Reading Excursions

  MY REVIEW     Paperback:  384 pages  Publisher:  Revell Books (November 7, 2023)  Language:  English   ISBN-10:  0800741714 ISBN-13:  978-080074176 ⬅️   Click Photo for Purchase Information     “ On a golden August morning in 1939, sisters Antonina and Helena Dąbrowska send their father off to defend Poland against the looming threat of German invasion. The next day, the first bombs fall on Warsaw, decimating their beloved city and shattering the world of their youth.   When Antonina's beloved Marek is forced behind ghetto walls along with the rest of Warsaw's Jewish population, Antonina turns her worry into action and becomes a key figure in a daring network of women risking their lives to shelter Jewish children. Helena finds herself drawn into the ranks of Poland's secret army, joining the fight to free her homeland from occupation. But the secrets both are forced to keep threaten to tear the sisters ...

Welcome to the Takeover Tour for A Rose for the Resistance by Angela K. Couch, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours ! ABOUT THE BOOK Title: A Rose for the Resistance  Series: Heroines of WWII  Author: Angela K. Couch  Publisher: Barbour Fiction  R elease Date:  April 1, 2022  Genre: Christian, Historical Romance  A French Woman and German Soldier Create a Truce   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.  Full of intrigue, adve...

  MY REVIEW     Paperback:  368 Pages Publisher:  Revell (February 1, 2022) Language: English ISBN-10:  0800736370 ISBN-13: 978-0800736378 ⬅ ️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ When the Nazis march toward Paris, American ballerina Lucie Girard buys her favorite English-language bookstore to allow the Jewish owners to escape. The Germans make it difficult for her to keep Green Leaf Books afloat. And she must keep the store open if she is to continue aiding the resistance by passing secret messages between the pages of her books.   Widower Paul Aubrey wants nothing more than to return to the States with his little girl, but the US Army convinces him to keep his factory running and obtain military information from his German customers. As the war rages on, Paul offers his own resistance by sabotaging his product and hiding British airmen in his factory. But in order to carry out his mission, he must appear to support the occupati...

Welcome to the Takeover Tour for A Picture of Hope by Liz Tolsma, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours ! ABOUT THE BOOK Title: A Picture of Hope Series: Heroines of WWII Author: Liz Tolsma Publisher: Barbour Fiction Release Date: October 1, 2021 Genre: Christian Historical Romance  A Photojournalist Risks Her Life to Save Children   Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this new 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.  Can Nellie and Jean-Paul see the child to a safe haven while being pu...