White Rose, Black Forest by Eoin Dempsey

Fervor and brutality have swept through her homeland, taking away both her father and her brother and leaving her with no reason to live. Now, as deep drifts of snow blanket the Black Forest, German dissenter Franka Gerber is alone and hopeless.

In the years before the rise of Hitler, the Gerber familys summer cottage was filled with laughter. In the shadows of World War II, trust bes the greatest risk of all for two strangers. 'Tense, taut, and tightly focused, White Rose, Black Forest is a haunting novel about courage and compassion that will keep you gripped from the very first page.Book Synopsis An Amazon Charts bestseller. I enjoyed it tremendously.' -Olivia Hawker, author of The Ragged Edge of Night 'A gripping story of heroism and redemption, White Rose, Black Forest glows with delicate yet vivid writing. Shipman, bestselling author of It Is Well and A Bitter Rain The settings are detailed and the characters leap off the page. 'Dempsey's World War II thriller is a haunting page-turner. Runyan, bestselling author of Daughters of the Night Sky Emotional, taut, and deftly drawn, White Rose, Black Forest is a stunning tale of bravery, compassion, and love.' -Aimie K. It is the tale of one young man, one young woman, and the courage to change the tide of a war. The novel does not span a massive cast of characters, various continents, and the entire duration of the conflict. 'There is much to praise in Eoin Dempsey's White Rose, Black Forest, but for me it stands out from the glut of war fiction because of its poetic simplicity. 'White Rose, Black Forest is partly a lyrical poem, an uncomfortable history lesson, and a page-turning thriller that will keep the reader engaged from the beginning to the end.' -Flora J. Publisher: Amazon Publishing ISBN: 9781503954069 Number of pages: 270 MEDIA REVIEWSĪ Goodreads Choice Award Semifinalist, Historical Fiction Hunted by the Gestapo, can they trust each other enough to join forces on a mission that could change the face of the war and their own lives forever? Their tenuous bond becomes as inseparable as it is dangerous. But when it turns out that he is not who he seems, Franka begins a race against time to unravel the mystery of the airman's true identity. Unwilling to let him die, Franka takes him to her family's isolated cabin despite her hatred for the regime he represents. That is, until she discovers an unconscious airman lying in the snow wearing a Luftwaffe uniform, his parachute flapping in the wind.

In the years before the rise of Hitler, the Gerber family's summer cottage was filled with laughter. In the shadows of World War II, trust becomes the greatest risk of all for two strangers.ĭecember 1943.

White Rose, Black Forest by Eoin Dempsey