The Italian Daughter

I loved this story and so pleased there are other books in the series. It jumps back in forward in time but it needs to so you can learn about the characters. Gave me Lucinda Riley vibes so I'm definitely going to read more of her books. Not just the others in the series but her historical wartime fiction as well.

Slight Departure From Lane's Typical Approach, Same Great Storytelling. I think this may be the first dual timeline book I've encountered from Lane, who normally writes historical fiction - mostly WWII - under this name. Here, we get a WWII story... but it serves to fill in the holes of the current day mystery, which is the other timeline. This is potentially an excellent starter that does well to both set up a series and combine “both” sides of Lane's storytelling - she also writes actual romance stories as her name without the “M” middle initial, and the romance/ women's fiction element here is particularly strong in both timelines. Which arguably makes this Lane's strongest book to date, as she is finally able to combine her components into one full “self”. Truly an outstanding work, and very much recommended.