Embers in the London Sky by Sarah Sundin
World War II Novelist Plunges Readers into the Heat of the London Blitz in Heart-Gripping Novel
Since 2010, Sarah Sundin has transported readers back to World War II with her mesmerizing and historically accurate novels. In her newest narrative, Embers in the London Sky, Sundin explores the war through the eyes of a mother who has been separated from her beloved child and through a BBC correspondent who knows that reporting the truth will take him deep into the flames. Filled with raw emotion, Embers in the London Sky will captivate, entertain, and educate readers as they plunge into the gritty realities of war.
As the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940, Aleida van der Zee Martens flees her homeland with her husband and her three- year-old son. But when her husband is killed and she is separated from her son, she must escape to London alone to wait out the occupation. She finds work with an agency responsible for evacuating children to the countryside and is determined to use her connections to help her find her son. This includes enlisting the aid of a handsome BBC correspondent.
BBC radio correspondent Hugh Collingwood is caught in the middle of the London Blitz. As German bombs set the city on fire, Hugh is determined to boost morale while walking the fine line between truth and censorship. But the Germans are not the only ones Londoners have to fear as a series of murders flame up amid the ashes.
As Aleida and Hugh work together to find her missing son and also uncover the culprit behind the murders, they continue to grow closer. But with bombs falling and continued killings, they may be running out of time.
Join Sundin in a breathtaking novel that seamlessly weaves together history, suspense, and romance in a tale that transcends time.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Sarah Sundin is the bestselling author of When Twilight Breaks, Until Leaves Fall in Paris, The Sound of Light, and the popular WWII series Sunrise at Normandy, among others. She is a Christy Award winner and a Carol Award winner, and her novels have received starred reviews from Booklist, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly, and have appeared on Booklist’s “101 Best Romance Novels of the Last 10 Years.” Sarah lives in California.
