{"title":"Books by Sarah Sundin","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780800727994","title":"The Land Beneath Us","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the midst of a global war, two forsaken souls search for personal peace \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1943, Private Clay Paxton trains hard with the US Army Rangers at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, determined to do his best in the upcoming Allied invasion of France. With his future stolen by his brothers' betrayal, Clay has only one thing to live for--fulfilling the recurring dream of his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeah Jones works as a librarian at Camp Forrest, longing to rise above her orphanage upbringing and belong to the community, even as she uses her spare time to search for her real family--the baby sisters she was separated from so long ago. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter Clay saves Leah's life from a brutal attack, he saves her virtue with a marriage of convenience. When he ships out to train in England for D-day, their letters bind them together over the distance. But can a love strong enough to overcome death grow between them before Clay's recurring dream comes true?","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294784106869,"sku":"9780800727994","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780800727994_674816b5-7406-4b97-ac82-ce155fda243f.jpg?v=1786016049"},{"product_id":"9780800727970","title":"The Sea Before Us","description":"\u003cb\u003eNothing but love could heal the wounds of war\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1944, American naval officer Lt. Wyatt Paxton arrives in London to prepare for the Allied invasion of France. He works closely with Dorothy Fairfax, a \"Wren\" in the Women's Royal Naval Service, who pieces together reconnaissance photographs with holiday snapshots of France--including those of her family's summer home--in order to create accurate maps of Normandy. Maps that Wyatt turns into naval bombardment plans for D-day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the two spend concentrated time together in the pressure cooker of war, their deepening friendship threatens to turn into something more. But both of them have too much to lose to give in to love . . .","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294784237941,"sku":"9780800727970","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780800727970_cf56e047-12bb-4c0f-b80c-93c1bc3fb5a3.jpg?v=1786016048"},{"product_id":"9780800736378","title":"Until Leaves Fall in Paris","description":"\u003cb\u003e2022 CHRISTY AWARD WINNER!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eParis, 1940\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Germans march toward Paris, American ballerina Lucie Girard buys her favorite English-language bookstore to allow the Jewish owners to escape. The Germans make it difficult for her to keep Green Leaf Books afloat. And she must keep the store open if she is to continue aiding the resistance by passing secret messages between the pages of her books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidower Paul Aubrey wants nothing more than to return to the States with his little girl, but the US Army convinces him to keep his factory running and obtain military information from his German customers. As the war rages on, Paul offers his own resistance by sabotaging his product and hiding British airmen in his factory. But in order to carry out his mission, he must appear to support the occupation--which does not win him any sympathy when he meets Lucie in the bookstore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a world turned upside down, will love or duty prevail?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"With meticulous historical research and an eye for both mystery and romance, Sundin rises to the top of World War II fiction in this latest novel.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This potent synthesis of history, love, and faith will delight romance readers.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A compelling exploration of the seemingly simple good things that end up requiring great sacrifice and having far-reaching impacts.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e starred review\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294821167477,"sku":"9780800736378","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780800736378_5b9a7a7f-1c3c-48b3-9d45-71b72332ca3c.jpg?v=1786016075"},{"product_id":"9780800736361","title":"When Twilight Breaks","description":"\u003cb\u003eM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eunich, 1938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eEvelyn Brand is an American foreign correspondent determined to prove her worth in a male-dominated profession and to expose the growing tyranny in Nazi Germany. To do so, she must walk a thin line. If she offends the government, she could be expelled from the country--or worse. If she does not report truthfully, she'll betray the oppressed and fail to wake up the folks back home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Lang is an American graduate student working on his PhD in German. Disillusioned with the chaos in the world due to the Great Depression, he is impressed with the prosperity and order of German society. But when the brutality of the regime hits close, he discovers a far better way to use his contacts within the Nazi party--to feed information to the shrewd reporter he can't get off his mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the world marches relentlessly toward war, Evelyn and Peter are on a collision course with destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sundin's novels set the gold standard for historical war romance. 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American physicist Dr. Else Jensen refuses to leave Copenhagen and abandon her research--her life's dream--and makes the dangerous decision to print resistance newspapers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Else hears rumors of the movement's legendary \u003ci\u003eHavmand\u003c\/i\u003e--the merman--she also becomes intrigued by the mysterious and silent shipyard worker living in the same boardinghouse. Henrik makes every effort to conceal his noble upbringing, but he is torn between the façade he must maintain and the woman he is beginning to fall in love with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Occupation cracks down on the Danes, these two passionate people will discover if there is more power in speech . . . or in silence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sundin shines in her newest novel. 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