In 1943, Private Clay Paxton trains hard with the US Army Rangers at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, determined to do his best in the upcoming Allied invasion of France. With his future stolen by his brothers' betrayal, Clay has only one thing to live for--fulfilling the recurring dream of his death.Leah Jones works as a librarian at Camp Forrest, longing to rise above her orphanage upbringing and belong to the community, even as she uses her spare time to search for her real family--the baby sisters she was separated from so long ago.
After Clay saves Leah's life from a brutal attack, he saves her virtue with a marriage of convenience. When he ships out to train in England for D-day, their letters bind them together over the distance. But can a love strong enough to overcome death grow between them before Clay's recurring dream comes true?
My Thoughts
"The Land Beneath Us" is the third book in the Sunrise at Normandy series. I think it is important to read the books in order since they build on each other. The events of this book happens concurrently with the events of the first two books in the series, each showing the experiences of one of the brothers leading up to D-Day and the days following it. Besides the main storyline, there is the mystery of who attacked Leah and the question of where Leah came from. I like Leah and Clay right away and seeing their interactions. There was a nice biblical faith element woven through the story and the characters grew and changed. It was interesting to read the historical events having to do with WWII. I was glad for the story arc of the brothers' estrangement to find a resolution. It was fun to have all the characters I'd come to know from the other books make appearances. I look forward to reading more books by Sarah Sundin.
About the Author
Sarah Sundin enjoys writing about the drama and romance of the World War II era. She is the bestselling author of The Land Beneath Us (February 2020), The Sky Above Us (2019) and The Sea Before Us (2018), as well as the Waves of Freedom, Wings of the Nightingale, and Wings of Glory series.
A mother of three, Sundin lives in northern California and enjoys speaking to community, church, and writers' groups. Her novel The Sea Before Us won the 2019 Reader's Choice Award from Faith, Hope, and Love, and When Tides Turn and Through Waters Deep were both named to Booklist's 101 Best Romance Novels of the Past 10 Years. Through Waters Deep was a 2016 Carol Award Finalist and won the INSPY Award, and her novella in Where Treetops Glisten was a finalist in the 2015 Carol Awards. In 2011 she received the Writer of the Year Award from the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference. Sarah serves as Program Director for West Coast Christian Writers Conference. Please visit Sarah at www.sarahsundin.com, on Facebook at SarahSundinAuthor, on Twitter at @sarahsundin, and on Instagram at @sarahsundinauthor.
"The Land Beneath Us" is available in paperback:
- Series: Sunrise at Normandy (Book 3)
- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Revell (February 4, 2020)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0800727991
- ISBN-13: 978-0800727994
- Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches
and in Kindle edition:
- File Size: 11965 KB
- Print Length: 384 pages
- Publisher: Revell (February 4, 2020)
- Publication Date: February 4, 2020
- Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B07VQNFG57
I got a free copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own and given voluntarily. No compensation was received for my review.
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