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When Jewish Holocaust survivors Eidel and Dovid Levi arrive in the United States, they believe that their struggles are finally over. Both have suffered greatly under the Nazi reign and are ready to leave the past behind. They arrive in this new and different land filled with optimism for their future. However, acclimating into a new way of life can be challenging for immigrants. And, not only are they immigrants but they are Jewish.

Hitler has surrendered. The Nazi flags, which once hung throughout the city, striking terror in the hearts of Polish citizens, have been torn down. It seems that Warsaw should be rejoicing in its new-found freedom. But Warsaw is not free. Instead it is occupied by the Soviet Union, held tightly in Stalin’s iron grip.

In the early 1940s, countless Jewish families were imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto before being led to their deaths by the Nazis. Amidst this horror, one young Jewish girl is smuggled out of the ghetto, sent to live on the other side of Warsaw with Helen Dobinski, a friend of her mother. Helen's Catholic faith and her friendship with the girl's mother compels her to keep the young child safe from harm. But Helen's heroism comes at a cost. Because harboring a Jewish person is a crime to the Nazis, with severe punishment - even death - as the penalty.

In Nazi Germany, Helga Haswell is at a crossroads. She’s become pregnant by a married SS officer, who has since abandoned her. Left alone with the thought of raising a fatherless child, she has nowhere to turn - until the Lebensborn steps in. They will take Helga’s child when it’s born and raise it as their own. Helga will now be free to live her life. But when Helga has second thoughts, it’s already too late.

In 1935, the Nazis established a program called "The Lebensborn". Their agenda: to genetically engineer perfect Aryan children. These children were to be the new master race, once HItler had cleared all undesirable elements out of Europe. Within a year the first institution was built. The year is 1943.... The forests of Munich are crawling with danger under the rule of "The Third Reich", but in order to save the life of her unborn child, Petra Jorgenson must escape from the Lebensborn Institute. Alone, seven months pregnant, and penniless, avoiding the watchful eyes of the armed guards in the overhead tower, she waits....

All of her life Brittney Ellis has been the overweight, unpopular girl at school, longing to be a part of the popular crowd. When she makes up her mind to reinvent herself, Brittney discovers that being a part of the "cool kids" might not be as awesome as she dreamed it would be. This is a story of young love, friendships, and triumph over difficult odds. If you enjoy books about women overcoming their shortcomings to find their true selves, you'll love I Want To Be Popular.

Set in Nazi occupied Europe, All My Love, Detrick follows the lives of two families, one Jewish and one German. They are bound together forever by a forbidden love. If you like Historical Sagas, you'll love All My Love, Detrick.

Who was Jack the Ripper? Why did he commit such horrific murders? What drove him? And, why was the crime never solved? A student of history at Oxford explores the life of Jack the Ripper. However, neither he nor his girlfriend realize the dangerous journey of obsession he is about to take.

Set during the life time of Rasputin (the mad monk of Russia), and spanning across Siberia and Europe, The Gypsy Witch is a sweeping tale of the Romany (gypsies), their magical ways and romantic customs. Rasputin, known for alcohol abuse, tantric sex, and womanizing is on his way to controlling the court of Russia by convincing the Czarina that he is the only one who can heal her hemophiliac son. But when he meets a young gypsy girl he learns that he is not the only one with magical powers. And women's feelings should never be taken lightly.

This novella takes place on the tragic voyage of the SS St. Louis, a ship the Nazis allowed to sail out of Germany carrying the souls of 926 Jewish passengers hoping to be allowed to live. The vessel sailed out of the port of Hamburg Germany in 1939, with a very high price demanded for passage. However, when the ship set sail on it's way to Havana Cuba, the travelers had no idea what was in store. A story of love, of betrayal, and jealousy - of the will to live and the sadistic hatred of a madman and those who followed him.

A brothel of the sexiest male vampires drives Caroline to the point of distraction. Will she risk her comfortable life to possess the man who has taken ownership of her heart and soul? There is a danger when one tastes the sweet tender flesh of Forbidden Fruit. Passion, love, blood, and betrayal....if you enjoy sexy vampire stories, you'll love Forbidden Fruit. A short story. Revised...now it's even sexier...

Paris, 1923. Lily Levin boards a train with her baby daughter Mimi and American husband, leaving behind her beloved mother Chloe for a new life across the ocean. Carrying her mother’s precious diamond pin and the Yiddish lullabies she sings to Mimi, Lily faces an uncertain future in a country she’s never seen. In New York, as Lily struggles to fit in, she finds an unexpected ally in Gloria, a young mother hired to care for Mimi. The two women forge a friendship deeper than blood as they share dreams, fears, and their fierce love for their children. Then tragedy shatters their world.

Anna, Bernie en Elica sluiten een verbond om voor altijd vriendinnen te blijven. Maar zal hun vriendschap de verschrikkingen van de oorlog doorstaan? De belofte van mijn zus is deel 1 van de Oorlogszussen-serie. Anna komt uit een rijke Joodse familie, terwijl Bernie en Elica uit arme Oostenrijkse gezinnen komen die nauwelijks kunnen rondkomen. Voor hen voelt het alsof ze zussen zijn. Maar naarmate ze ouder worden, worden hun sociale verschillen steeds duidelijker.