Publisher's Synopsis
"JOHANNA" is a historical romance set in the years just before and during WWI. When the reader meets Johanna she is a defiant teen; angry with her parents. They are insisting that she accept their advice and marry one of England's landed gentry. Johanna wants to choose her own husband - when she falls in love. Traveling in Italy, Johanna's earlier fear that a husband will control her life, making all the significant decisions, proves annoyingly true. After she elopes with the first Italian she meets, his decisions take the couple on a tragic journey at sea. Johanna faces challenges and experiences she could never have imagined as she must look beyond her grief and think of the baby that belongs to another.
