Cover Art by Mary Z. Wolf
 ©2005

Paperback (twinned with Book 1)
ISBN 978-0-7599-4792-4 (with Foredestined Summer)
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ISBN 978-0-7599-4276-9

In the early months of World War II, ambitious, clear-headed Melany McKinley meets Air Force lieutenant Logan Barre in Denver, Colorado. To their surprise, the pragmatic couple instantly fall in love and become engaged. Logan is soon shipped overseas, and Melany meets Free Czech Army sergeant Daniel Wenceslaus, who presents himself as a pesky young charmer. Daniel is much more, however, and reveals his grim determination to avenge the murder of his family by the Nazis.

Brash, magnetic and dedicated, Daniel is also gifted with gypsy sight, and he sees Melany as his future wife and the mother of his children. To win her, he ignores her engagement to Logan and focuses on casting his magic.

Then as Melany discovers her own psychic gift in the gemstones of her jeweler-employer, the darkness of war descends, altering not only her future, but the lives of many others.

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Reviews:

"I have not read the first book of this series but am now intrigued to find out what the first book was about. This second book of the series was completely self-contained and I had no trouble understanding or enjoying the storyline."
~ Tami Brady for TCM Reviews

"The story possibility is quite believable and intriguing... The depiction of the feelings developing also captured my heart because I could understand how conflicted Melany was feeling and how much she didn't want to hurt either of the men in her life. She is given some pretty major obstacles...and overcomes them with the same strength shown by her mother in the first story. Well done and I am looking forward to Spring and Fall in the Autumn in Cranky Otter series!"
~ Reviewed by Lori Graham for Once Upon A Romance

"FIRES OF WAR AND WINTER is a novel of true, enduring love and the tragedies of war. I loved it. C.J. Winters, in each book of the Autumn in Cranky Otter [series], takes her reader to a different time in American history to show us that love and family are forever. This is Americana at its best."
4-1/2 Flames--Rare Find
~ Reviewed by Sandee McCann for The Word Museum