Hunted by the Gestapo, can they trust each other enough to join forces on a mission that could change the face of the war and their own lives forever? Product Details Their tenuous bond becomes as inseparable as it is dangerous. But when it turns out that he is not who he seems, Franka begins a race against time to unravel the mystery of the airman's true identity. ![]() Unwilling to let him die, Franka takes him to her family's isolated cabin despite her hatred for the regime he represents. That is, until she discovers an unconscious airman lying in the snow wearing a Luftwaffe uniform, his parachute flapping in the wind. Fervor and brutality have swept through her homeland, taking away both her father and her brother and leaving her with no reason to live. Now, as deep drifts of snow blanket the Black Forest, German dissenter Franka Gerber is alone and hopeless. In the years before the rise of Hitler, the Gerber family's summer cottage was filled with laughter. "Based on the true horrors of WWII Monte Sole, this story tugs at the heartstrings while delivering authentic, engaging champions and page-turning scenes that continue beyond the war.In the shadows of World War II, trust becomes the greatest risk of all for two strangers.ĭecember 1943. Lane, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Wives of War and The Last Correspondent It slots into the Forest box in the Wanderlust Bingo card and is also one of my TBRs, a book I’ve owned since 2018. This is historical fiction at its absolute best, and one of my favorite reads of the year." -Soraya M. The White Rose movement in Germany was a non-violent intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany, who conducted an anonymous leaflet and graffiti campaign that called for active opposition to the Nazi regime. "A beautiful, heart wrenching novel that captivated me from the very beginning. ".a chilling page turner that explores a shocking, little-known episode in history and manages to include a touching love story." -Historical Novel Society Joining forces once more, and increasingly drawn to each other, Liliana and James discover new levels of conspiracy on a journey that leads them to Argentina-and to a choice that will change their lives forever. Liliana reveals to him the obsession that has haunted her since the massacre at Monte Sole: finding and bringing to justice the SS officer who ordered her family killed. Twelve years later, fate reunites Liliana, newly widowed, and James, now a journalist for a New York magazine. Forging an unbreakable bond, they know their only hope of survival is to make it to the Allied lines. Alone and thrown together by tragedy, James and Liliana fight together as Monte Sole burns. But when the SS launches a brutal attack against the Resistance, Liliana's peaceful community is destroyed. Committed to the anti-Fascist cause, they deliver him to a powerful band of local partisans. ![]() ![]() In the mountain regions south of Bologna, Liliana Nicoletti's family finds escaped POW James Foley behind German lines. ![]() Forging an unbreakable bond, they know their only hope of survival is to make it to the Allied lines.Īgainst the backdrop of WWII-ravaged Italy comes a powerful and emotional novel of love, survival, justice, and second chances by the bestselling author of White Rose, Black Forest.
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