Historical romance can be seen by critics as an easy read for the beach or long trips on planes, but not to be taken seriously. Not too much to keep track of and there is always a happy ending. Not true about this one, unless you’re half asleep.

Sarah Sundin has set her Wings of Glory series in the middle of World War II and the action doesn’t let up as the characters do their jobs every day in this danger filled setting. Nor is it an easy read. The realism of the battles, detailed descriptions, injuries and death involved in war are captured by her gifted storytelling.

In A Memory Between Us the main characters are fighting the enemy as well as their own personal battles. Major Jack Novak is a pilot, constantly in danger as he and his fellow pilots fly bombing missions over Nazi Germany. Lieutenant Ruth Doherty is a nurse caring for the injured on English soil. She is the oldest of a family of orphans and must send all her money home to care for her siblings scattered among family.

But there is a secondary battle. Ruth has a past she has to keep hidden at all costs to keep her job. And Jack has to decide between fulfilling his father’s expectations and what he is drawn to. He is fighting his pride, she her fears.

There is plenty of action and detailed flight action to interest the adventurous, enough medical scenes to bring out compassion and a very intriguing story with many surprises and twists to keep the pages turning.

Ms. Sundin’s great uncle was a pilot in the Air Force and must have ignited her imagination. This book is well researched and I couldn’t find any fault with how she interspersed the truth with the fiction.

A Memory Between Us was published by Revell in 2010. Blue Skies Tomorrow was published in 2011. She has a new series starting in 2012 called the Nightingale series. With Every Letter will be released this year and is also set in the Second World War era.

If historical romance is your type of reading, you will surely enjoy Ms. Sundin’s work.