In The Scarlet Thread, Evelyn

Anthony s twenty-ninth book, this

masterful storyteller gives her le-

gions of devotees a truly irresistible

tale of the unlikeliest of love affairs

and its heartwarming triumph over

seemingly impossible odds.

Amid the ravages of the Second World

War, Angela Drummond, a British

nurse, and Steven Falconi, an American

soldier and scion of a powerful Mafia

family, meet in a military hospital in

Sicily and fall deeply in love. Before

long, everyone knows about their affair,

Angela becomes pregnant, and Steven

arranges for their secret marriage in a

tiny village church. When the hospital

base is bombed, Steven doesn t find his

bride s name on the list of survivors.

Grief stricken, he returns to America.

But Angela is not dead. After learning

about Steven s Mafia background, she

reveals her pregnancy to her supervisor,

is discharged from the nursing service,

and returns to England. Steven and

Angela live separate lives--she raises

their son Charlie, and he reluctantly

joins the family business and makes a

loveless marriage with Clara Fabrizzi,

daughter of another powerful Mafia

clan--but neither can forget their war-

time love.