If I Were You: A Novel

From bestselling and eight-time Christy Award-winning author Lynn Austin comes a remarkable novel of sisterhood and self-discovery set against the backdrop of WWII. 1950. In the wake of the war,Audrey Clarkson leaves her manor house in England for a fresh start in America with her young son. As a widowed war brideAudrey needs the support of her American in-lawswhom she has never met. But she arrives to find that her longtime friend Eve Dawson has been impersonating her for the past four years. Unraveling this deception will force Audrey and Eve’s secrets–and the complicated history of their friendship–to the surface. 1940. Eve and Audrey have been as different as two friends can be since the day they met at Wellingford Hallwhere Eve’s mother served as a lady’s maid for Audrey’s mother. As young womenthose differences become a polarizing force . . . until a greater threat–Nazi invasion–reunites them. With London facing relentless bombardmentAudrey and Eve join the fight as ambulance driversbattling constant danger together. An American stationed in England brings dreams of a brighter future for Audreyand the collapse of the class system gives Eve hope for a future with Audrey’s brother. But in the wake of devastating lossboth women must make life-altering decisions that will set in motion a web of lies and push them both to the breaking point long after the last bomb has fallen. This sweeping story transports readers to one of the most challenging eras of history to explore the deepabiding power of faith and friendship to overcome more than we ever thought possible.