Had to be You
by Lyn Cote

Coming of age in the deep Depression, Chloe’s daughter, Bette faces a troubled world. Her mother and father have taken in Gretel, a Jewish girl her same age sent by her family from Nazi Germany. In the KKK South this is met with animosity. As she finishes high school, Bette falls in love with a young man who applauds her family’s decision. The two become informally engaged and Bette dreams of a future as a wife and mother with him, clipping recipes and living the quiet life.

But Hitler and others who seek world domination interfere with her plans. As her fiance attends college in Georgetown, she works as a secretary in the War Department. And that job leads her into the murky world of espionage. The US, Canada and England have banded together to foil German spies working to gain American military secrets. Bette never considered being a spy even in her wildest dreams. But she will do anything to stop these enemies, those who are persecuting Gretel’s family. But after swearing an oath, she can tell no on—not even the man she loves.

The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. War crashes over them all and again Bette and her love are separated. Another man has entered her life, one who works with her to foil Hitler. A man she resists but who won’t take no for an answer. When the war ends, which will she choose—the young man she fell in love with as a girl or the man who taught her how to be a spy?

The Carlyle Women—four generations, each facing the challenges of her time and each harboring her own painful secret~

Originally published October 2005 in trade paperback by Warner Faith.

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Kat's Strictly Business Partner
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Lucy's Unlikely Love
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Northern Shore Intrigue, Books 4-6: Christian Romantic Suspense
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Abby's Second Chance
The Preacher's Daughters Book 2

Hannah's Hometown Hero
The Preacher's Daughters Book 1

Mavis's Forever Christmas
New Neighbor Lane Book 4

The American Journey Collection: The Complete Series Books 1-4
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Ominous Midsummer
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Northern Shore Intrigue Duet
Northen Shore Intrigue Book 4-5

Fatal Winter
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Northern Intrigue Books 1-3
Northern Intrigue Boxed Sets Book 1

Northern Intrigue Books 4-6
Northern Intrigue Boxed Sets Book 2

Bitter Autumn
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Precarious Summer
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Lyn Cote's Bio

USA Today best-selling author of over 40 romances, Lyn Cote writes award-winning contemporary and historical romance. Her brand is "Strong Women, Brave Stories." Her books feature a strong heroine, often a multi-cultural cast of characters and authentic history or contemporary life. She lives with her real life hero in a lakeside cottage in the northwoods with two fun cats. (She loves dogs too. :-)