Loneliness for a young woman on a wartime farm can create many needs. Ella couldn’t have guessed how hers would be filled by a stranger from the other side. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #history #romance #fiction #farms

Ella never imagined that she would become the boss lady of a farm full of workers or that it would it would lead to a heart-rending decision in her love life. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #history #romance #fiction #farms

Ella objected vehemently to the laborer assigned to help on their farm. A German U-boat officer? But her son and a nosey neighbor watched the story change. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #history #romance #fiction #farms

Ella’s WWII POW laborer does more than help her expand her chicken house. The German helps himself to the role of man of the farm. Then guess what happens? ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #history #romance #fiction #farms

Ella hadn’t planned to be a farmer. Her patriotic duty came as a hard-won decision. Nor did she know she was planting the seeds of her life’s great love affair from the other side. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #fiction

Saving the war effort by saving America’s farms on the homefront when the men are gone is hard enough, but when you have to accept help from the enemy anything can happen… ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #romance #fiction #WWII

What do you do when one of the enemy becomes the co-worker you depend on, on the farm you want to save for the sake of the war? And he then beomes more than family… ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #history #romance #fiction

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In the opening scene, Ella’s son witnesses a wartime event in their bay that he will never forget and that, by chance, ends up deeply affecting their lives. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #history #romance #fiction #book #war

Because of the war, Ella took on a roll that, even as a farmer’s daughter, she could not have imagined — much less the way an enemy would intersect her loneliness. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #history #romance #fiction

In WWII, Ella found herself part of a movement in the U.S. and U.K. of women who saved the war by saving their nation’s farms. She could not have guessed how else it would change her life… ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #novel

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At one point during WWII, the U.S. had as many at 200k POWs in the States, put to good use. In the novel, Ella must get over her objection to one who soon becomes more than friend and family. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky

Little did Ella realize, or could she ever have predicted, that she had joined an “army” too, with one man away and a least likely one having stepped into his place… ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview #novels #fiction

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Ella’s husband takes pride in their farm’s chicken production; but, with her secret laborer, Ella expands their poultry operation, stunning her returning soldier, confused about this helper. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky

Ella and farming wives like her are at the front of the line in this poster. Ella’s WWII fight for their place and wait for return of a trouble-cat husband is deeply impacted by a POW laborer… ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky

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Ella had to change her life plans and commit to producing food from their farm for the WWII war effort, and for her family and workers –– but had to hide one special helper… ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview #WWII

Ella new her husband’s enlistment would leave her alone and lonely and challenged to keep their place going. She never dreamed the solution would emerge from a U-boat. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview #WWII #author

Our heroine learned to do things she never expected, for the war and to save the farm. But when a stranger arrived to help, she experienced much more than she could have imagined. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview

Ella had to give up some of her dreams to save her farm for the war effort. She could never have guessed it would mean a life-changing romance. But is it a long shot? ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview #author

What do you do when the enemy that your husband is fighting shows up to help you save the war on the farm front? And you're lonely and he looks like Val Kilmer in his best days… ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview #WWII

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Ella didn’t expect to become master of her farm for the war effort. But she really couldn’t have guessed who she would come to depend on while awaiting her husband’s return… ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview #author

Ready for a different kind of war novel? With a struggle between loyalty and love on the home front? Can our heroine (a fallen woman?) hold family together amid temptation? ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview #author

Ella was part of revolution in work roles for women helping to win WWII, but few had a secret helper of the kind she had—creating a battle of the heart for her on the homefront. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview #WWII

Ella’s husband knew only farming. When he returned from war to find Ella had expanded their operation with someone acting as the man of the farm now, the situation exploded. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview #author

No one had prepared Ella to take over the farm, but now she was part of a movement in America and Britain that helped save the war — with the extra hand of her secret helper… ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview #author

ELLA’S WAR has won awards and recognition from numerous readers sites, including The Wishing Shelf, the Historical Novel Society, and Reader’s Favorite. Now available in trade paperback, Kindle, and audiobook: see linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview #author #WWII

Ella’s son, Reese, becomes our extra eye on the adult world around him, full of the unexpected: his mom as boss of the farm, a German POW worker/interloper, and a wounded GI father. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview

Men’s work? Women’s work? Ella reached deep and found she could do it all, for her farm and the war effort but with some special help that she had to keep on the down-low, or else… ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #booksky #bookreview

Ella finds a new sense of pride, accomplishment, and identity through saving her farm for the U.S. WWII effort, but it comes with a secret that she must hide…and then decide. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #author #booksky #bookreview

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Little-known WWII history: the ravages of U-boats along America’s East Coast. Some 200 ships sunk. How can an officer from one of them face Ella and then offer his help? ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #author #booksky #bookreview

The Women’s Land Army that Ella becomes part of actually started in World War I, as this poster for a training school (at my alma mater!) shows. But Ella takes on some unexpected help… ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #author #booksky

Temptations, challenges, restlessness abound for those left behind by their significant other during war. Ella’s sense of duty draws her into embracing the enemy… ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #WWII #booksky #books #author #booksky #bookreview #novel

In this WWII range-finding tower that still stands to today in Fort Miles, Ella has an intense meeting with her Army lieutenant cousin to prevent removal of the German POW from her farm. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #author #booksky

To save their farm for the war, Ella accepts help from her least-preferred place. Then everything changes. Image: German POW work detail in Delaware. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #author #booksky #bookreview #WritingCommunity #WWII

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Ella faces a hard choice between heart and hearth, between daring and duty, when war descends on her life and a stranger crashes into her world. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #author #booksky #bookreview #WritingCommunity #history

This classic, short government/industry film about the duty of wartime farms surfaces a profound moment for Ella. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtAd... ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #author #booksky #bookreview #WritingCommunity #history

Nothing like having friends get behind your book and promote the buzz around it. Thanks, Jill, Terri, and Joanne. (And Liz, behind the camera.) 🙂 ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #author #booksky #bookreview #WritingCommunity #history

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Without quite understanding it this way, Ella becomes part of an army of women who save the WWII effort by saving America’s farms during the war. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #author #booksky #bookreview #WritingCommunity #history

Out of all the characters, I had the most fun writing Ella’s rascally rapscallion of a son, who helps her save the farm for the war effort, both with and in spite of the stranger who enters their lives. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning debut historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky

Struggle for survival, love in unexpected places, loyalty to home, secrets of the heart, and difficult choices. ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning debut historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #author #booksky #bookreview #WritingCommunity #history #novel #WWII #romance

Honored that the Wishing Shelf Book Awards recognized ELLA'S WAR as a 2024 winner in adult fiction. Love and loyalty in WWII! ELLA’S WAR is the debut historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_... #booksky #books #author #booksky #bookreview #WritingCommunity #history #novel #WWII #romance #farms

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