Kirjahaku

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.Lebensborn, the infamous German "voluntary reproduction" program - rumored to involve the abduction of blond-haired, blue-eyed girls and forcing them to bear the children of Nazi soldiers. But when their convoy is bombed en route to Berlin, Aleksandra and the girls see their chance to escape. In a foreign land, far from home, they know their survival depends on keeping their identities a secret.Resourceful and determined not to be discovered, Aleksandra takes a job as a nurse in the German city of Dresden. Just as she starts to think she might live to see the end of the war, her carefully crafted secret begins to unravel. Aleksandra knows that if she ever wants to see her home and family again, she will have to risk it all - on her own.

How can she choose between her family and the man she loves?On August 13, 1961, soldiers erect a wall across a war-torn city, transforming East Berlin into an overnight prison and tearing families apart in the blink of an eye.Unwilling to leave her dying father, fifteen-year-old Ella makes the impossible decision to stay behind while her best friend Anton takes Ella's little brother and flees to the freedom of the West at the last possible chance.But when her father's death finally leaves her orphaned and alone, Ella's hope of a reunion burns strong. Yearning for a future with Anton, she bides her time in East Berlin, meeting with shadowy resistance groups who are her only chance for freedom.But time goes by slowly, and with no word from Anton, Ella begins to wonder whether she will ever see him and her brother again. And when a tentative new friendship slowly blossoms into love, she will have to make the hardest choice of all.Leave East Berlin for the man she thought was her everything, or stay behind with the one she now fears she cannot live without.From the bestselling author of The Polish Nurse, this powerful story of a young girl's courage in the face of an impossible choice is perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah and Rhys Bowen.Previously published as Berlin Butterfly: Ensnare

Promises. Devotion. Deception. Betrayal.It's 1966 in East Berlin, Germany. The Wall is reinforced with cinder blocks, barbed wire, tank traps, and second-generation guard towers to oversee what is known as the death strip. Its function successfully claims a steady stream of victims longing for freedom and willing to risk everything to escape the destruction known as the Deutsche Democratic Republic.Ella K hn now in her twenties, faithfully awaits the end of Stefan's ten-year military sentence, yearning for the moment they will finally be together. A mysterious disappearance, startling news from the West, and surprising betrayal wrench Ella's dedicated resolve in shocking directions. Her stubborn curiosity and devotion to those she loves pushes her to pursue answers in the face of doubt, danger, and even death.In Deception, book 2 of the "Berlin Butterfly" series, Ella's search for light in an ever-growing darkness introduces her to new friends, perilous associations, and deadly exploits. Will Stefan's love and the belief that he will return be enough to keep Ella on the East side of the wall? Or does heartache and treachery push her to join the family and a life of freedom she longs for? Fans of German war fiction and historical romance will love this extraordinary twentieth-century political drama.

It's time to tear down the wall.East Berlin, 1983. For years, Ella K hn has been stranded alone, separated from her loved ones by the cruel reality of a country divided by the impenetrable Berlin Wall. And she's had enough.Using her unique set of talents to support Berlin's secret resistance movement, Ella throws herself into the fight for freedom. She knows she absolutely cannot fail if she ever wishes to be reunited with the family she's missed for decades.But tensions in Berlin are rising and as ghosts from Ella's past begin to surface, she has to wonder... is freedom really all it seems? Or could everything she's ever wanted be right there, in the place she's spent decades trying to escape?From the bestselling author of The Polish Nurse, The Berlin Girl's Resistance is the riveting and surprising finale to Ella's captivating story of courage and survival against the odds while the Berlin Wall stands. Previously published as Berlin Butterfly: Release.