Pages of My Heart

When the world tries to tear them apart, will their love survive?

Chicago, 1937. Charlie Miller is a twenty-year-old mechanic with a good job and a steady girl, but if his violent father ever learns of his true nature, it could cost him his life. The last thing he should do is risk it all by frequenting a queer underground club on a Saturday night. But then a tall red-haired boy stumbles in, wide-eyed and beautiful, and playing it safe is no longer an option. Eighteen-year-old Tommy O’Reilly, a curious but naïve literature student, walks into an illegal nightclub in downtown...

When the world tries to tear them apart, will their love survive?

Chicago, 1937. Charlie Miller is a twenty-year-old mechanic with a good job and a steady girl, but if his violent father ever learns of his true nature, it could cost him his life. The last thing he should do is risk it all by frequenting a queer underground club on a Saturday night. But then a tall red-haired boy stumbles in, wide-eyed and beautiful, and playing it safe is no longer an option. Eighteen-year-old Tommy O’Reilly, a curious but naïve literature student, walks into an illegal nightclub in downtown Chicago, searching for answers to the unspoken longing inside him. When he sets his sights on another young man with raven hair and arctic blue eyes, he thinks maybe he finally understands what his favorite love poets are talking about. But in a world that won’t allow them to love, secrecy is survival. As war looms, their fragile happiness is shattered, and they are torn apart by forces far beyond their control. Through heartbreak, distance, and the horrors of battle, only their letters keep them tethered.

A sweeping, achingly romantic tale of forbidden love, Pages of My Heart is perfect for fans of Fellow Travelers and In Memoriam.