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Sister’s of the Storm by Lana Kortchik
Set against the stark, brutal backdrop of Nazi-occupied Albania in 1943, the story follows identical twin US Army nurses Andrea and Nicole after their plane crashes in a remote, hostile territory. To survive, the sisters must embark on a treacherous trek through the freezing mountains with German forces hot on their heels. But the elements…
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My Son’s Duty by Roberta Kagan
In 1933 Berlin, eighteen-year-old Ziggy is trapped in a gilded cage. As the eldest son of a prominent family, he is groomed to be the perfect, obedient Nazi soldier. To the outside world, he is the future of the party. But beneath his quiet compliance lies a gentle heart and a terrifying realization: the regime…
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The Florence Sisters by Tessa Harris
Set in Italy on the brink of a terrifying Nazi occupation, Tessa Harris weaves an unforgettable tale of female bravery, cultural resistance, and high-stakes sabotage. The story opens in June 1940 as fascist blackshirts threaten Il Scorpione—a genteel circle of expatriate Englishwomen living in Florence. When their tea rooms are shut down and the women…
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A Time to Hide by Marion Seidmann Fredman
The book recounts the terrifying true journey of the author’s parents, Grete and Julius, who fled Nazi Germany only to find themselves trapped under the occupation in Holland. Hidden away for three years by heroic Dutch sisters, the couple faced constant starvation, isolation, and fear of discovery. Yet, in the spring of 1945, a miracle…
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Between These Walls by Michael Newman
The story begins in May 1945 on the American-occupied side of Germany’s Elbe River, where US Army Medical Corps Colonel Samuel Singer discovers the smoldering wreckage of an SS staff car. Inside lies a badly injured driver next to a dead German officer carrying the identity of a wanted Nazi war criminal. Fast-forward to July…
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The Prisoners Wife by Maggie Brookes
The story follows Izabela, a Czech farm girl who falls deeply in love with Bill, a British soldier sent to labor on her family’s land. Seeking freedom, they marry in secret and run away into the dead of night. But their freedom is violently cut short when they are cornered by German soldiers with tracking…
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The Lost Woman by Karen Mulvahill
The Lost Woman by Karen Mulvahill is a compelling and richly detailed World War II historical fiction debut. The novel weaves an emotional, dual-timeline narrative following Nicole Cassin, a Jewish teenager whose family art gallery is seized during the 1941 Nazi occupation of Paris. Decades later in New York City, she hires a determined art…
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The Silk Code by Deborah Swift
Inspired by the shocking true history of the “Englandspiel,” this breathtaking novel follows Nancy Callaghan, a codebreaker for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Baker Street. Alongside a quiet coding genius named Tom Lockwood, she invents a genius way to smuggle secret Allied messages past the Gestapo—by printing them on wearable silk cloth. But when…
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The Lost Secrets of The Italian Post Office by Silvia Mazzola
The Lost Secrets of the Italian Post Office by Amanda Weinberg is an emotionally charged World War WWII historical fiction novel inspired by real-life events. Set in a small village in southeast Italy in 1943, the story charts the collapsing friendship of two childhood companions, Ambra and Nina, as fascism divides their town. In a…
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Operation Tulip by Deborah Swift
Set in Nazi-occupied Holland during the terrifying winter of 1944, this breathtaking novel follows British secret agent Nancy Callaghan. To save a captured member of the Dutch resistance, Nancy must play her most dangerous role yet: posing as a wealthy Nazi to manipulate a ruthless SS officer. Meanwhile, across the channel, her code-breaker lover Tom…