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"Swing Shift": Love in the Margins of Time (Book 6)
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ISBN13: 9798292405696
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 31 2025
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 31 2025
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the heart of 1944 Detroit, amid the roar of war machines and the rhythm of swing records, two souls collide under the soft glow of a USO dancehall.
Maxine Carter, a 39-year-old Black Rosie the Riveter, has forged her life in steel, sweat, and hard-won independence. With a welding torch in one hand and heartbreak tucked quietly in the other, she's never had time for anything fragile-especially not love. But when Charles Dupree, a 42-year-old Army Military Policeman on leave, steps out of the shadows with a haunted past and a gaze full of quiet understanding, Maxine finds herself drawn to a kind of warmth she thought the world had long burned away.
Maxine Carter, a 39-year-old Black Rosie the Riveter, has forged her life in steel, sweat, and hard-won independence. With a welding torch in one hand and heartbreak tucked quietly in the other, she's never had time for anything fragile-especially not love. But when Charles Dupree, a 42-year-old Army Military Policeman on leave, steps out of the shadows with a haunted past and a gaze full of quiet understanding, Maxine finds herself drawn to a kind of warmth she thought the world had long burned away.
What begins with a single dance turns into something deeper-letters passed across oceans, silences stitched with memory, and two lives reshaped by hope, grief, and perseverance. As Charles returns to war, and Maxine confronts racism, factory politics, and personal sacrifice on the home front, their bond is tested by distance, trauma, and the brutal uncertainties of a world in flames.
But love, like resistance, finds a way.
Set against the backdrop of World War II and the shifting winds of American industry and identity, Swing Shift Love is a sweeping romance that pulses with era-specific detail, period language, and emotional depth. From the factory floor to the Alabama clay, from telegrams and dog tags to garden soil and chalkboards, this is the story of two people daring to believe in each other-and in a life rebuilt from ashes.
A poignant celebration of Black resilience, working-class dignity, and the quiet revolutions of the heart, Swing Shift Love is both a timeless romance and a tribute to the forgotten loves forged in war's shadow.
But love, like resistance, finds a way.
Set against the backdrop of World War II and the shifting winds of American industry and identity, Swing Shift Love is a sweeping romance that pulses with era-specific detail, period language, and emotional depth. From the factory floor to the Alabama clay, from telegrams and dog tags to garden soil and chalkboards, this is the story of two people daring to believe in each other-and in a life rebuilt from ashes.
A poignant celebration of Black resilience, working-class dignity, and the quiet revolutions of the heart, Swing Shift Love is both a timeless romance and a tribute to the forgotten loves forged in war's shadow.
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