The Moonlight Runner
A Gripping Historical Novel of Survival, Bravery, and Romance
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"An epic tale of feminine heroism, patriotism, and a touch of romance...This page-turner is a must for historical fiction fans."–Booklist
“The legendary Karen Robards brings her formidable talents to bear in The Moonlight Runner, an epic tale of love and female heroism.” –Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of Last Twilight in Paris
A young Irish woman risks everything for her country in this sweeping story of love, bravery and the relentless pursuit of freedom from New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards.
Rynn Carmichael is suddenly pulled into the Irish rebellion when Donal O’Reilly, the boy she has loved for most of her life, takes up gunrunning in support of the rebellion.
Raised in a small Irish village on the shores of Donegal Bay, Rynn is working as a nurse in a convalescent home when she overhears a British officer gloating over the trap that has been set for IRA members bringing a boat full of smuggled arms ashore. Knowing that Donal must be involved, she rushes out at midnight to warn the incoming boat, only to find herself caught up in a terrifying and tragic series of events that take her from the glittering ballrooms of London to the narrow back alleys of Dublin as she and those she loves fight for their lives and their country.
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An Irish nurse must choose between patriotism and self-preservation in the stirring latest from Robards (Some Murders in Berlin). On Christmas night 1918, 22-year-old Rynn Carmichael is working a shift at Ballyshannon Court on the cliffs of northwest Ireland. A convalescent hospital during WWI, the mansion brims with British officers who have turned their focus to crushing the Irish resistance. When Rynn overhears the officers planning an ambush on a boat of Irish gunrunners, she races to warn them from the shore, knowing from her friend Molly Kincaid that her sweetheart Donal O'Reilly is onboard. Both the shipment and the ambush are botched, and Donal vanishes. Rynn returns to nursing, but when Molly's body mysteriously washes up on the beach, she's questioned by the British Crime Special Branch. To deflect suspicion, she accepts a marriage proposal from British lord Thomas Dunne. Though half British, Rynn feels out of place in her new London home with Dunne and is relieved when they return to Ireland less than a year later to avoid the Spanish flu. Robards crafts a well-rounded character in Rynn, who struggles while back in Ireland with whether to sacrifice her comfortable life for the cause of the country she loves. The result is a gripping portrait of the final years before Ireland's 1921 independence.
