a nice story. There’s a lot here that one could unwrap. The initial kindness Millie had towards the German pilot. Nothing, I believe Millie would argue, should keep us from being kind to a stranger.

That being said, it felt to me like character development was a little off. None of the characters were incredibly likable.It’s 3 1/2 stars just because it was a little bit sweet and there was some good tension. But it wasn’t a fantastic book
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S. Graves
5.0 out of 5 stars A historical romance for the ages...
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2019
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I absolutely loved it. I loved the writing style, I loved the storyline, and I loved...well, I’m not giving any spoilers. Millie is a fantastic character...flawed and real and devastatingly brave as well as naive. I suspect she will look fabulous on screen one day.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Unforgettable characters
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2019
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I checked out this book for the Big Library Read but didn’t get finished by the time the loan ran out so I purchased the book. That means I was really enjoying it. This would be a great movie! Like so many of the other reviewers, I wish for more information at the end. In fact, when I finished the (abrupt) ending, I scrolled back to see if I had accidentally skipped over a chunk of the book, but I hadn’t. When Lukas escapes the second time, we never found out what happened to him. It was at this point in the book that I almost stopped reading because I didn’t know if I could bear reading about his capture and torture and death. But I kept on reading. Instead of skipping forward several years, the author should have let us know what happened to him. I understand why she left Hugh behind. He was an adorable but flawed man. Maybe the author had written more but because the length of the book, her editors made her shorten it. I loved the story and the storyteller’s style.
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Mr. P. Clayton
5.0 out of 5 stars A gorgeous surprise
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 20, 2020
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Despite the fact that the author is a good friend of mine, I'd held off reading this book for quite a while. It just didn't seem to be my cup of tea. The blurb suggested too many echoes of HE Bates "The Triple Echo" and I was less than keen to read it. What a folly that was.

This is a superbly crafted tale. Brilliant storytelling, immediately engaging, constantly surprising and full of gorgeous characters evoking a world that the author obviously loves and feels at home in. The fact that it turned out to have a thriller element surprised and delighted me even more. I can only say that it was one of those books that made me want to go to bed half an hour earlier each night while I was reading it so that I would get a little more time in the company of these wonderful people.

I certainly won't be waiting along to pick up LP Ferguson's next book and snuggle down with it.

A sheer joy.
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retraitée
5.0 out of 5 stars a deeply moving book about forgiveness
Reviewed in France on April 4, 2019
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I enjoyed every page of this book. A good story, strong caracters. Human beings with all their srength, weaknesses, errors, hate and love.Love against all and everything. Hope and forgiveness at last. I liked her style of writing. Easy and captivating, deeply moving. It's almost as if you were there.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I was really surprised about how much I loved this...
Reviewed in Germany on May 18, 2019
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I am such a critical reader, and when I downloaded the sample chapters, I really thought I'd be perusing a bunch of romantic fluff. Far from it. Far, far, far from it.

7:30 a.m. Saturday: I wake up early to finish the last seven chapters because I simply CANNOT wait to find out what happens. That was my experience with this novel. It's a very well written debut and Fergusson has a talent for strong storytelling.
The opening chapters pulled me right in, late on a Sunday night as I was perusing my weekly Kindle sample downloads. I bought it immediately because I wanted to know what happens next. It should happen more often when I read but it doesn't. I was immediately invested in Lukas, in Millie, in Hugh, and loved Brigsie. I felt for Millie and rooted for her, sympathized for Hugh, and then when Lukas entered the picture, ALL I wanted was for Millie and him to come back together. I loved the cast of characters, even the antagonists because they were SO well done. I wanted to enjoy their journeys. I wanted to know how - if at all - Millie and Lukas would reunite because, after all, they would be changed by their experiences and that interests me most (for awhile there, I was panicking over Millie and Hugh, and that's why I woke up early this morning, to find out whether...)
Fergusson has created a very solid, believable world. I questioned nothing. I loved the characters and all of their flaws. The pace is great, the conflicts and antagonists will get your blood boiling. I only wished the book was better edited, it certainly deserved to have all the i's and t's crossed (she wasn't waited by guilt..she was weighted by guilt, for example). It can happen but it happened too often for a book that has been professionally represented and traditionally published. The only other thing that got to me was all the exposition in the Zoller-Schiller scenes. I could really have done without all that. Most people who pick up this book know about the atrocities of WW2 and I did not need to be spoon-fed all the details. Zoller felt as if he was placed in the story as a wooden billboard to pin all the research upon. And still...it's forgivable because it only happens in the last 10 to 15% of the novel.
The ending got five or six nice big tears rolling down my face. Well done! Congratulations. Highly recommended.
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SB
4.0 out of 5 stars A deftly woven tale
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2019
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A lovingly told and well-researched story inspired by a real event. LP Fergusson writes with drama and insight about the lives of her subjects - people living in England during WW2 and the experiences of German POW's. There is conflict, awakening and redemption. Looking forward to her next book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing and beautifully written
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2019
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This debut novel is a rollercoaster of a love story, and yet the subtlety of the 'family' of characters means it pulls your heart back from the brink of breaking just in time.- each and every time. A fascinating insight into the real war for many Brits, in that life and love carries on, out of sight of bombs and carnage. Millie is a complex sympathetic character, and I defy anyone not to fall for the gallant and honest Lukas, with his naive take on the German ethos. His slow realisation of the truth is almost as painful as the tug of love between them. This is beautifully woven, in a rich language, and yet it's the real nature of the characters which makes it such an entertaining, absorbing read. I'll look out for more from this author.
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