The Emerald Brooch - Celtic Brooch 4
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A scarred combat veteran swept into the chaos of World War II. A handsome Scotsman keeping a heartbreaking secret. A dangerous game of espionage where love is the ultimate casualty.
West Point graduate and retired Army Captain Kenzie Wallis-Manning is one of the toughest women in any room. Having barely survived the battlefields of Afghanistan, she carries the scars to prove it. She is disciplined, sharp, and refuses to quit. But when she triggers an ancient emerald brooch, she is hurled back to England in May of 1944—with no weapons, no identification, and a mere week before the D-Day invasion.
Landing on her feet, Kenzie puts her military skills to work at Bletchley Park. But wartime England is gripped by paranoia, and a woman with no past quickly draws the deadly attention of Military Intelligence.
Sent back to the past by Kenzie’s family to bring her home, Major David McBain locates her—only to find her bonding with a dashing American pilot. Convinced the pilot is Kenzie’s true destiny, David makes a calculated choice to hide his identity and keep his distance. He ruins her punchlines, guards his heart, and focuses strictly on his mission.
But in a world on the brink of invasion, secrets are a deadly currency. When wartime suspicion threatens Kenzie’s survival, David is forced to step out of the shadows. As the sparks between them become impossible to ignore, they are plunged into a web of MI-6 spies and historical danger where trust is a luxury they cannot afford.
With D-Day looming, David must decide how much he is willing to risk for a woman who doesn’t know who he truly is—and Kenzie must decide if she can trust a man who is hiding the key to her past.
The Emerald Brooch is a sweeping, high-stakes time-travel romance that blends historical espionage with deep emotional healing, it can be enjoyed as a complete standalone story.
Reviews
This instalment of the series takes you back to war torn England in the lead up to D Day. It tells the story of Kenzie Wallis Manning, a strong gutsy woman suffering from PTSD after she nearly got killed during her deployment in Afghanistan. Kenzie ends up in war torn England after receiving a mysterious parcel containing an emerald brooch in the mail. David McBain and Jack Mallory are sent back in time to bring her and her soul mate back but things never turn out as planned, all is fair in love and war. This is the fourth book in the Brooch series by Katherine Lowry Logan but it can be read on its own. Her other books are The Ruby Brooch, The Last Mcklenna and the Sapphire Brooch. This was a fantastic story. The author has managed to create a very realistic story line with strong, interesting and very lovable characters. If like me you read the other books in the series you will notice that some of the characters return while some new characters appear. It felt a little bit like catching up with old friends. The storyline was original, using the week prior to D Day as the setting rather than D day itself as is commonly done. The historical facts were well researched; the story was nicely written and flowed well. Overall a great story. I recommend this book to anybody who enjoys historical fiction mixed with some romance and suspense.
The latest installment of the The Celtic Brooch Series does not disappoint. David McBain is a no-nonsense Scotsman who is more than a right-hand man to his employer Elliott Fraser. David is the go-to-guy when something needs to be done. There is very little, if anything that he can't accomplish. And this extends to going back in time via one of the previously found brooches to retrieve folks who may have trouble not changing history. When the call comes from a colleague that his sister is missing David is pressed into finding the young woman. But he soon discovers that another brooch has appeared and whisked Kenzie Wallis-Manning back in time to World War II London, just prior to D-Day. As readers are reminded, the brooches have historically transported the receiver back to a time period wherein she meets her soul-mate. It is then the united couple's choice to remain back in time or come forward to today's world. This time David knows he must go back to 1944 to retrieve Kenzie and whoever her mate is. But what will David do when he discovers just who Kenzie's mate is? Full of action, adventure, and romance, the author sweeps the reader back into the midst of London during the nightly bombings and the watchful eyes of Central Intelligence as we follow an undocumented Kenzie into the heart of Bletchley Park. Rich details give evidence of in-depth research that lend historical credence to the story, the reader will find themselves unable to put down the book. Characters from previous books in the series play supporting roles in The Emerald Brooch and provide continuity and fluidity to the series. I thoroughly enjoy this series and look forward to the next book. A robust five stars for The Emerald Brooch.
