{"title":"Kate Breslin","description":"A Florida girl who migrated to the Pacific Northwest, Kate Breslin was a bookseller for many years. She is a Carol Award winner and a RITA and Christy Award finalist and lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington. Find her online at www.katebreslin.com.","products":[{"product_id":"as-dawn-breaks-paperback","title":"As Dawn Breaks - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer daring bid for freedom could be her greatest undoing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAmid the Great War in 1918 England, munitions worker Rosalind Graham is desperate to escape the arranged marriage being forced on her by her ruthless guardian and instead follow her own course. When the Chilwell factory explodes, killing hundreds of unidentified workers, Rose realizes the world believes she perished in the disaster. 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Ultimately, this is a story of forgiveness and family, and readers will revel once again in Breslin's superb chronicling of women's vital contributions to the war effort.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Booklist \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Breslin keeps the tension up. . . . The stakes could not be higher--in both love and war--in this espionage tale drenched in intrigue.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer daring bid for freedom could be her greatest undoing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAmid the Great War in 1918 England, munitions worker Rosalind Graham is desperate to escape the arranged marriage being forced on her by her ruthless guardian and instead follow her own course. When the Chilwell factory explodes, killing hundreds of unidentified workers, Rose realizes the world believes she perished in the disaster. 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Ultimately, this is a story of forgiveness and family, and readers will revel once again in Breslin's superb chronicling of women's vital contributions to the war effort.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Booklist \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Breslin keeps the tension up. . . . 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