If I Were You

From bestselling and eight-time Christy Award–winning author Lynn Austin comes a remarkable novel of sisterhood and self-discovery set against the backdrop of WWII.

1950. In the wake of the war, Audrey Clarkson leaves her manor house in England for a fresh start in America with her young son. As a widowed war bride, Audrey needs the support of her American in-laws, whom she has never met. But she arrives to find that her longtime friend Eve Dawson has been impersonating her for the past four years. Unraveling this deception will force Audrey and Eve’s secrets―and the complicated history of their friendship―to the surface.

1940. Eve and Audrey have been as different as two friends can be since the day they met at Wellingford Hall, where Eve’s mother served as a lady’s maid for Audrey’s mother. As young women, those differences become a polarizing force . . . until a greater threat―Nazi invasion―reunites them. With London facing relentless bombardment, Audrey and Eve join the fight as ambulance drivers, battling constant danger together. An American stationed in England brings dreams of a brighter future for Audrey, and the collapse of the class system gives Eve hope for a future with Audrey’s brother. But in the wake of devastating loss, both women must make life-altering decisions that will set in motion a web of lies and push them both to the breaking point long after the last bomb has fallen.

This sweeping story transports readers to one of the most challenging eras of history to explore the deep, abiding power of faith and friendship to overcome more than we ever thought possible.

1. Opening Credits
2. Prologue: London, November 1945
3. Chapter 1: USA, 1950
4. Chapter 2: Wellingford Hall, England, 1931
5. Chapter 3: Wellingford Hall, 1932
6. Chapter 4: London, 1932
7. Chapter 5: Wellingford Hall, September 1935
8. Chapter 6: London, December 1936
9. Chapter 7: USA, 1950
10. Chapter 8: London, September 1939
11. Chapter 9: London, May 1940
12. Chapter 10
13. Chapter 11: USA, 1950
14. Chapter 12: Wellingford Hall, June 1940
15. Chapter 13: Wellingford Hall, November 1940
16. Chapter 14: Wellingford Village
17. Chapter 15: ATS Motor Transport Training Center, December 1940
18. Chapter 16: USA, 1950
19. Chapter 17: England, February 1943
20. Chapter 18: England, April 1943
21. Chapter 19: London, November 1943
22. Chapter 20: England, June 1944
23. Chapter 21
24. Chapter 22: London, May 1945
25. Chapter 23: London, November 1945
26. Chapter 24: Wellingford Hall, September 1946
27. Chapter 25
28. Chapter 26: USA, December 1946
29. Chapter 27: USA, June 1950
30. Chapter 28: USA, 1950
31. Chapter 29
32. Chapter 30
33. Chapter 31
34. Closing Credits