First published 2021
Audrey Parker's world shifts when Pearl Harbor falls on December 7, 1941. Her Navy pilot brother was stationed there, carrying forward their father's military legacy. Fresh from nursing school, Audrey possesses natural talent for healing others. She and her friend Lizzie watch their country enter war. They decide to serve and join the Army as flight nurses. The women become part of the Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron, flying dangerous missions into enemy territory to evacuate wounded soldiers. Audrey and Lizzie work alongside four other remarkable nurses: Alex seeks to change the world, Louise overcame Southern racial prejudice through her intelligence, Pru leads with selfless devotion, and Emma displays fierce determination for her patients. These "Flying Angels" accept low pay and no advancement opportunities. They risk everything on daring airlifts and battlefield rescues. The six women serve as courageously as the soldiers they save, bound together by unwavering loyalty to each other and their mission.
Genres: romance, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, military-fiction
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate
Tropes: female-protagonists, found-family
Setting: Pearl Harbor, United States
Period: 1941
288 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press
Content warnings: war