At World’s End
(No Man’s Land Series, Book 2)
East Germany, 1972
In a divided world, every choice has a cost.
Susanne Schmidt risks everything to slip past the border guards and escape the Communist regime, but when her attempt goes terribly wrong, she loses more than she ever thought possible. Cut off from the man she loves, she quickly learns that in a world ruled by fear, every smile can be a lie and every neighbor a threat.
Sent to her mother-in-law Gisela’s home in the small village of Wallhausen, Susanne is forced to build a life she never wanted under the ever-watchful eye of the Stasi. To protect what little she has left, she must feign loyalty, guard dangerous secrets, and wait for the moment she can finally try again.
But when a new chance at freedom—and a long-awaited reunion—appears on the horizon, Susanne faces an impossible choice: risk the fragile life she has built, or the family she cannot bear to lose.
A gripping and heartbreaking post–World War II novel, At World’s End continues the journey begun in Sky on Fire, where love, defiance, and survival come at a devastating cost. With vivid Cold War detail and a haunting sense of time and place, it is perfect for readers of The Secrets We Kept and A Night Divided.
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Sky on Fire
(No Man’s Land Series, Book 1)
Germany, 1942
When a Messerschmitt crashes in the meadows outside her village, eighteen-year-old Gisela’s life changes forever. Drawn into a world on fire and divided loyalties, Gisela struggles with love and betrayal, resistance and survival, as the war closes in on her family.
As the Reich battles on and the Allies advance, Gisela must choose which promises to honor and which betrayals to forgive. News from the Eastern Front, the demands of resistance, and Gestapo searches test the already fragile bonds of family and friendship as the war grinds to its end and the fate of one family and an entire village hangs in the balance.
Sky on Fire is a heart-wrenching tale of duty, resistance, love, and the quiet acts of defiance that keep humanity alive in its darkest hour. As the first book in the No Man’s Land Series, it chronicles one young woman’s journey from innocence to unflinching courage in the face of war’s final reckoning.
Powerful, vivid, and absorbing, this is a perfect novel for readers who cherish the doomed loves and moral dilemmas of All the Light We Cannot See and The Nightingale.
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The Seamstress of Auschwitz
Germany. 1932. Sara Schönflies, a young Jewish woman from a line of gifted tailors and seamstresses, finds her world shattered by the rise of the Nazi regime. Her family is separated when the women are sent to Ravensbrück. Ultimately, Sara and her sisters are transferred to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where their survival hinges on their ability to create sought-after fashions for the wives of SS officers and Nazi dignitaries in the tailoring studio of the camp commander’s wife. Amidst the bleakness and horrors of the camp, Sara's determination, her sisters' unyielding defiance, and an unexpected friendship with a member of the Sonderkommando become beacons of hope. From displaced person camps to the distant shores of Palestine, Sara’s journey continues. Her expertise as a seamstress becomes her ticket out of yet another camp, propelling her forward in her pursuit of the man who had once saved her life.
In this gripping tale of survival, sacrifice, sisterhood, and unwavering love, Sara's indomitable spirit shines through the darkness, turning every stitch into a symbol of defiance and every moment into a testament of the human spirit's triumph over unimaginable adversity and unspeakable trauma.
Fans of WWII and Holocaust-era fiction similar to the works of Heather Morris (Three Sisters and The Tattooist of Auschwitz), Kristin Harmel (The Book of Lost Names and The Forest of Vanishing Stars), and Roberta Kagan (The Pact) will enjoy this novel inspired by true events.
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The Poet’s Daughter
1801. Sessenheim. In the quiet and idyllic parsonage in the Alsace, Anna has received an extraordinary education under the watchful eye of her grandfather, the village pastor. But a most shocking revelation turns her world upon its head: her father is none other than the legendary German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Sent away to the culturally vibrant city of Weimar to live with her father, Anna finds herself trapped in a gilded cage, paraded before suitors of good name and fortune. But Anna yearns for more than marriage. She longs to write, a secret she guards fiercely from her unsuspecting father. A chance encounter with Friedrich, a set carpenter at the Weimar Theater, ignites a friendship that fuels her hidden passion.
With the rumble of the invading French army and her heart refusing to yield to her father's wishes, Anna plots her escape. But when she discovers her father has found and used her writing, she sets out to fight not only for her love of words but for the man who sees her true spirit.
In the shadow of a literary giant, a young woman finds her voice. Discover Anna's extraordinary story in The Poet's Daughter.
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