Winner - 2014 Golden Crown Literary Society - Historical Fiction When in 1942, twenty-five-year-old Lily Rivera is widowed, she finally feels able to step out of the shadows of an unhappy marriage. Her love of flying leads her to join the Womens Airforce Service Pilots, determined to regain her passion and spread her wings, no suspecting that she would experience more than just flying. Helen Richmond, a Hollywood stunt pilot, has never experienced a love that lifted her as high as the aircraft she flew...until she meets Lily. Both women join the W.A.S.P. program to serve their country and instead find that they are on a collision course towards each other, but can it last?
She became one of just over 1,100 women from across the nation to make it through the Army's rigorous selection process and earn her silver wings.
. . . If you read only one story about World War II,this is a great one to choose.” —New York Journal of Books
______________ It can take a lifetime to heal the wounds of war 'Brings history to life' Guardian ______________ Edward Enderby has never spoken about being an RAF fighter pilot.
Travel back in time to the exhilarating story of the first WASPS, the Woman Airforce Service Pilots, who risked their lives, their ambitions, and their dreams to help the war effort during World War II. Determined to earn their wings in a ...
But which ones are friends and which ones are enemies? In this epic story of adventure and suspense, Shade is going to need all the help he can find -- if he hopes to ever see his family again.
Silver Wings for Vicki is the first in a sixteen book series featuring young air-hostess 'career girl' sleuth Vicki Barr. Set in the days when flying was glamorous, the story follows Vicki as a trainee and her early days as a stewardess.
... concept and promising in its performance. It was particularly useful because its range made it the object of demand from many theatres of war.” Because of this long range it is evident that the — 118 — — He Wore a Pair of Silver Wings —
This book is a good clean read with strong morals and ethics woven throughout. Full of intrigue and drama, the book is a winner for fantasy lovers. Bookbub ★★★★★Wow. That is all I can say about this book.
Silver Wings, Santiago Blue
THEY WERE THE WOMEN WITH THE RIGHT STUFF.They were heroic women who came from every corner of the nation and every walk of life: debutantes, teachers, businesswomen, housewives, daughters of...