The Scarlet Thread

In this book, Angela Drummond, a British nurse, and Steven Falconi, an American soldier and scion of a Mafia family, meet amid the ravages of World War II. They fall deeply in love, Angela becomes pregnant, and they marry. But Angela discovers Steven's Mafia connection and vanishes. Believing Angela to be a victim of a bombing, Steven, grief stricken, returns to America. They live separate lives, but neither of them can forget their wartime love. Years later, they meet again by chance and sparks fly.