Rusty Allen author
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New novelist. Vine Leaves Press author of ELLA'S WAR, award-winning debut historical fiction. http://linktr.ee/rusty_allen_author
Next up from VLP: my new thriller QUEEN OF THE BAY - release date Feb. 2027.
Next up from VLP: my new thriller QUEEN OF THE BAY - release date Feb. 2027.
Ella objected vehemently to the laborer assigned to help on their farm. A German U-boat officer? But her son and a nosey neighbor watched the story change.
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Ella’s WWII POW laborer does more than help her expand her chicken house. The German helps himself to the role of man of the farm. Then guess what happens?
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February 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Ella hadn’t planned to be a farmer. Her patriotic duty came as a hard-won decision. Nor did she know she was planting the seeds of her life’s great love affair from the other side.
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January 29, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Ella hadn’t planned to be a farmer. Her patriotic duty came as a hard-won decision. Nor did she know she was planting the seeds of her life’s great love affair from the other side.
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Saving the war effort by saving America’s farms on the homefront when the men are gone is hard enough, but when you have to accept help from the enemy anything can happen…
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January 27, 2026 at 10:51 PM
What do you do when one of the enemy becomes the co-worker you depend on, on the farm you want to save for the sake of the war? And he then beomes more than family…
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January 15, 2026 at 10:33 PM
In the opening scene, Ella’s son witnesses a wartime event in their bay that he will never forget and that, by chance, ends up deeply affecting their lives.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Because of the war, Ella took on a roll that, even as a farmer’s daughter, she could not have imagined — much less the way an enemy would intersect her loneliness.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In WWII, Ella found herself part of a movement in the U.S. and U.K. of women who saved the war by saving their nation’s farms. She could not have guessed how else it would change her life…
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December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
In WWII, Ella found herself part of a movement in the U.S. and U.K. of women who saved the war by saving their nation’s farms. She could not have guessed how else it would change her life…
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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At one point during WWII, the U.S. had as many at 200k POWs in the States, put to good use. In the novel, Ella must get over her objection to one who soon becomes more than friend and family.
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
At one point during WWII, the U.S. had as many at 200k POWs in the States, put to good use. In the novel, Ella must get over her objection to one who soon becomes more than friend and family.
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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Little did Ella realize, or could she ever have predicted, that she had joined an “army” too, with one man away and a least likely one having stepped into his place…
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Little did Ella realize, or could she ever have predicted, that she had joined an “army” too, with one man away and a least likely one having stepped into his place…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ella’s husband takes pride in their farm’s chicken production; but, with her secret laborer, Ella expands their poultry operation, stunning her returning soldier, confused about this helper.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Ella’s husband takes pride in their farm’s chicken production; but, with her secret laborer, Ella expands their poultry operation, stunning her returning soldier, confused about this helper.
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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Ella and farming wives like her are at the front of the line in this poster. Ella’s WWII fight for their place and wait for return of a trouble-cat husband is deeply impacted by a POW laborer…
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ella and farming wives like her are at the front of the line in this poster. Ella’s WWII fight for their place and wait for return of a trouble-cat husband is deeply impacted by a POW laborer…
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Ella had to change her life plans and commit to producing food from their farm for the WWII war effort, and for her family and workers –– but had to hide one special helper…
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ella had to change her life plans and commit to producing food from their farm for the WWII war effort, and for her family and workers –– but had to hide one special helper…
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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Ella new her husband’s enlistment would leave her alone and lonely and challenged to keep their place going. She never dreamed the solution would emerge from a U-boat.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ella new her husband’s enlistment would leave her alone and lonely and challenged to keep their place going. She never dreamed the solution would emerge from a U-boat.
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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Our heroine learned to do things she never expected, for the war and to save the farm. But when a stranger arrived to help, she experienced much more than she could have imagined.
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel:
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ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel:
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October 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Our heroine learned to do things she never expected, for the war and to save the farm. But when a stranger arrived to help, she experienced much more than she could have imagined.
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel:
linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
#booksky #books #booksky #bookreview
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel:
linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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Ella had to give up some of her dreams to save her farm for the war effort. She could never have guessed it would mean a life-changing romance. But is it a long shot?
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October 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Ella had to give up some of her dreams to save her farm for the war effort. She could never have guessed it would mean a life-changing romance. But is it a long shot?
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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What do you do when the enemy that your husband is fighting shows up to help you save the war on the farm front? And you're lonely and he looks like Val Kilmer in his best days…
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October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
What do you do when the enemy that your husband is fighting shows up to help you save the war on the farm front? And you're lonely and he looks like Val Kilmer in his best days…
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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Ella didn’t expect to become master of her farm for the war effort. But she really couldn’t have guessed who she would come to depend on while awaiting her husband’s return…
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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September 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Ella didn’t expect to become master of her farm for the war effort. But she really couldn’t have guessed who she would come to depend on while awaiting her husband’s return…
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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Ready for a different kind of war novel? With a struggle between loyalty and love on the home front? Can our heroine (a fallen woman?) hold family together amid temptation?
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September 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Ready for a different kind of war novel? With a struggle between loyalty and love on the home front? Can our heroine (a fallen woman?) hold family together amid temptation?
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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Ella was part of revolution in work roles for women helping to win WWII, but few had a secret helper of the kind she had—creating a battle of the heart for her on the homefront.
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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September 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Ella was part of revolution in work roles for women helping to win WWII, but few had a secret helper of the kind she had—creating a battle of the heart for her on the homefront.
ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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ELLA’S WAR is the award-winning historical novel: linktr.ee/rusty_allen_...
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