June Francis 
Mother’s Duty 

A family at war…Raising three boys and running the Arcadia Hotel almost single-handed are enough to keep widow Kitty Ryan busy. She has no time for romance unless it s in the form of a rare evening out at the local picture house.Then along comes John Mcleod, bringing with him a second chance at happiness. However, Kitty finds her sons unwilling to accept another man into their household.Unless she can reunite her menfolk, the future looks set to be that of a family in conflict, in a world on the eve of war…