The Excitements

By CJ Wray,

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"Irresistible...Filled with surprise, poignancy, and excitement, this is a surefire winner." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A brilliant and witty drama about two brave female World War II veterans who survived the unthinkable without ever losing their killer instinct…or their joie de vivre.

Meet the Williamson sisters, Britain’s most treasured World…

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This book has it all: humor, sparkling writing, a great cast of characters, and a fascinating dose of history (World War II history). In the book, we meet Archie and his spunky great-aunts, who are both in their 90s and enlisted in British women's service groups to help their country defeat the Germans.

As the story unfolds, weaving back and forth between the 1940s and the present,  we learn both women harbor secrets from their war years, and those secrets unfold over time, climaxing in a gripping ending during which Archie and his great-aunts are held hostage by terrorists during…

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