Sarah Sundin

Aleida cannot stay in Denmark any longer - Hitler & his army have made that very clear. She also cannot stay with her husband Sebastian any longer - his years of abuse & neglect for their child has made that very, very clear. But just as she is about to make an escape with her son, Sebastian packs them all into their car to flee together. As Aleida tries to find a way for she & Theo to escape, Sebastian is looking for his own way to escape. His plan - to rid himself of his deformed child in any way possible.

Hugh Colllingwood loves reporting for the BBC radio and bringing the news to life with his broadcasts. However, his family thinks this is beneath him and tries repeatedly to convince him to give it up. As tensions grow and rations diminish, keeping up England’s morale is becoming increasingly difficult. Then, tragedy strikes when his older brother, his uncle, and his good friend are killed. Can Hugh survive this war much longer? Can England?

Another wonderful book from Ms Sundin! Her novels never disappoint in historical accuracy or interesting plot lines. I cannot wait for the next book in this series! Thank you LibraryThing Early Reviewers for the advanced copy of this book!… (más)

This is the second book of Sundin’s “Sunrise at Normandy” trilogy which focuses on the Paxton brothers, whose family was torn apart by a foolish accident with tragic consequences. Now three years later, each of the estranged brothers must make peace with the past and with God before facing D-day and the Normandy invasion.

Adler and Violet are compelling characters. Adler’s flaws are obvious and he bears a tremendous load of guilt for the sins of his past, with consequences that he knows about and some he doesn’t. He has great difficulty accepting forgiveness that he feels is unmerited. Violet’s issues are more subtle. An American Red Cross worker in England, she is basically a good person, but she still lives in a world of black-and-white, good-and-bad, right-and-wrong and finds herself deeply challenged by the real world and its shades of gray. All this against a backdrop of WWII Britain on the edge of D-Day.

This is a compelling and thoughtful story, every bit as excellent as the first book, [The Sea Before Us], which is brother Wyatt’s story. I look forward to the publication of Clay’s story soon.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.… (más)

This Christian historical fiction novel is set in WW2 Denmark. Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt is living under an assumed identity - uneducated laborer, Hemming Anderson. Under cover of darkness, he is also the “Havmand” (male mermaid) who, so the stories say, swims across the waters to Sweden (he actually rows a scull across, having been an Olympic rower) carrying messages for the resistance after Germany invades Denmark. He lives in a boarding house with a group of people including Dr. Else Jensen, an American physicist working at a lab in Denmark. She, too, works for the resistance by secretly making copies at the lab for an illegal, underground newspaper. Secrecy is of the utmost importance, so neither Henrik/Hemming nor Else can tell anyone the truth about what they are each doing - or in Henrik/Hemming’s case, who he really is. There is a spark between the two, but the story of the resistance takes center stage for the most part. About halfway through the novel that sort of shifts a little - and then a little more by the end - toward the romance aspect, which is not my typical read; however, this is a well-written, interesting story about some real events, including what happened when the Germans enacted a Jewish roundup in Denmark. If you are a fan of historical Christian romance, you will probably like this one!… (más)