RELEASE DATE: APRIL 1, 2014
My Rating: 5+ Stars
In this powerful retelling of the Book of Esther, blonde, blue-eyed Jewess Hadassah Benjamin feels abandoned by God when she is saved from a firing squad only to be pressed into service by SS-Kommandant Colonel Aric von Schmidt at the WWII transit camp of Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia. In order to maintain her false identity as his secretary, Stella Muller, she must stand by and watch as her own people are sent to Auschwitz. Suspecting her employer is a man of hidden sympathies, Stella cautiously appeals to him on behalf of those in the camp while she secretly takes her own risks to save them. As Aric’s compassion gives her hope, she fights a growing attraction to a man she should despise as an enemy. When her bravery finally brings her to the point of ultimate sacrifice, she has only her faith to lean upon. Perhaps God placed her there for such a time as this. Yet how can she save her people when she cannot save herself? ENDORSEMENTS AND REVIEWS
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Wow and WOW! Every Mate Breslin book I read, this is the way I fell when I finish.
This fiction book takes you from Dachau to Terezin concentration camps during World War II. It concerns an unlikely romance between an SS officer and a Jewish girl. Although improbable, the book does give an insight into the Terezin camp and the interactions between the officers in charge of the camp as well as their interactions with those held in the
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Former bookseller-turned-author Kate Breslin enjoys life in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and family. A writer of travel articles and award-winning poetry, Kate received Christian Retailing’s 2015 Best Award for First Time Author and her first novel, For Such A Time, won American Christian Fiction Writers 2015 Carol Award. Kate’s fourth novel, Far Side of the Sea, released in March, 2019. When she’s not writing inspirational fiction, Kate enjoys reading or taking long walks in Washington’s beautiful woodlands. She also likes traveling to new places, both within the U.S. and abroad, having toured Greece, Rome, and much of Western Europe. New destinations make for fresh story ideas. Please visit her at www.katebreslin.com
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