Meet Me In Bombay by Jenny Ashcroft

A glorious saga similar to "Downton Abbey" but set in India. Madeline Bright is with her family once again in India after being raised in England. It is New Year's Eve in 1913 and she meets a mysterious man who steals her attention and her heart. Everything looks like it is falling into place until WWI breaks out and takes all the military men and most importantly, Luke away to war. When Madeline gets word of Luke's death at the front she is distraught and now has to raise his daughter alone. Feeling like the pain will never go away but thinking of her child Maddy marries an old family friend who has been in love with her forever. The other half of the story centers around a young soldier rehabilitating in a hospital for a long time. Due to a head injury he cannot remember who he is but he feels like he needs to get back to someone. Filled with stoic British this is a love story to rival Romeo and Juliet and one that swings the reader from utter joy to total despair every few pages. For readers of British historical fiction who love a good love story - get your tissues at the ready.  4 stars