War Archives

4.5-STAR REVIEW: FATHER OF ONE by Jani Anttola

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 2 June 2025

Publication Date: July 25, 2023 Maka, a young Bosnian soldier, has survived three years under siege. When the enemy forces launch their final attack on his hometown, he must escape to the hills....

5-STAR REVIEW: THE GERMAN NEXT DOOR By Gosia Nealon

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 29 May 2025

Publication Date: May 28, 2025 Poland, 1943. “We owe you our lives.” The elderly woman clasps my hands before climbing the attic ladder to hide with her family. I am filled with anger,...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE EMERALD TWINS by Helen Fripp

Book Reviews Amy Wilson - 26 May 2025

Publication Date: May 22, 2025 An impossible choice. Three generations of secrets. And an unbreakable promise. France, 1944. In an opulent hotel room above the streets of Paris, a mother sobs and clutches her twin...

5-STAR REVIEW: DIAMONDS IN AUSCHWITZ by Meg Hamand

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 18 March 2025

Publication Date: March 11, 2025 A poignant novel of love, survival, and how brightly hope can shine against the backdrop of unimaginable darkness Rachael is a resilient Jewish woman imprisoned in Auschwitz during World...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE WARTIME MOTHER by Lizzie Page

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 10 March 2025

The Wartime Evacuees: Book 3 Publication Date: March 7, 2025 England, 1941: Heartbroken villager Winnie has only just lost her husband when she’s asked to house an evacuee from the city. Will these two...

5-STAR REVIEW: RESCUE RUN by John Winn Miller

Action/Adventure Amy Wilson - 4 March 2025

Peggy C Saga: Book 2 Publication Date: March 4, 2025 A thrilling rescue goes awry and becomes a desperate flight across Nazi-occupied Europe. In this exciting sequel to the award-winning "The Hunt for the Peggy...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE UMBRELLA MAKER’S SON by Tod Lending

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 10 February 2025

Publication Date: February 11, 2025 "This powerful, heart-wrenching novel follows a young Polish Jew through his incredible journey to escape the Nazis. Reuven’s story typifies that of millions of others experiencing the horrors...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE GIRL WHO SAVED THEM by S.E. Rutledge

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 7 February 2025

Publication Date: February 5, 2025 1944, Germany. Louise struggles down from the cattle car, stumbling on the platform as guards shout harsh threats to keep moving. Blinking at the rows of terrified women,...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE SECRET WAR OF HENRY REBBENOFF by Alice Reiter Laby

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 6 February 2025

Publication Date: December 16, 2022 Love, faith, family and loyalty - The year is 1937. Henry Rebbenoff has all his dreams fulfilled in his adopted city- Charleston, South Carolina. He has found the...

5-STAR REVIEW: LAST TWILIGHT IN PARIS by Pam Jenoff

Historical Romance Amy Wilson - 5 February 2025

Publication Date: February 4, 2025 A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love and survival,...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE WOMAN IN THE WALLPAPER by Lora Jones

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 4 February 2025

Publication Date: February 4, 2025 The lives of three women dramatically collide during the French Revolution: Sofi, a wallpaper factory worker; her sister Lara, a lady’s maid; and a young aristocrat, Hortense. At...

5-STAR REVIEW: MIDNIGHT ON THE SCOTTISH SHORE by Sarah Sundin

Historical Romance Amy Wilson - 4 February 2025

Publication Date: February 4, 2025 In a time of war, danger lurks beneath the water—and in the depths of the human heart As the German war machine devours the Netherlands, the only way Cilla...