Books with title Taking a Chance on Love

Fiction. Young Adult. Falling in love creates an enchanted time, and when it's on the magical Sunshine Coast of British Columbia during the Second World War, it is never to be forgotten. The increased emotions of a country at war and the heartache as many of the young men join up to serve their country are always present. A special music becomes the background. It is the era of the big band, and Glenn Miller, Count Basie and Frank Sinatra top the Hit Parade on the radio each week. For Meg, who is seventeen, it is a special time, but she is also living in an isolated village. She has only one other girl for company, and the highlight of the day is the daily arrival of the Union Steamship with the mail and supplies. A summer job at the local guest house introduces her to a number of boys with whom she strikes up a friendship. But it is Bruce, a young naval officer who has been badly burned in the Battle of the Atlantic, who most interests her.

Chance is a city boy, born and bred. When his father sends him off to a small country town in a different country, he is not impressed. He misses his life, friends and his freedom.Sam is as country as the day is long, her life is devoted to working on her family’s farm. When she's not finishing her senior year of school, every other moment is spent on the farm. She tries to avoid the expected ridicule from everyone but most especially her cousin. Chance appears as a problem that she has no way of fixing. When avoiding him doesn’t work, she finds herself drawn to him instead.Sam can only wonder how long it will be before he finds out the truth. As much as she keeps trying to keep everything under her control, things begin to spiral in a way she never once expected. She had to wonder whether it was worth taking a chance on love.

Falling in love creates an enchanted time, and when it’s on the magical Sunshine Coast of British Columbia during WWII, it is never to be forgotten. The increased emotions of a country at war are always present, as well as the heartache as the young men who joined up to serve their country return wounded—or not at all. For Meg, who is seventeen and beginning to go to dances and to meet interesting young men, the time appears filled with possibilities. She longs to enter the world of adults but with an education that will allow her a fulfilling life. At the same time, her mother and others tell her there is no need for girls to be educated. What she needs is a “safe” man. As Meg ventures further into the adult world of love and marriage she sees that it is filled with dark shadows. Can she take a chance on love while still pursuing her dreams?