Some books entertain you. Others stay with you long after you turn the final page. World War ll fiction has a way of doing just that – immersing you in courage, sacrifice, love, and impossible choices.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Set in Nazi-occupied France, The Nightingale follows two sisters navigating love, resistance, and survival during World War ll. Kristin Hannah weaves a powerful story of bravery and sacrifice that captures the emotional toll of war on women left behind – and those who fight in quieter, unseen ways.
This is a novel that lingers long after the final page, reminding readers of the strength found in even the darkest moment.
THE BOOK THIEF BY MARKUS ZUSAK
- The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times.
- When Death has a story to tell, you listen.
- It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Based on a true story, The Tattooist of Auschwitz follows Lale Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner forced to tattoo identification numbers on fellow prisoners at Auschwitz. Amid unimaginable suffering, he finds hope and love with a young woman named Gita. This powerful novel explores survival, courage, and the resilience of the human spirit.
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
Inspired by a remarkable true story, The Book of Lost Names follows Eva Traube Abrams, a young Jewish woman who escapes Paris during World War ll and joins the French Resistance. Using her talent for forgery, Eva helps create false identity documents for Jewish children fleeing the Nazis. To preserve their real names, she secretly encodes them into a mysterious book – one that resurfaces decades later and forces her to confront her past
WHAT ONLY WE KNOW BY CATHERINE HOKIN
A beautiful and gripping wartime story about family secrets and impossible choices in the face of terrible hardship that is a perfect for fans of the Tattooist of Auschwitz. When Karen Cartwright is unexpectedly called home to nurse her ailing father, she goes with a heavy heart. The house she grew up in feels haunted by her father’s closely guarded secrets about her mother Elizabeth’s tragic death years before.
THE WAYS WE HIDE BY KRISTINA MCMORRIS
As a little girl raised amid the hardships of Michigan’s Copper Country, Fenna Vos learned to focus on her own survival. The ability sustains her even now as the Second World War rages in faraway countries. Though she performs onstage as the assistant to an unruly escape artist, behind the curtain she’s the mastermind of their act.
THE FOREST OF THE VANISHING STARS By Kristin Harmel
THE FOREST OF THE VANISHING STARS By Kristin Harmel
After being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, a young woman finds herself alone in 1941 after her kidnapper dies. Her solitary existence is interrupted, however, when she happens upon a group of Jews fleeing the Nazi terror. Stunned to learn what’s happening in the outside world, she vows to teach the group all she can about surviving in the forest—and in turn, they teach her some surprising lessons about opening her heart after years of isolation. But when she is betrayed and escapes into a German-occupied village, her past and present come together in a shocking collision that could change everyth
VIENNA AT NIGHT By Richard Wake
It is the late 1930s in Europe and the darkness is gathering. The Nazis are marching, both inside Austria and outside. What can one man do to make a difference? Álex Kovacs can see what’s coming – he can, all of his friends can, all of Vienna can. When an opportunity presents itself, a chance to thwart the Nazi invasion of Austria, he agrees to join an espionage network that will take advantage of his regular business trips to Germany to gather secret information. But a personal tragedy soon complicates Alex’s mission and entangles him with a suspicious Gestapo captain in ways that he never anticipated
THREE ORDINARY GIRLS By TIM BRADY
The astonishing true story of three fearless female teenage resisters during WWII whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days, it’s entirely occupied by Nazi Germany. Joining a small resistance cell in the Dutch city of Haarlem were three teenage girls: Hannie Schaft, and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen who would soon band together to form a singular female underground squad.
THE HIDING PLACE BY JONI LARECKSON TADA
Corrie ten Boom was the first licensed female watchmaker in the Netherlands who became a heroine of the Resistance, a survivor of Hitler’s concentration camps, and one of the most remarkable ministers in the twentieth century.
In World War II she and her family risked their lives to help Jews and underground workers escape from the Nazis. In 1944 their lives were forever changed when they were betrayed, arrested, and thrown into the Nazi death camps. Only Corrie among her family survival.
ASHES AND RUINS BY K LANG-SLATTERY
FROM NAZI GERMANY TO BLITZ-TORN LONDON, a mother and daughter fight for love, safety, and resilience in this emotional work of WW2 historical fiction about women.
After years in a loveless marriage, recently widowed Clara finds comfort in music and memory. But as life for Jewish families in Nazi Germany becomes harder for her, she discovers romance and a renewed sense of self.
THE BALLET TEACHER OF AUSCHWITZ BY DANI ZRIHEN
But dance? Dance was written in her bones, and even Auschwitz couldn’t take that away from her.
1941, Lodz. When nineteen-year-old Jewish ballerina Eleonore Kantor arrives at the Lodz ghetto, she quickly learns how easy it is to break a person’s spirit. After the Nazis murder her mother before her eyes, she is left with only a pair of ballet slippers. Painstakingly hand-stitched by her mother, they were a gift so Eleonore to continue pursuing her dream of becoming a ballerina, no matter what.
THAT SUCH MEN LIVED BY BRYAN R. SAYE
Seventeen-year-old Johannes Schmitt can do nothing but watch as the Gestapo murders his father in his own home.
Forced to flee Germany, Johannes is torn from the girl he loves and the mother he swore to protect, boarding a ship to America with nothing but a suitcase, a broken Star of David, and the weight of survivor’s guilt. He arrives alone, enraged, and powerless to help those he loves.
A VIEW ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS BY SUZANNE KALM
An incredible story of love, hope, and friendship; and a testament to humanity and courage in history’s darkest days.
1941, Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Professor Josef Held has never recovered from the loss of his beloved wife – and has no intention of ever letting anyone new into his quiet, safe world. It is a world where the clock ticks steadily in his mathematics classroom, where every equation has a solution. Then everything changed….
A SURVIVOR’S HOPE BY LILY BARUCH
Hungary, 1943. Called to serve his homeland, Laci departs to join the Hungarian Army’s
Jewish labor battalion. As Hungary is allied with Germany, he finds himself in an impossible position: a Jew serving the Nazi war machine. He prays every day for Germany’s defeat- but what fate would await him then? As he endures crippling workloads and terrifying encounters, Laci fears for the fate of his loved ones, cherishing the rare letters he is able to receive with news from home, willing to risk his life to keep the letters from home
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SILVER WINGS FALLING DOWN BY YVONNE KAYS
MISSING IN ACTION—EIGHT MEN BEHIND ENEMY LINES…
After Pearl Harbor, W.T. Eaves swaps the West Texas oil fields for the skies, earning his silver wings as a bomber pilot in the Army Air Corps. While training in Galveston, the beautiful, dark-eyed Jean captures Eaves’ heart and they marry—just months before he’s sent to war.
THE DAY THE GERMAN’S CAME BY ELLA GYLAND
Inspired by the incredible true story of how the people of Denmark saved their Jewish neighbors during World War II
Helsingør, Denmark, 1943
In the midst of the German occupation during World War II, Inger Bredahl joins the underground resistance and risks her life to save members of Denmark’s Jewish community and help them escape to Sweden. This book is a credit to how the underground during wwll saved many people.
THE GERMAN GIRL BY ARMANDO LUCAS CORR
A young girl flees Nazi-occupied Germany with her family and best friend, only to discover that the overseas refuge they had been promised is an illusion in this “engrossing and heartbreaking” (Library Journal, starred review) debut novel, perfect for fans of The Nightingale, Lilac Girls, and The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
PROJEKT 1065 BY ALLEN GRATE
Award-winning, critically acclaimed author Alan Gratz (Prisoner B-3087) returns with another gripping World War II story, this time about a spy in the Hitler Youth.
Infiltrate. Befriend. Sabotage.
World War II is raging. Michael O’Shaunessey, originally from Ireland, now lives in Nazi Germany with his parents. Like the other boys in his school, Michael is a member of the Hitler Youth.
But Michael has a secret. He and his parents are spies.
THE PILOT’S GIRL BY CATHERINE HOKIN
A HANNI WINTER WWII NOVEL BOOK # 2
‘Smile, nod, and don’t breathe a word of what happens here. Or I’ll put you on the next train to Auschwitz myself.’
Four years later. Hanni Winter shivers in her coat as she hurries through the empty Berlin streets to her job. Despite the freezing winter and poverty all around, her cheeks flush when she meets the man she is photographing today, charismatic Tony Miller, the American pilot risking his life to bring food and provisions to the starving people of the city. But her rush of joy turns to ash as she sees the man behind him…
HER LAST PROMISE BY CATHERINE HOKIN
A HANNI WINTER WWII NOVEL BOOK # 4
‘Too many have suffered at my father’s hands. I won’t let it continue. I’ll stop him, I’ll build a world where we can finally be free, I swear it…
Berlin, 1938.When Hanni’s beloved sister suddenly vanishes in the middle of the night, Hanni knows her high-ranking Nazi father, Reiner, is not telling her the whole truth and may hold the key to her disappearance.
THE COMMANDANT’S DAUGHTER BY CATHERINE HOKIN
A HANNI WINTER WWII NOVEL BOOK # 1
A heartbreaking novel about the incredible courage of ordinary people during the Second World War. Fans of The Alice Network, The Nightingale and The Tattooist of Auschwitz will never forget this powerful story of hope found in the darkest days.
1933, Berlin. Ten-year-old Hanni Foss stands by her father watching the celebrations marking Adolf Hitler as Germany’s new leader. As the torchlights fade, her safe and happy childhood changes forever as Reiner, the father she adores, is corrupted by his new position as commandant of an infamous concentration camp
THE GIRL IN THE PHOTO BY CATHERINE HOKIN
A HANNI WINTER WORLD WAR TWO NOVEL BOOK #3
Czechoslovakia, Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, 1944. ‘I have to go away, my darling. Please, be brave, stay alive, for me.’ Her mother’s voice breaks. The little girl tries to stop the tears from falling, as the train takes her mother, and she is left alone…
Berlin, six years later. Hanni Winter shows her new husband around her first solo photography exhibition. But Freddy’s reaction is unexpected. His face white, he can’t take his eyes off the photo of a young girl around four years old. ‘That’s Renny,’ he whispers, ‘my sister, she was taken by the Nazi
THE LAST SAFE PLACE BY MARION KUMMEROW
Inspired by the incredible true events of Operation Seven, where a handful of Jewish citizens escaped Berlin in 1942 by posing as German intelligence agents. A beautifully emotional and action-packed historical novel about a forbidden love affair, unfathomable courage and the power of never losing hope.
THE WARSAW ORPHEN BY KELLY RIMMER
Inspired by the real-life heroine who saved thousands of Jewish children during WWII, The Warsaw Orphan is Kelly Rimmer’s most anticipated novel since her bestselling sensation, The Things We Cannot Say.
THE WHISPERS OF WAR BY JULIA KELLY
In August of 1939, as Britain watches the headlines in fear of another devastating war with Germany, three childhood companions must choose between friendship and country. Erstwhile socialite Nora is determined to find her place in the Home Office’s Air Raid Precautions Department, matchmaker Hazel tries to mask two closely guarded secrets with irrepressible optimism, and German Marie worries that she and her family might face imprisonment if war is declared.
THE NIGHT SPARROW BY SHELLY SANDERS
With the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Elena Bruskina’s world collapses. The ambitious university student and her Jewish family are forced into the Minsk ghetto where thousands are immediately murdered, including her father and brother. Then her younger sister is publicly executed on false charges and her mother is shot. Alone with her grief, Elena escapes the ghetto, determined to get her revenge and avenge her family’s deaths
THE WARSAW MESSENGER BY KATE DUPREZ
ANNA NOWAK IS NOT YOUR ORDINARY SPY
In Nazi occupied Poland, one woman’s courage could turn the tide of war.
If you love WW2 historical fiction with edge-of-your-seat suspense, strong female characters and a touch of romance, then this is your next book to read. Inspired by a female agent who worked undercover for British Intelligence in Poland during WW2. Told with the authenticity that only comes from meticulous historical research
BEYOUND THE TRACKS BY MICHAEL REIT
Berlin, 1938 It’s no longer safe here.
When the Jewish families of Berlin start disappearing in nightly raids, 21-year-old Jacob Kagan knows it’s only a matter of time before the trucks come for him. Along with his family and best friend, he flees the country he’s called home to find shelter in a Dutch refugee camp. Before long, the Netherlands falls to the Nazi war machine — Jacob’s new home is transformed into a transit camp with weekly trains bound for the horrors of the Eastern concentration camp.Book two of three
TRACKS TO FREEDOM
Book two of three
The only way you’ll leave Auschwitz is through the chimney.
The words still rang in Agnes Markx’s head as she left the Judenramp and the hive of activity around the train behind. As a nurse assigned to Block 10, she realizes the stories of the horrors transpiring here weren’t exaggerated. This is book two of three
THE BOTANIST’S TRACKS BY MICHAEL REIT
Book three of three
Felcia Hodaks’s vital botanical skills are the only thing keeping her away from the gas chambers.
Against the backdrop of Auschwitz-Birkenau’s ever-present brutality, Felcia tends to the plants needed for one of the Reich’s most ambitious experiments—one that could tip the war in favor of the Nazis.
ORPHANS OF WAR BY MICHAEL REIT
From Book 1: Amsterdam, 1941.
German forces have invaded Amsterdam. As the tension in the city increases, the Dutch Resistance is born.
Tormented by what is happening in his city, Christiaan joins the Resistance. He risks everything to shield the oppressed and fight for the freedom of his beloved nation.
His brother—Floris—is ruthless and driven to succeed. Promoted to the Bureau of Jewish Affairs, he becomes instrumental in hunting Jews to transport them to the Nazi death camps
THE SEAMSTRESS OF AUSCHWITZ BY C.K. MCADAM
Germany 1933
Sara Schönflies,is a young Jewish woman from a line of gifted tailors and seamstresses, finds her world shattered by the rise of the Nazi regime.
When Sara and her sisters are transferred to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, their talent becomes a lifeline. Their survival hinges on sewing beautiful dresses for the wives of SS officers and Nazi dignitaries.
Amidst the horrors and suffering, Sara’s determination, her sisters’ unwavering courage, unyielding defiance, and the unexpected friendship with a member of the Sonderkommando become beacons of hope.
KEEPER OF THE LOST DIARY BY DAHLIA MOORE
“I promise to write only what I saw and lived through, not hide anything from you. I’ll tell you even the worst things I experienced, which may seem crazy or impossible… I remember them well. It all happened in the world we left behind.”
1942, Lvov. Bina Krakowski is almost seven when the Nazis decide to liquidate the ghetto and send its inhabitants to Auschwitz. As her family attempts to escape through the sewers, running through gunfire, Bina and her mother separate from her father and are left to fend for themselves. Surviving the war by hiding in forests and traveling from village to village in search of shelter, Bina cannot imagine when the horrors will ever end.
THE WINEMAKER’S WIFE BY KRISTIN HERMEL
Champagne, 1940: Inès has just married Michel, the owner of storied champagne house Maison Chauveau, when the Germans invade. As the danger mounts, Michel turns his back on his marriage to begin hiding munitions for the Résistance. Inès fears they’ll be exposed, but for Céline, the French-Jewish wife of Chauveau’s chef de cave, the risk is even greater—rumors abound of Jews being shipped east to an unspeakable fate.
THE FORTUNATE ONES BY CATHERINE HOKIN
After a brief moment of connection in their youth, two star-crossed lovers find themselves on opposite sides of a war in this heartbreaking historical page-turner.
Germany, 1941. When Inge—all blonde curls and good manners—first locks eyes with Felix, she knows instinctively that he’s off limits. Her staunchly proper parents will never approve of a working-class Jewish boy for their precious only daughter. But that doesn’t make their first, shy kiss less significant, or the moment they’re torn apart less shocking.
THE GERMAN NEXT DOOR BY GOSIA NEALON
Poland, 1943. “We owe you our lives.” The elderly woman clasps my hands before climbing the attic ladder to hide with her family. I am filled with anger, sadness and fear: but I can’t give in to my tears now. Not when this isn’t the only secret I’m keeping from the German soldiers next door…
When German soldiers take over the neighboring farm in her little village, Aneta tries to pretend life with her four-year-old son, Janek, is continuing as normal. No-one can ever know about the Jewish doctor’s family she’s hiding
THE ITALIAN RESISTANCE GIRL BY L.S. EINAT
As war and devastation kept closing in on Adriana, she knew her only choice was to fight back.
1940, Rome. Eighteen-year-old Adriana never felt different for being Jewish. She was used to a comfortable life, oblivious to the threat of war and Fascism surrounding her. But when Jewish refugees from across Europe begin flooding Italy seeking shelter from the Nazis, Adriana knows she must do something for her people.
THE LOST MOTHER BY CATHERINE HOKIN
She looked at the empty cradle where her baby had been. Her heart felt tattered and empty, like the hollow streets of Berlin after its people began to live in fear.
Berlin, 1934. Homes once filled with laughter stand empty as the Nazi party’s grip on the city tightens. When Anna Tiegel’s beautiful best friend catches Reich Minister Goebbels’ special attention, an impulsive act to save her brings Anna under his unforgiving scrutiny. First, she loses her job, then slowly, mercilessly, she finds her life stripped away.
THE SECRET LOCKET BY CATHERINE HOKIN
Germany, 1941. Noemi’s hazel eyes shine with tears as she takes Pascal’s hand. ‘Come with me,’ she begs him. ‘If we lose each other now, we might never find each other again…’
When Pascal kisses Noemi and presses his mother’s silver locket into her hands, it is a moment she has been longing for her whole life. But when war is declared, overnight their love is forbidden – Noemi is Jewish, and Pascal’s father forces him to become a Hitler Youth officer.
WINTER GARDEN BY KRISTIN HANNAH
Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters. As children, the only connection between them was the Russian fairy tale Anya sometimes told the girls at night. On his deathbed, their father extracts a promise from the women in his life: the fairy tale will be told one last time―and all the way to the end.
THE SECRETARY BY CATHERINE HOKIN
The Tower House. Down a secluded path, hidden by overgrown vines, the crumbling villa echoes with memories. Of the family who laughed and sang there, until the Nazis tore them from their home. And of the woman who walked its empty rooms, whose courage in the face of evil altered the course of history…
Germany 1940. As secretary to Himmler, the leader of the SS, Magda spends her days sending party invitations to high-ranking Nazis, and her evenings distributing pamphlets for the resistance. But Magda is leading a dangerous double life, smuggling secrets out of the office. It’s a deadly game, and eventual exposure is a certainty, but Magda is driven by a need to keep the man she secretly loves safe as he fights against the Nazis
A MILLION MIRACLES BY REBERTA KAGEN
BOOK One of THREE
He has one vow, one mission, one impossible secret.
Pitor Barr no longer exists. To the world, he is Konrad Hoffman, a trusted an SS officer deep inside Hitler’s inner circle. But beneath the uniform lies a desperate Jewish father, risking everything to find the last piece of his soul: his stolen son, Jakup.
To uncover the boy’s fate, Pitor must marry Heidi, a woman entangled in the dark secrets of the Lebensborn home. She alone holds the key to Jakup’s whereabouts. But every day of this false marriage is a dangerous dance, where one wrong glance, one whispered word, could expose the truth.
MY SISTER’S BETRAYAL BY ROBERTA KAGAN
Book 2 of 3
The Nazi oppression whips up a storm of terror, ripping apart the blood sisters Anna, Bernie, Elica, and Dagna.
Desperate to be reunited with her husband, Daniel, Elica walks into the dreaded den of the ruthless Gestapo. She’s ready to sacrifice anything for their love.
Anna and her family find themselves at the mercy of Anna’s heartthrob, Ulf. Ulf’s obsession with Anna puts him in a quandary—between his loyalty to the Fuhrer and his burning desire for the forbidden fruit.
MY SON’S SECRET BY ROBERTA KAGAN
Book one of one
My beautiful boy…
Created in love… born into hatred.
There were so many terrifying stories about the Jews. People called them useless vermin, filthy, dangerous. Before I met Abram, I was afraid of them too. But I am about to tell you a very different story – a forbidden stor
SURVIVING THE FOREST BY ADIRA GEFFON
A consistent Amazon bestseller for over 3 years, Surviving the Forest is a powerful tribute to love and resilience and the captivating account of a woman’s strength, based on a true story.
Five shots on Saturday morning change their fate forever…
Poland, 1939. Shurka is a happy young woman who lives a fairy tale life with her beloved husband and their two young children, in a pretty house in a village in Poland.
She believes that nothing can hurt them. Or so she thinks.
FAMILY OF SPIES BY CHRISTINE KUEHN
It began with a letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World War II. Nazi spies. Christine Kuehn was shocked and confused. When she asked her seventy-year-old father, Eberhard, what this could possibly be about, he stalled, deflected, demurred, and then wept. He knew this day would come.
THE LAST BOOKSHOP IN LONDON BY MADELINE MARTIN
The Last Bookshop in London: A Moving WWII Historical Fiction Novel of Community, Survival and the Sanctuary of Literature in Troubling Times.
August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler’s forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and drawn curtains that she finds on her arrival are not what she expected. And she certainly never imagined she’d wind up working at Primrose Hill, a dusty old bookshop nestled in the heart of London.
THE UNDERCOVER SECRETURY BY ELLIE MIDWOOD
France, 1942. “With tremendous effort, I forced myself to hold his gaze. My heart was thrashing inside my chest like a bird battering its wings. The room was suddenly devoid of air. Time itself stood still. They knew who I was. They knew what I’d done.” This heartbreaking World War Two page-turner tells the incredible true story of Dora Schaul, one of history’s most courageous women.
LIPSTICK IN AUSCHWITZ BY MIRIAM NICK
She made it through the first selection… but can she survive to see the end of the war?
Marysia is only seventeen when war breaks out in her hometown of Krakow, Poland. With nothing more than a toothbrush in hand, Marysia splits from the rest of her family and follows her mother to the Krakow ghetto, where they think they will be safe.
But safety is fleeting, and the ghetto is no haven. Soon, Marysia and her mother are on a train bound for a place more terrifying than imagination can conceive – Auschwitz.
THE RAINBOW BY CARLY SCHABOWSKI
Inspired by an incredible true story. Fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, We Were the Lucky Ones and The Choice will love this heartbreaking novel of love, betrayal and a secret passed down through a family.
Nazi-occupied Poland, 1940. When soldiers drag Tomasz back to his family’s farm, they put a gun to his head and tell him he must join the German army, or see his loved ones forced into the camps. Staring into the wide blue eyes of his childhood sweetheart Zofia, Tomasz does the only thing he can. Over the course of the war, he will risk his life, love and the respect of his own people, to secretly fight for good against evil. All the while, he longs to be reunited with Zofia… but will his brave choices tear them apart forever?
THE SINGER BEHIND THE WIRE BY SHARI J. RYAN
Auschwitz, 1943. Ella tries to ignore the coughs and crying, the whispered prayers. Her eyelids grow heavier, but then a melody floats through the block as if on a breeze. Her lips open on a gasp, joy making her heart sing even as it shatters. She would know that voice anywhere…
Sitting bolt upright, Ella rubs at her eyes and concentrates on the music. Is she dreaming? She’d fallen for Luka’s voice the first time she heard him singing on the street corner near her house, with his kind smile and joyous laugh. He was her first love, and the pain of being torn apart still slices at her.
WHEN THE WORLD FELL SILENT BY DONNA JONES
1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Nora Crowell wants more than her sister’s life as a wife and mother. As WWI rages across the Atlantic, she becomes a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Corps. But trouble is looming and it won’t be long before the truth comes to light.
Having lost her beloved husband in the trenches and with no-one else to turn to, Charlotte Campbell now lives with his haughty relations who treat her like the help. It is baby Aileen, the joy and light of her life, who spurs her to dream of a better life
THE ALICE NETWORK BY KATE QUINN
In an enthralling new dual timeline historical fiction novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption.
1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She’s also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive. So when Charlie’s parents banish her to Europe to have her “little problem” taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London, determined to solve the historical mystery of what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister.
DAUGHTER’S OF THE REICH BY LOUISE FEIN
She must choose between loyalty to her country or a love that could be her destruction…
As the dutiful daughter of a high-ranking Nazi officer, Hetty Heinrich is keen to play her part in the glorious new Thousand Year Reich. But she never imagines that all she believes and knows will come into stark conflict when she encounters Walter, a Jewish friend from the past, who stirs dangerous feelings in her. Confused and conflicted, Hetty doesn’t know whom she can trust and where she can turn to, especially when she discovers that someone has been watching her.
THE WARTIME MOTHER BY LIZZIE PAGE
After her husband died fighting for their country, Winnie is heartbroken, reeling, and suddenly solely responsible for the struggling family pub. With nothing else to focus on, she pours her heart and soul into her work, trying desperately to keep afloat.
When news arrives of a ten-year-old girl who lost her mother and siblings in the Blitz, Winnie is unsure if she can help. She knows little Francine is alone and in need of a home, but she doesn’t know how much love she has to offer.
THE ORPHAN LIST BY ANN BENNETT
Book one of two
Munich, 1943. My heart breaks as I watch the smug couple carry the tiny bundle into their sinister black limousine. Carefully I write the baby’s name into my secret notebook. No matter the danger, I will do everything I can to reunite him with his mother…
As the darkest shadows of the war spread, nurse Margarete Weiss is sent away to work in a mother and baby home in a beautiful corner of the German countryside. As she approaches the fairy-tale castle with manicured grounds and fair-haired young women laughing in the sunshine, she imagines she will be helping to create a haven for young German mothers to have their children. But when she discovers what is really going on inside the castle walls, she knows she needs to do whatever she can to put a stop to the horror she witnesses, even if it means risking her own life…
THE STOLEN SISTER’S BY ANN BENNETT
Book 2 of 2
The lorry is ready to take you to the train station,’ the soldier announced, and Marta clung to her little sister. ‘I want to stay with her,’ Marta said, voice shaking. ‘It is not possible. You belong in the Reich,’ the officer said. ‘And she does not.’
Poland, 1944 When twelve-year-old Marta and her little sister Joanna are snatched while out shopping for food and pushed into an army truck with a swastika on the door, they are heartbroken. Terrified they will never see their mother again, the little girls cling to each other as the truck full of stolen children rumbles through the countryside.
BURNING ISLAND BY SUZANNE GOLDRING
They were not her children. But she would protect them with her life…
Corfu 1944. Though they don’t know it, five-year-old Matilde and three-year-old Anna have kissed their mother for the last time. The Nazis have reached their sun-scorched home, and they are being taken to a place of safety, on the north-eastern tip of the rocky island, to be hidden at great risk by kindly Agata and her husband until the terrible war is over.
Matilde and Anna’s tears are soothed by Agata’s bedtime stories, but she is always alert. So far no soldiers have ventured down the steep rocky hillside to their secret haven, but Agata knows they are constantly scouring the island for missing Jews. And then, on a day when Agata’s husband is away, a German soldier appears…
THE HIDDEN VILLAGE BY IMOGEN MATTHEWS
A Nazi soldier slams his rifle into her father’s head. From her hiding place, Sofie stifles a scream as tears roll down her face. Suddenly she can’t take it anymore. ‘Stop, stop!’ she sobs, rushing out and pushing the soldier away. And then freezes, as he snarls and whips the gun round to point at her…
Holland, 1943: the Nazis are in occupation. German soldiers patrol the streets, and each week more families disappear without trace, never to be seen again. So, when armed soldiers storm Sofie’s house and threaten her father at gunpoint, she knows their time – and luck – has run out.
THE ESCAPE GAME BY MARILYN TUSK
After the Nazis started the bombing blitz of England, Beryl Clarke puts her college on hold to return to Leeds, care for her mother, and work as a secretary at the Waddington game company. While she endures the war at home, her brother James fights the enemy in the air. When he is shot down, injured, and captured, James reunites with a former college friend American POW Kenneth Bordelon, and they plan to escape the Nazi prison camp. Beryl knows there is a board game with escape plans being delivered to POWs by the Red Cross. But how how can she let them know about the game’s secret without revealing the information to the enemy?
THE WOMAN AT THE GATES BY CHRYSTYNA LUCYK BERGER
1944, Germany. Gazing through the barbed wire, Antonia makes a vow: she will not let her family die in this camp. She will find a way for them to escape, to return to Ukraine, even if it costs her own life. The Nazis have taken everything from her, but they can never take away her courage…
Would you go into a prison camp if there was a chance to save your family? When resistance fighter Antonia’s beloved sister and her children are taken by the Nazis, she knows what she must do. Only she is strong enough to save the family who have been her whole world since she was separated from her true love, Viktor.
THE DIPLOMAT’S WIFE BY PAM JENOFF
One woman faces danger, intrigue, and love in the aftermath of World War II in this unforgettable novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris.
1945. Marta Nederman has barely survived the brutality of a Nazi concentration camp, where she was imprisoned for her work with the Polish resistance. Lucky to have escaped with her life, she meets Paul, an American soldier, who gives her hope of a happier future. The two make a promise to meet in London, but Paul is in a deadly plane crash and never arrives.
THE WOMAN WITH TWO SHADOWS BY SARAH JAMES
Lillian Kaufman hasn’t heard from her twin sister since Eleanor left for a mysterious job at an Army base somewhere in Tennessee. When she learns, on an unexpected phone call, that Eleanor is missing, Lillian takes a train from New York down to Oak Ridge to clear up the matter.
It turns out that the only way into Oak Ridge is to assume Eleanor’s identity, which Lillian plans to do swiftly and perfectly. But Eleanor has vanished without a trace―and she’s not the only one. And how do you find someone in a town so dangerous it doesn’t officially exist, when technically you don’t exist either?
THE TEACHER OF WARSAW BY MARIA ESCOBAR
September 1, 1939: Sixty-year-old Janusz Korczak and the students and teachers at his Dom Sierot Jewish orphanage are outside enjoying a beautiful day in Warsaw. Hours later, their lives are altered forever when the Nazis invade. Suddenly treated as an outcast in his own city, Janusz–a respected leader known for his heroism and teaching–is determined to do whatever it takes to protect the children from the horrors to come.
THE BERLIN GIRLS DIARY BY TZVI
Eva Reich never felt she had to choose between the worlds of her Jewish father and Christian mother. History chose for her.
Poland, 1941. From the moment she stepped off the freight train that brought her family to Auschwitz, Eva Reich fought for her survival. From growing up surrounded by her Christian relatives in Berlin, she is thrown into the Jewish work camps of Nazi-occupied Poland. There, she experiences cruelty, intimidation, and hatred. But also kindness, fearlessness, and bravery – from the people she least expected.
A SLENDER THREAD BY JOHN RHODES
1942: Amid the Siege of Malta, one of the most crucial battles in modern history, only extraordinary courage and willpower can turn looming defeat into victory.
The war in the Mediterranean, 1942: The outcome of World War II hangs, as Churchill says, by “a slender thread.” Erwin Rommel, Hitler’s “Desert Fox,” is poised to defeat the reeling British army in Egypt and thwart America’s first operation in Europe. Only the tiny, embattled, half-starved Mediterranean island of Malta stands in Rommel’s way.
BREAKING POINT BY JOHN RHODES
1940, World War II. The Nazis have crushed Europe, and Hitler launches a massive aerial assault with the Luftwaffe against the heavily outnumbered British RAF. The fate of civilization teeters in the balance.
Johnnie Shaux, a Spitfire fighter pilot, must summon up the fortitude to fly into a battle where death is all but inevitable, and continue to do so until the inevitable occurs…
Eleanor Rand, a brilliant Fighter Command mathematician, studies the control room map constantly tracking the ebbs and flows of the conflict, and sees the glimmerings of a radical breakthrough…
STRANGERS IN TIME BY DAVID BALDACCI
Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he’s old enough to enlist to fight the Germans. After barely surviving the Blitz, Charlie knows there’s no telling when a falling bomb might end his life.
Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield has just returned to a nearly unrecognizable London. One of millions of children to have been evacuated to the countryside Molly has been away from her home for nearly five years. Her return, however, is not the homecoming she’d hoped for as she’s confronted by a devastating reality: neither of her parents are there.
THE GODDESS OF WARSAW BY LISA BARR
The Goddess of Warsaw is an enthralling dual timeline tale of a legendary Hollywood screen goddess with a dark secret about her life in the Warsaw Ghetto. When the famous actress is threatened by someone from her past, she must put her skills into play to protect herself, her illustrious career, and those she loves, then and now.
I ONLY WANTED TO LIVE BY ARIE TAMIR
I Only Wanted to Live: A WW2 Young Jewish Boy Holocaust Survival True Story (World War II True Story Book 3)
Three mass deportations. A death sentence. One remarkable story of survival.
When Leosz was only six, his life changed unimaginably.
World War II broke out in 1939, sweeping the young boy into the whirlwind of the Holocaust.
THE KEEPER OF THE GLASS HOUSE BY LIOR REITBLATT
The Keeper of the Glass House: A WWII Historical Fiction Novel Based on a True Story of a Holocaust Survivor
How can one man save the lives of thousands from total destruction?
Budapest, 1944. When the Nazis invade Hungary, the leaders of the local Jewish community trust that the Hungarian government will protect them from deportation. But Miklós Kraus, a young Jewish activist living in Budapest, isn’t convinced. After reading a shocking report exposing the atrocities taking place at the Auschwitz concentration camp, Kraus is determined to do everything he can to save as many Jews as possible from certain death.
THE RESISTANCE DAUGHTER BY JOANNE KORMYLO
Poland, 1942. After witnessing the destruction of her hometown in Warsaw, Anna Kowalski joins the Polish Resistance. She is tasked with smuggling as many children as possible out of the Warsaw Ghetto through the sewers and relocating them to safety.
Through her work, Anna meets Johnnie Nowak, an RAF pilot who had managed to escape from a prisoner of war camp. He’s not safe in Warsaw, so Anna leads him out of the city to protect him…
THE BOOK SELLER OF DACAU BY SHARI J. RYAN
Germany, 1940: “Can’t I say goodbye?” I cry, cupping my hands over my mouth, my heart pummeling my chest. Tears cloud my eyes as the Nazis dragging away my beloved Hans stare at me, soldiers with icy glares. No. No, no, no, they can’t make him leave.
As the Nazis smash down doors and tear innocent people from their loved ones, Matilda doesn’t hesitate to hide her childhood sweetheart, Hans, in her attic. But nothing can stop the soldiers charging in…
THE POLISH NURSE BY LOAH MOYES
BOOK 1 OF 6
She has a secret. Keeping it will mean the difference between life and death.
1941, Poland. Though war rages around her and occupying German forces march steadily onward, 16-year-old Aleksandra has lived her life sheltered from danger.
Until one day, she goes to school – never to return.
Pushed roughly into a truck with other schoolgirls like her, a single ominous word tells her all she needs to know about her fate: Lebensborn.
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE BY SONIA PURNELL
“A compelling biography of a masterful spy, and a reminder of what can be done with a few brave people — and a little resistance.” – NPR
The never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of Clementine
In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: “She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her.
A PROMISE BY AMELIA MARTIN
Three friends, three different paths…one Promise.
In a world collapsing under the weight of fascism and war, A Promise forged in childhood, is a lighthouse for three friends entering adulthood in Nazi Germany.
A strong willed Jewish woman, Hannah is a target for the Nazi regime’s systematic persecution and Hitler’s “Final Solution”. Her primary challenge is survival. She flees to Paris to protect her family, but Hitler’s army isn’t far behind as Germany invades France. She must constantly adapt and search for safety in a world determined to destroy her and her family
NONE STOOD TALLER BY PETER TURNHAN
BOOK 1 OF 5
wo people united by the war but separated by the social divide that stands between them.
Lily is from the East End of London, Edward is the Earl of Middlebourne.
They work together within SOE where their contribution towards the D-Day landings is enormous. However great their achievement, the chasm between them remains. Can Edward take that giant stride, will Lily declare her love? All the while the war dictates their future.
Her journey begins beneath the rubble of the Blitz. Reduced to the ragged clothes she stands in, her unbreakable spirit propels her on a journey. That journey leads to the very top of the British war time establishment, and to Edward.
IN ALEXA’S SHOES BY ROCHELLE ANEXANDRA
In Alexa’s Shoes – a dramatic, uplifting true story of a young girls struggle to overcome great odds to survive through WWII.
In the autumn of 1940, thirteen-year-old Alexa’s happy life is ripped from her as she, her mother, and many of the locals are rounded up by the Nazis in Poland. Loaded onto cattle trucks, they are transported to an unknown destination. Terror and uncertainty become the new normal. Life is a continuous nightmare as she is selected by a SS officer’s wife, destined to become little more than their slave.
THE RESISTANCE BAKERY BY SIOBHAN CURHAM
Paris, 1943. The scent of fresh baguettes hangs in the air as Coralie unbolts the door to her bakery with trembling fingers. She must get out of the city. Hiding her precious leather recipe book inside her coat, she promises never to let the secret locations of the people she worked tirelessly to save fall into German hands…
Present day. Raven is unhappy about being shipped off to the other side of the country for the summer to stay with the mysterious French grandmother she barely knows. And discovering a tattered, leather-bound book with yellowed pages full of handwritten recipes and coded numbers, she is stunned.
THE NANNY OUTSIDE THE GATES BY SHARI J. RYAN
Auschwitz, 1944. Halina clutches the baby to her chest, cuddling her close for warmth. She must keep moving. Her heart pounds as she races through the thick trees. If she’s caught, this is the end—for both of them…
Walking to work at the orphanage she was raised in, Halina tries to ignore the imposing gates of Auschwitz nearby. She has one dream: to survive the war and find out who her parents were. But one morning, a Nazi officer with icy eyes blocks her way. He needs a new nanny, and he gives Halina a choice: serve in his home, or be sent to the camp…
THE BERLIN’S SOLDIER VOW BY LEAH MOYES
He promised her forever. But what if forever means they cannot be together?
1961, East Berlin. Seventeen-year-old Stefan Franke, son of a wealthy mortician with strong ties to the German Democratic Republic’s government, is living a comfortable life, oblivious to the oppression surrounding him. But when he discovers his family is helping cover up the GDR’s crimes, he realizes his privilege comes at a heavy price.
When Stefan meets Ella Kühn, a beautiful maid working for his family, he is immediately drawn to her fierce and independent spirit. The two become closer over their love of painting, but their social differences force them to keep their relationship a secret. Knowing his mother would never approve of Ella, Stefan will do anything to protect their budding romance.
CHURCHILL’S SECRET MESSENGER BY ALAN HLAD
A riveting story of World War II and the courage of one young woman as she is drafted into Churchill’s overseas spy network, aiding the French Resistance behind enemy lines and working to liberate Nazi-occupied Paris…
London, 1941: In a cramped bunker in Winston Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms, underneath Westminster’s Treasury building, civilian women huddle at desks, typing up confidential documents and reports. Since her parents were killed in a bombing raid, Rose Teasdale has spent more hours than usual in Room 60, working double shifts, growing accustomed to the burnt scent of the Prime Minister’s cigars permeating the stale air. Winning the war is the only thing that matters, and she will gladly do her part. And when Rose’s fluency in French comes to the attention of Churchill himself, it brings a rare yet dangerous opportunity.
THE LETTER BY KATHRYN HUGHES
Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit, she comes across an old letter, the envelope firmly sealed and unfranked. Tina opens the letter and reads it – a decision that will alter the course of her life for ever…
Billy Stirling knows he has been a fool, but hopes he can put things right. On 4th September 1939 he sits down to write the letter he hopes will change his future. It does – in more ways than he can ever imagine…
A COAT DYED BLACK BY DON PUGNETTI JR.
A young farmer turns into a courageous resistance fighter after Nazi Germany invades Norway and steals his way of life.
Bjørn Erliksen lives a peaceful life on Norway’s west coast and has never considered himself anything but a farmer. But when Nazi Germany invades, and his country’s ill-equipped military collapses in less than two months, it falls on him and other ordinary Norwegians to fight back.
BENEATH A PEACEFUL MOON BY DEBBY LEE
Mary’s Language Skills Could Help End the War in the Pacific
Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this series celebrates the unsung heroes—the heroines of WWII.
Mary Wishram is desperate to hang on to her few loved ones, a brother fighting in the South Pacific and Japanese friends in a relocation camp. Determined to end the war by any means necessary, she is willing to use her language skills as Yakama tribe member to become a spy and face any danger to bring them all home safe.
A PICTURE OF HOPE BY LIZ TOLSMA
A Photojournalist Risks Her Life to Save a Very Special Child
Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this series celebrates the unsung heroes—the heroines of WWII.
Journalist Nellie Wilkerson has spent the bulk of the war in London, photographing mothers standing in milk lines—and she’s bored. She jumps at the chance to go to France, where the Allied forces recently landed. There she enlists Jean-Paul Breslau of the French underground to take her to the frontlines. On the journey, they stumble upon a great tragedy, leaving a girl with special needs being orphaned.
A ROSE FOR THE RESISTANCE BY ANGELA K. COUCH
Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this new series celebrates the unsung heroes—the heroines of WWII.
With her father in a German POW camp and her home in Ste Mere Eglise, France, under Nazi occupation, Rosalie Barrieau will do anything to keep her younger brother safe. . .even from his desire to join the French resistance. Until she falls into the debt of a German solder—one who delivers a wounded British pilot to her door. Though not sure what to make of her German ally, Rosalie is thrust deep into the heart of the local underground. As tensions build toward the allied invasion of Normandy, she must decide how much she is willing to risk for freedom.
BENEATH THE WINDS OF WAR BY PLOA WAWER
Book # 14
They took her husband. They destroyed her home. But they can’t break her spirit.
1941, Lithuania. Newlywed Pola is on the cusp of a promising medical career when her beloved home city of Vilnius is invaded overnight by Nazi forces. Within hours, her husband has vanished, taken by the Gestapo, and she is forced to escape – without him.
Heartbroken and terrified, Pola runs to the once picturesque, now tainted by war, countryside towns in seek of refuge. Alone and never quite knowing who she can trust and who might betray her, Pola must rely on the kindness of strangers – and her own resourcefulness – if she wants to survive.
THE JEWISH SPY BY HAYUTA KATZENELSON
Book 12 of 14
The chance to save many lives could cost her the loss of her own family.
Poland, 1938. Eve of World War II. Rivka sends her husband and three beloved children to the United States, where they will find safe shelter from the war.
She tells everyone that she is staying behind to care for her aging parents, but her true motive is entirely different.
For beyond her work as librarian, Rivka serves as a spy for the Jewish underground, a critical role in the changing reality in Europe.
Even when she receives letters describing her family’s desperate situation, her sense of commitment leaves her no choice.
ESCAPING ON THE DANUBE RIVER BY SHMUEL DAVID
Escaping on the Danube River is their only hope for survival.
Europe, 1939: Hanne is an adolescent boy, born into a wealthy family from Belgrade. Realizing the Nazi threat is advancing towards the Balkans with giant strides, his parents are prepared to do anything to save their son’s life.
The road to survival, however, is not easy.
Just as Europe’s gates are about to shut down, Hanne and 1,100 other youths sail away on the Danube River. On board the ship, under appalling living conditions, Hanne falls in love with Inge, a young German Jewish girl.
A LETTER FROM PEARL HARBOR BY ANN STUART
Ninety-eight-year-old Ginny’s last wish is for her granddaughter to complete a treasure hunt containing clues to her past. Clues that reveal her life as one of the first female pilots at Pearl Harbor, and a devastating World War Two secret.
1941, Pearl Harbor: On the morning of December 7th, Ginny is flying her little yellow plane above the sparkling seas when she spots an unknown aircraft closing in on her. She recognises the red symbol of the Japanese fighter planes almost too late. Somehow, she manages to land unscathed but the choices she is forced to make in the terrible hours that follow have tragic consequences…
THE THIRTEENTH CHILD BY MARK DEMEZA
Inspired by the true story of the author’s ancestors, this enthralling WWII novel tells of the Kisch family’s heart-wrenching struggle against Nazi oppression.
When the Nazis invade the Netherlands in 1940, the Jews of Amsterdam know nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. As the measures imposed by the cruel SS become ever more repressive, sister and brother, Rachael and Hendrik, join the Dutch Resistance. Meanwhile, their parents, Franck and Elizabeth, strive to keep their younger brother, Hannes, safe, but time is against them all, as every day more and more Jews are being deported to unknown camps in Eastern Europe. Will the family be able to stay together and survive?
AVA AND SHALOM BY KATE BIRKIN & MARK BORN
THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, TWINS AVA AND SHALOM ARE LED TO BELIEVE THEY ARE GERMAN . . . UNTIL ONE NIGHT THEY FIND OUT THE TRUTH . . .
In the summer of 1921, outside the medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Hanz Wolff finds twin baby girls in a wicker basket in his barn. Wrapped in woolen blankets embroidered with the Star of David, a note begs the German farmer and his barren wife to love and raise them as their own. Believing it to be a gift from God, the ecstatic couple keep the newborns’ Semitic heritage a secret, claiming that Maria had birthed them at home.
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FROM THE SHADOWS TO SUNLIGHT BY LANCE ALLEN LEMANSKI
A Thrilling and Romantic World War II Novel Inspired by the Remarkable Life of Robert Amidon
“You have your education; now let’s see what you can do with it.”
Disowned by one of America’s wealthiest families, Robert Amidon left home with nothing but a suit, a dollar, and an iron will. From surviving the Great Depression to finding purpose aboard the renowned USS New Orleans, Robert’s journey was anything but ordinary.
WHAT ONCE WAS TRUE BY JEAN GRAINGE
Roberta Kagan Bestselling author of All My Love, Dietrich.
Robinswood, Co Waterford, 1939.
The once grand house is home to two very different families.Despite delusions of grandeur, Lord and Lady Kenefick and their adult children, live a life of decayed opulence as the money needed to keep such a large house and grounds ever dwindles.
Meanwhile, the Murphy family, Dermot, Isabella and their three almost grown up girls, live and work on the estate and do their best to keep everything running smoothly.
Social structure is vital. Everyone knows their place, but as war looms, both families find themselves drawn into the conflict and begin questioning everything that once was true.
THE LAST RESTURANT IN PARIS BY LILY GRAHAM
Paris 1944. To save her people, she served the enemy.
In enemy-occupied Paris, as the locals go to bed starving and defeated by the war, music and laughter spill through the door of a little restaurant crowded with German soldiers. The owner Marianne moves on weary feet between its packed tables, carrying plates of food for the enemy officers. Her smile is bright and sparkling, her welcome cordial. Nobody would guess the hatred she hides in her heart.
One night the restaurant closes its doors for the final time. In the morning, the windows are scratched with the words traitor and murderer. And Marianne has disappeared without a trace…
ONE GOOD THING BY GEORGIA HUNTER
1940, Italy. Lili and Esti have been best friends since they first met at university. When Esti’s son Theo is born, they become as close as sisters. While a war seethes across borders, life somehow goes on—until Germany invades Italy, and the friends suddenly find themselves in occupied territory
Esti, older and fiercely self-assured, convinces Lili to join the resistance efforts. But when disaster strikes, a critically wounded Esti asks Lili to take a much bigger step: To go on the run with Theo. Protect him while Esti can’t.1940, Italy. Lili and Esti have been best friends since they first met at university. When Esti’s son Theo is born, they become as close as sisters. While a war seethes across borders, life somehow goes on—until Germany invades Italy, and the friends suddenly find themselves in occupied territory
SISTERS OF NIGHT AND FOG BY ERIKA ROBUCK
Two women, two countries. Nothing in common but a call to fight.
A heart-stopping new novel based on the extraordinary true stories of an American socialite and a British secret agent whose stunning acts of courage collide in the darkest hours of World War II.
1940. In a world newly burning with war, and in spite of her American family’s wishes, Virginia d’Albert-Lake decides to stay in occupied France with her French husband. She’s sure that if they keep their heads down, they’ll survive. But is surviving enough?
THE SINGER BEHIND THE WIRE BY SHARI J. RYAN
Auschwitz, 1943. Ella tries to ignore the coughs and crying, the whispered prayers. Her eyelids grow heavier, but then a melody floats through the block as if on a breeze. Her lips open on a gasp, joy making her heart sing even as it shatters. She would know that voice anywhere…
Sitting bolt upright, Ella rubs at her eyes and concentrates on the music. Is she dreaming? She’d fallen for Luka’s voice the first time she heard him singing on the street corner near her house, with his kind smile and joyous laugh. He was her first love, and the pain of being torn apart still slices at her.
THE RAINBOW BY CARLY SCHABOWSKI
The Rainbow: Absolutely heartbreaking World War 2 historical fiction based on a true story
Inspired by an incredible true story. Fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, We Were the Lucky Ones and The Choice will love this heartbreaking novel of love, betrayal and a secret passed down through a family.
Nazi-occupied Poland, 1940. When soldiers drag Tomasz back to his family’s farm, they put a gun to his head and tell him he must join the German army, or see his loved ones forced into the camps. Staring into the wide blue eyes of his childhood sweetheart Zofia, Tomasz does the only thing he can. Over the course of the war, he will risk his life, love and the respect of his own people, to secretly fight for good against evil. All the while, he longs to be reunited with Zofia… but will his brave choices tear them apart forever?
LIPSTICK IN AUSCHWITZ BY MARIAM NICK
Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor (World War II Brave Women Fiction)
She made it through the first selection… but can she survive to see the end of the war?
Marysia is only seventeen when war breaks out in her hometown of Krakow, Poland. With nothing more than a toothbrush in hand, Marysia splits from the rest of her family and follows her mother to the Krakow ghetto, where they think they will be safe.
My Son’s Secret by Roberta Kagan
Book 1 of 3
My beautiful boy…
Created in love… born into hatred.
There were so many terrifying stories about the Jews. People called them useless vermin, filthy, dangerous. Before I met Abram, I was afraid of them too. But I am about to tell you a very different story – a forbidden story.
My love for Abram defied all reason…as well as German law
My Sister’s Betrayal by Roberta Kagan
Book 2 of 3
The Nazi oppression whips up a storm of terror, ripping apart the blood sisters Anna, Bernie, Elica, and Dagna.
Desperate to be reunited with her husband, Daniel, Elica walks into the dreaded den of the ruthless Gestapo. She’s ready to sacrifice anything for their love.
Anna and her family find themselves at the mercy of Anna’s heart-throb, Ulf. Ulf’s obsession with Anna puts him in a quandary—between his loyalty to the Fuhrer and his burning desire for the forbidden fruit.
A Million Miracles by ROBERTA KAGAN
Book 3 of 3
He has one vow, one mission, one impossible secret.
Pitor Barr is living a dangerous double life deep inside Nazi Germany, hiding a truth that could cost him everything. As he searches for his stolen son, every move brings him closer to being discovered.
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THE UNDERCOVER SECRETARY by ELLIE MIDWOOD
France, 1942. “With tremendous effort, I forced myself to hold his gaze. My heart was thrashing inside my chest like a bird battering its wings. The room was suddenly devoid of air. Time itself stood still. They knew who I was. They knew what I’d done.” This heartbreaking World War Two page-turner tells the incredible true story of Dora Schaul, one of history’s most courageous women.
SISTERS OF NIGHT AND FOG BY ERIKA ROBUCK
Two women, two countries. Nothing in common but a call to fight.
A heart-stopping new novel based on the extraordinary true stories of an American socialite and a British secret agent whose stunning acts of courage collide in the darkest hours of World War II.
ESCAPING BUDAPEST BY EITAN POSNER HALEVY
Escaping Budapest follows the intertwined fates of four members of the Levy family during the final, brutal months of World War II. Miriam and István Levy are driven to make a devastating decision – to separate from their daughter Magda – in the hope that distance might mean survival. As Magda risks everything to save her husband from forced labor and execution, her parents are drawn into separate paths marked by betrayal, moral collapse, and fleeting acts of courage.
THEY BLED ORANGE BY MICAEL REIT
A family divided. A war-torn continent. An impossible journey.
In the thick of World War II, Nora Brouwer is the Resistance’s most valuable asset. But when her cover is blown in a botched execution, her life is in grave danger. She must leave Amsterdam immediately and embark on a perilous journey across war-torn Europe, fighting to stay out of the Nazis’ clutches.
THE NINE BY GWEN STRAUSS
The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back to Paris.
WARSAW FURY BY MICHAEL REIT
Warsaw, 1939
We mustn’t let darkness win.
Natan Borkowski has it all. In line to take over the successful family business, his future is set.Julia Horowitz lives in poverty. The daughter of a shoemaker, she dreams of a different life—a different world.
THE GIRLS WHO STEPPED OUT OF LINE BY MAJOR GENERAL MARI K. EDET US ARMY (RET)
From daring spies to audacious pilots, from innovative scientists to indomitable resistance fighters, these extraordinary women stepped out of line and into history, forever altering the world’s landscape. This page-turning narrative, crafted with meticulous historical accuracy by retired U.S. Army Major General Mari K. Eder, provides a fresh perspective on the integral roles that women played during WWII.
THE CRASH BY KATE FURNIVALL
Paris 1933. Four people’s lives are dramatically torn apart by a single terrifying event. Two days before Christmas the express train to Strasbourg crashes into a local train in the winter darkness outside Paris. On board is Gilles Malroux, a man with a shady past and a strong reason to avoid the police.
THE LIGHT BETWEEN US BY ANDREW FUKUDA
For readers of The Librarian of Auschwitz, This Light Between Us is a powerfully affecting story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen pals―a Japanese American boy and a French Jewish girl―as they fight to maintain hope in a time of war.
“I remember visiting Manzanar and standing in the windswept plains where over ten thousand internees were once imprisoned, their voices cut off. I remember how much I wanted to write a story that did right by them. Hopefully this book delivers.” ―Andrew Fukuda
UNBROKEN BY LAURA HLLENBRAND
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that carried him to the Berlin Olympics. Then with the start of World War II, the athlete became an airman. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, against all odds, Zamperini survived.
A CHILD IN BERLIN BY RHONDA LAURITZEN
A Child in Berlin: The Poignant Story of Heidi Posnien and Her Mother During the Fall of Germany
A gripping true story of childhood mischief and deprivations in Nazi-infested Berlin, a mother’s courageous choices, and a young girl’s ultimate resilience to survive alone.
THE PARIS PACKAGE BY A.W. HARTUIN
The Paris Package (A Stella Bled Thriller) Book 1 of 9
On the eve of WWII, a honeymoon turns treacherous.
For newly married Stella Bled Lawrence being wealthy and stylish in 1938 is exactly what it’s cracked up to be. She’s blissfully unaware of the rising tensions in Europe even as she travels to Vienna on the eve of the Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass Hitler’s first large-scale action against the Jews of Germany and Austria.
IN THE FARLEIGH FIELD BY RHYS BOWEN
World War II comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operative and family friend Ben Cresswell is covertly tasked with determining if the man is a German spy.
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THE FORGER BY CIAMA SCHONHAU
The Forger: An Extraordinary Story of Survival in Wartime Berlin
In Nazi Germany, twenty-year old graphic artist Cioma Schönhaus found a unique outlet for his talent: he forged documents for people fleeing the Reich, ultimately helping to save hundreds of lives
THE SECRET SOLDIER BY EOIN DEMPSEY
The Secret Soldier: Gripping and unputdownable World War 2 fiction (The Maureen Ritter Series Book 3)
France, 1943
Having left Christophe, her lover, and fellow freedom fighter, behind in Marseilles, Maureen travels to England to undergo a grueling training course to join the Special Operations Executive and become a secret soldier to counter the Nazis in her beloved France.
THE WINDMILLS and WAR BY DIANE MOODY
The rumblings of war in distant countries mattered little to Danny McClain. Growing up in Chicago, his world revolved around after-school jobs, a rescued beagle, his pen pal in Holland, and the Cubs’ chance to go to the World Series. Then, in December of 1941, during his first year at Northwestern University, news of the attack on Pearl Harbor hit much too close to home.
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BEYOND THE SHADOW OF WAR BY DIANE MOODY
The long-awaited sequel to Diane Moody’s, Of Windmills and War. When the war finally ended in May of 1945, Lieutenant Danny McClain made good on his promise to come back for Anya in Holland. He expected her to put up a fight but instead found her exhausted and utterly broken.
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FROM THE ASHES OF WAR BY DIANE MOODY
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In the third book in Diane Moody’s bestselling WWII series, Dutch war bride Anya Versteeg McClain is struggling to adapt to her new life in America. Her husband Danny, a former B-17 pilot, is troubled by her rollercoaster moods, but vows to do whatever it takes.
WARS LABYRINTH BY KATHLEEN PEROFF
A gripping historical novel of love, divided loyalties, and the price of silence
War’s Labyrinth follows two American sisters and one British agent through the moral fog of World War II and the Cold War, when secrets dramatically changed lives.
MISSING BY KENNETH D. EVENS
MISSING: A World War II Story of Love, Friendships, Courage, and Survival
Don was an all-American boy who went to war for his country…
…but he never expected to end up in a Nazi POW camp.
A SISTER’S VOW BY ADIVA GEFFEN
From the bestselling author of Surviving the Forest and My Daughter’s Keeper comes an unforgettable story of love, survival, and an unbreakable promise.
There is nothing stronger than a vow between sisters. Not even a war. Not even the horrors of a concentration camp.
SIBLINGS OF WAR BY CHANOCHI ZAKE
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Siblings of War: A Captivating Family Survival WW2 Novel Based on a True Story (Heroic Children of World War II)
War tore them apart. Family brought them together.
September 1939. The six Zaks siblings watch in silent horror as the Wehrmacht marches into their quiet hometown in southern Poland. Concerned for their survival, Yisrael Zaks leads his wife Haiya and his brothers Volf and Avraham toward the Russian border.
IF THIS IS A WOMAN BY SARAH HELM
A masterful and moving account of the most horrific hidden atrocity of World War II: Ravensbruck, the only Nazi concentration camp built for women
On a sunny morning in May 1939 a phalanx of 867 women–housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes–were marched through the woods fifty miles north of Berlin, driven on past a shining lake, then herded in through giant gates. Whipping and kicking them were scores of German women guards. BASED ON A TRUE STORY.
THE CHILD ON PLATFORM ONE BY GIL THOMPSON
Inspired by the real-life escape of thousands of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe on the Kindertransport trains to London.
Prague 1939. Young mother Eva has a secret from her past. When the Nazis invade, Eva knows the only way to keep her daughter Miriam safe is to send her away – even if it means never seeing her again. But when Eva is taken to a concentration camp, her secret is at risk of being exposed.
WHEN WE FLEW AWAY BY ALICE HOFFMAN
A novel of Anne Frank before the Diary
Bestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history’s most acclaimed figures, exploring the little-known details of Anne Frank’s life before she went into hiding.
THE POSTCARD BY ANNE BEREST
Anne Berest’s The Postcard is among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years. It is at once a gripping investigation into family trauma, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life.
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CALL OF THE CURLEW BY ELIZABETH BROOKS
Virginia Wrathmell has always known she will meet her death on the marsh.
One snowy New Year’s Eve, at the age of eighty-six, Virginia feels the time has finally come.
New Year’s Eve, 1939. Virginia is ten, an orphan arriving to meet her new parents at their mysterious house, Salt Winds. Her new home sits on the edge of a vast marsh, a beautiful but dangerous place.
THE BIELSKI BROTHERS BY PETER DUFFY
The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews – A History of Resistance, Rescue, and Hope in WWII
In 1941, three brothers witnessed their parents and two other siblings being led away to their eventual murders. It was a grim scene that would, of course, be repeated endlessly throughout the war. Instead of running or giving in to despair, these brothers — Tuvia, Zus, and Asael Bielski — fought back, waging a guerrilla war of wits against the Nazis.
I’LL BE SEEING YOU BY MELODY CARLSON
I’ll Be Seeing You (The Mulligan Sisters) Book 1
December 7, 1941, San Francisco is on high alert following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Mulligan family is grappling with the news that Peter, beloved son and brother, is among the missing
NEIGHBORS AT WAR BY DEBORAH CARR
Neighbors at War: A brand-new gripping and heartbreaking WWII historical novel for 2025
When everything is at stake, how far would you go to save your neighbor?
When German forces invade the Channel Islands and the citizens of Jersey are cut off from the rest of the UK, the islands’ residents’ bond together to resist the enemy.
CODE NAME ELODIE BY ANNA STUART
Code Name Elodie: Based on a true story, a completely heartbreaking, epic and gripping World War 2 page-turner (The Bletchley Park Girls)
1943, Bletchley Park: In the dark of night, my heart is pumping with adrenalin as I wait for news of the secret agent operating under the code name Elodie. She has a dangerous part to play in the Normandy landings and so many lives are at stake. But I couldn’t bear to lose her…
THE WARSAW UPRISING BY GERGE BRUCE
The Warsaw Uprising: 1 August – 2 October 1944 (Major Battles of World War Two)
An engrossing history of the largest resistance movement in the Second World War.
By the summer of 1944 Poland had been occupied by Nazi forces for nearly five years, but on August 1 the people of Warsaw attempted to throw off their shackles and rise up against their Nazi oppressors.
THE SECRET STEALERS BY JANE HEALY
A female American spy in Nazi-occupied France finds purpose behind enemy lines in a novel of unparalleled danger, love, and daring by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Beantown Girls.
Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at a private school in Washington, DC. Everything changes when she’s recruited into the Office of Strategic Services by family friend and legendary WWI hero Major General William Donovan.
WHAT THE WIND KNOWS BY AMY HARMON
In an unforgettable love story, a woman’s impossible journey through the ages could change everything…
Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time.
THE HARD WAY BY EOIN DEMPSEY
A gripping and powerful wartime story filled with courage, sacrifice, and resilience. This compelling historical novel pulls readers into the challenges and emotions of life during war.
Imprisoned in a prisoner-of-war camp in southwest Germany, Michael Ritter attempts a daring escape with two other downed American pilots
THE LION’S DEN BY EOIN DEMPSEY
A broken family. A new opportunity in a country on the precipice of unspeakable evil.
November 1932. Seamus Ritter, a widower with four children, returns from riding the rails in an America crippled by the great depression. Realizing that his homecoming will not be how he envisioned it, and in a desperate attempt to make amends with his 16-year-old daughter, Maureen, Seamus accepts an invitation to come and work for his long-lost uncle in Berlin. With little other choice, Seamus takes the ship to Germany with his family.
ANGELS OF WAR BY LANA KORTCHIK
The Philippines, 1941. Rose Williams arrives in Manila on her first assignment as a US Army nurse, enthralled by the new environment and its promise of adventure. Although worlds away from the land she grew up in, Rose feels connected to her father, who worked in the Philippines before he died.
War seems like a distant possibility as Rose takes midnight dips in a warm sea with the other nurses, explores secret corners of the island, and falls in love with a locally stationed US Army officer.
THE ORDINARY MAN BY STEVE VESCE
One Ordinary Man: A novel based on the true story of Harry Hopkins
- One Ordinary Man is a historically accurate novel about the inspiring, surprising, and remarkable true story of Harry L. Hopkins—one ordinary man who grew from obscurity to play a leading and pivotal role in helping America overcome the Great Depression, defeat Fascism, and win World War II.
THE SOWER OF BLACK FIELD BY KATHERINE KOCH
The Sower of Black Field: Inspired by the True Story of an American in Nazi Germany
In a Bavarian village gripped by Nazi tyranny, an American priest’s faith will be tested like never before.
Father Viktor Koch has spent the war quietly ministering to his parish, keeping their faith alive under the watchful eyes of Nazi authorities. But as Germany crumbles in 1945, a shocking discovery thrusts the village into a moral crisis.In a Bavarian village gripped by Nazi tyranny, an American priest’s faith will be tested like never before.
SOULS RUN WILD BY DAVID PAYNE
SOULS RUN WILD: The Untold Journey of a Soldier Through War, & Determined Survival
A gripping biographical novel that chronicles the harrowing journey of a British Army officer during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, Souls Run Wild explores covert operations, personal sacrifice, and the psychological cost of war. Through firsthand accounts laced with vivid detail and raw emotion, David Payne presents a powerful narrative of loyalty, trauma, survival, and unflinching truth in the face of terror
WHAT IS LEFT OF THE NIGHT BY MARK BUCHANAN
Based on a true story
Buchanan delivers a thought-provoking examination of the role of Christians in war and what true religion really means. Using larger than life characters from history, he weaves a philosophical tale of danger, intrigue, and sacrifice.
In Europe, the Nazi regime’s bloody wake persists as they brutally send “undesirables” to concentration camps. Hannah, a young Jew, loses her mother and sister while fleeing certain death, arriving in Le Chambon in search of refuge
WHEN DARKNESS COMES BY JOHN ANTHONY MILLER
Paris: 1942
Three lives intertwined in Nazi-occupied Paris:
Paul, a brooding banker whose family was killed by the Gestapo.
Rachel, a teenage Jew who leads her family’s escape from the Germans.
Claire, a demure bookstore owner who finds courage and conviction.
All confronted by an infamous Nazi collaborator.
In the sprawling network of catacombs underneath the Left Bank of Paris, they hide thousands of Jewish refugees, giving them new identities and leading them to safety
THE SONG OF COURAGE BY RACHEL WESSON
Based on the incredible true story of two unsung heroines who defied the odds to save countless lives, this powerful novel reveals how acts of extraordinary courage by ordinary women saved so many in the countdown to WW2.
Connie Fitzwalter never imagined that her passion for music would lead her into a world of danger and intrigue.
THE WARTIME CHOCOLATE MAKER BY GOSIA NEALON
The Wartime Chocolate Maker: A totally heart-wrenching and addictive World War 2 novel
Poland, 1943. I inhale the rich caramel scent as I carefully tuck a folded slip of paper under the delicate chocolates. My heart races as the door opens, and I lock eyes with my childhood sweetheart. If he found one of the secret messages hidden in every box of my creations, my life and my family would be in terrible danger…
Working in her father’s chocolate factory, Kasia risks her life every day hiding notes vital to the Polish resistance in the carefully packaged boxes
THE LIBRARIAN SPY BY MADELINE MARTIN
The Librarian Spy: A Novel of World War II – A Historical Fiction Mystery Based on True Espionage History
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London comes a moving new novel inspired by the true history of America’s library spies of World War II.
Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence.
THE THROWAWAY CHILDREN BY DINEY COSTELOE
Gritty, heartrending and unputdownable – the story of two sisters sent first to an English, then an Australian orphanage in the aftermath of World War II.
Rita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five years old when their widowed mother marries a violent bully called Jimmy Randall and has a baby boy by him. Under pressure from her new husband, she is persuaded to send the girls to an orphanage – not knowing that the papers she has signed will entitle them to do what they like with the children.
ANNA’S MEDALLION BY KRIS DRAVEN
Two lovers ripped away from their families by the Nazis must survive slave labor and concentration camps in Germany during WWII to find each other again!
In Nazi-occupied Poland, Anna, a freedom fighter, and Filip, a poor farmhand, are torn from their families and transported to Germany.
Enslaved on two nearby farms, they endure brutal labor, relentless abuse, and violent reprisals—yet in the midst of suffering, they find an undeniable love.
When they revolt against their depraved masters, they are banished to two separate concentration camps—Buchenwald and Ravensbrück.
THE FIRST LADY OF WORLD WAR ll BY SHANNON McKENNA SCHMIDT
The first book to tell the full story of Eleanor Roosevelt’s unprecedented and courageous trip to the Pacific Theater during World War II.
On August 27, 1943, news broke in the United States that First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was on the other side of the world. A closely guarded secret, she had left San Francisco aboard a military transport plane headed for the South Pacific to support and report the troops on WW2’s front lines.
Americans had believed she was secluded at home.
FROM THE DARKNESS WE RISE BY MARION KUMMEROW
“Please, let me help. I won’t tell anyone.” It was madness to help an escaped prisoner in Nazi Germany, but how could she not? If it weren’t for a lucky strike of fate, she might be the woman on the ground shivering with fear. A light of hope entered the prisoner’s eyes and she knew what she had to do…
1942, Germany: When a young woman calling herself Annegret Huber unexpectedly inherits a huge fortune, including a house and factory just outside Berlin, her first thought is to try to see out the war quietly, avoiding the Gestapo and SS as best she can.
LAST TWILIGHT IN PARIS BY PAM JENOFF
Last Twilight in Paris: A Novel – A WWII Historical Fiction Mystery
A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love and survival, from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff
London, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of a store in Paris, and she is certain she has seen the necklace before, when she worked with the Red Cross in Nazi-occupied Europe—and that it holds the key to the mysterious death of her friend Franny during the war.
THE SOWER OF BLACK FIELD BY KATHERINE KOCH
Moral Courage in the Shadow of the Third Reich.
In a Bavarian village gripped by Nazi tyranny, an American priest’s faith will be tested like never before.
Father Viktor Koch has spent the war quietly ministering to his parish, keeping their faith alive under the watchful eyes of Nazi authorities. But as Germany crumbles in 1945, a shocking discovery thrusts the village into a moral crisis.
SOULS RUN WILD BY DAVID PAYNE
A gripping biographical novel that chronicles the harrowing journey of a British Army officer during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, Souls Run Wild explores covert operations, personal sacrifice, and the psychological cost of war. Through firsthand accounts laced with vivid detail and raw emotion, David Payne presents a powerful narrative of loyalty, trauma, survival, and unflinching truth in the face of terror.
WHAT IS LEFT OF THE NIGHT BY MARK BUCHANAN
Based on a true story
In the quiet village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a resistance is stirring
In Europe, the Nazi regime’s bloody wake persists as they brutally send “undesirables” to concentration camps. Hannah, a young Jew, loses her mother and sister while fleeing certain death, arriving in Le Chambon in search of refuge.
WHEN DARKNESS COMES BY JOHN ANTHONY MILLER
Paris: 1942
Three lives intertwined in Nazi-occupied Paris:
Paul, a brooding banker whose family was killed by the Gestapo.
Rachel, a teenage Jew who leads her family’s escape from the Germans.
Claire, a demure bookstore owner who finds courage and conviction.
All confronted by an infamous Nazi collaborator.
THE KEY BY KATHRYN HUGHES
1956
It’s Ellen Crosby’s first day as a student nurse at Ambergate Hospital. When she meets a young woman admitted by her father, little does Ellen know that a choice she will make is to change both their lives for ever…
2006
Sarah is drawn to the now abandoned Ambergate. Whilst exploring the old corridors she discovers a suitcase belonging to a female patient who entered Ambergate fifty years earlier. The shocking contents, untouched for half a century, will lead Sarah to unravel a forgotten story of tragedy and lost love, and the chance to make an old wrong right . . .
A SONG OF COURAGE BY RACHEL WESSON
A Song of Courage: An utterly gripping WW2 historical novel based on a true story
Based on the incredible true story of two unsung heroines who defied the odds to save countless lives, this powerful novel reveals how acts of extraordinary courage by ordinary women saved so many in the countdown to WW2.
Connie Fitzwalter never imagined that her passion for music would lead her into a world of danger and intrigue.
WE SHALL NOT SHATTER BY EIANE STOCK
We Shall Not Shatter: A WWII Story of friendship, family, and hope against all odds (Resilient Women of WWII)
An unforgettable story of friendship, family and hope as two courageous young women face one of history’s most horrific tragedies.
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