Caroline Leech

Wait for Me


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      First published in the USA by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, in 2017

      Published simultaneously in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2017

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      Text copyright © Caroline Leech 2017

      The quotation on here is reprinted courtesy of The Scotsman.

      Cover design © HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

      Cover images: Battle of Britain aeroplanes © Getty Images; figures, sky and field © Trevillion Images

      Caroline Leech asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of the work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008213398

      Ebook Edition © 2017 ISBN: 9780008220280

      Version: 2016-12-12

      “A delicately written love story with a gorgeously evoked setting, an intrepid heroine, and a knee-weakening romance. Not to be missed.”

      —ANNE BLANKMAN, author of the Prisoner of Night and Fog series and Traitor Angels

      “A sweetly engaging and richly authentic historical romance. Wait for Me charms and satisfies.”

      —JOY PREBLE, author of the bestselling Dreaming Anastasia series

      “Compelling, moving, and beautifully written, this extraordinary debut novel is rich with history, conflict, and tension.”

      —SARAH ALEXANDER, author of The Art of Not Breathing

       To my mum and dad,

       Shirley and Jimmie Sibbald

       Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,

       And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;

       And I will luve thee still, my dear,

       While the sands o’ life shall run.

      from A Red, Red Rose

      ROBERT BURNS, 1759–1796

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Praise for WAIT FOR ME

       Dedication

       Epigraph

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

       Chapter Twenty-Three

       Chapter Twenty-Four

       Chapter Twenty-Five

       Chapter Twenty-Six

       Chapter Twenty-Seven

       Chapter Twenty-Eight

       Chapter Twenty-Nine

       Chapter Thirty

       Chapter Thirty-One

       Chapter Thirty-Two

       Chapter Thirty-Three

       Chapter Thirty-Four

       Author’s Note

       Acknowledgments

       About the Publisher

       One

      CRAIGIELAW FARM, ABERLADY,

      EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND

      FEBRUARY 8, 1945

      Lorna Anderson was ankle deep in muck and milk. And she was late. Again.

      She really didn’t have time to clean up yet another of Nellie’s messes and still make it to school before the bell. Of course, this wasn’t the first time that Lorna had somewhere important to be, yet here she was, broom in