The past may not be done with us. What family secrets is a portrait of Hitler's wife hiding?Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father's war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun. Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler's mistress were friends.The secret surfaces with a mysterious monogrammed handkerchief, and a man, Hannes Ritter, whose Third Reich family history is entwined with Anna's.Plunged into the world of the "o...

Life at First Sight, a collection of essays from Phyllis Edgerly Ring, writer and columnist for United Press International’s ReligionandSpirituality.com, divulges how to “see the spiritual” in every day moments, in every day life. Like love at first sight, “life at first sight” focuses on instant “recognition” and irresistible attraction, a sense of something mysteriously familiar, and a sense of spiritual connection. These stories show how to develop this new sense of being durin...

Mid-1940, the darkest of the nights for Britain during WWII. Adolf Hitler's unstoppable military has conquered most of Europe, including France, only twenty miles from the English coast. It is now set to conquer the island-nation itself. Plotting to aid this onslaught, a German spy lurks somewhere within Winston Churchill's government.Such is the dire news an emissary of the prime minister secretly brings to disgraced Churchill bodyguard, Jonas Shaw, an ex-New York City detective, ...

How does an innocent French countryside girl become a cold-blooded killer?Seven decades after German troops march into her village, Céleste Roussel is still unable to assuage her guilt.German soldiers occupy provincial Lucie-sur-Vionne, and as the villagers pursue treacherous schemes to deceive and swindle the enemy, Céleste embarks on her own perilous mission as her passion for a Reich officer flourishes.When her loved one...

An ex-American spy, now in hiding, and his former CIA handler are on the run in Europe from governments after they unearth damaging, top secret information. A thriller set against a backdrop of paranoia, a surveillance-infested London, and backstabbing at MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency.

A prisoner of war. A guard with a conscience. A forbidden love that could cost them everything.From the bestselling author of Love and Resistance in World War Two, Marion Kummerow, comes a harrowing historical fiction novel based on true events about forbidden love and survival under the Nazi regime.Ursula Hermann is a simple woman who longs for the end of the war and the return of her husband from the Russian front. But fate has other plans for her.

After years of suffering under the communist regime in Cold War Hungary, Eszter Turján - fanatical underground journalist - would sacrifice anything, and anyone, to see the government fall. When she manipulates news broadcasts on Radio Free Europe, she ignites a vicious revolution, commits a calamitous murder, and is dragged away screaming to a secret underground prison.Her daughter Dora, then a teenager, cowers in her bedroom as the secret police arrest her mother. Haunted and hur...

A wartime love—across enemy lines. "The strong writing, with its attention to detail, wonderful descriptions and authentic dialogue, holds our attention." — Historical Novel SocietyWhen widow Millie Sanger finds injured enemy pilot Lukas Schiller on her farm, the distant war is suddenly at her doorstep. Compassionate Millie knows he'll be killed if discovered, and makes the dangerous decision to offer him shelter from the storm.On opposite sides of...

How far can fraternal love stretch?> WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Summer 2019 - Best Literary Fiction> FINALIST: Beverly Hills Book Awards 2019 - Historical Fiction"...a superbly atmospheric work of historical fiction with characters that, once met, are never forgotten." ~ K.C. Finn, Readers' Favorite Book Reviews (5 Stars)Samuel and Aron Katz's fragile childhoo...

A bone-sculpted angel and the woman who wears it––heretic, Devil’s servant, saint.Midwife Héloïse has always known that her bastard status threatens her standing in the French village of Lucie-sur-Vionne. Yet her midwifery and healing skills have gained the people’s respect, and she has won the heart of the handsome Raoul Stonemason. The future looks hopeful. Until the Black Death sweeps into France.Terrified that Héloïse will bring the pestilence ...

"Michael was my love … the perfect man, the perfect husband. I had the perfect life. And then it all went wrong."Julia Falconer is an artist married to a successful winemaker in the coastal hinterland of southern Victoria. From the outside, it looks like Julia and Michael have it all ‒ but things are never as they seem. A storm has destroyed a major crop, Michael is devastated, and is taking it out on Julia. And Julia retreats into herself, taking solace in her work, wine … and the...

Margate 1920 - The Great War is over but Britain is still to find peace and its spirit is not yet mended.Edward and William have returned from the front as changed men. Together they have survived grotesque horrors and remain haunted by memories of comrades who did not come home. The summer season in Margate is a chance for them to rebuild their lives and reconcile the past.Evelyn and Catherine are young women ready to live to live life to the full. Their independence has b...