Chapter 1: Prologue

Ruth Sharpe is a lawyer from New York, a Jewish woman who wants to make a difference in the world, and currently dealing with a large amount of court martials in the middle of World War II. The last thing she expected was to come face to face with her long-time frenemy, neighbor, academic rival, and former crush, Robert Rosenthal, on base at Thorpe Abbotts. And she certainly didn't intend to start fake-dating him in a desperate attempt to draw attention away from the fact that her youngest and very much still a teenager brother has decided to illegally enlist as a navigator. But don't worry, Ruth always has a plan and she's very much got this. She thinks she does, anyway.