I love stories about WWII and this debut was fascinating. Adia is an American caught in Poland as a trainer at a horse farm that breeds Arabians. She rejects evacuation in order to protect the horses she loves. But the Germans sweep in and take over the farm in order to breed the perfect Super Horse. In much danger, Adia puts herself in constant peril to preserve the horse stock.
Bret is posing as a reporter but is really a British spy. He helps Adia with the horses and a nearby partisan group.
The story is fraught with risks and the menacing German Army. Romance comes to Bret and Adia but war interferes, a bright spot is a little 6 year old pickpocket named Ewan who wends his way into Adia’s heart.
This was another excellent tale based on true events, from yet another perspective on WWII. The author shows the characters with great compassion and courage.
Recommended for fans of WWII fiction with an underlying faith thread.
*I won this title from Library Thing and was provided an ecopy from Revell via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.* I was under no obligation to provide a positive review. 5 stars and an underlying faith thread
BackCover Blurb:
American horse trainer Adia Kensington is living her dream of working at the famous Janów Podlaski stables in Poland, where they breed the best Arabian horses in the world. But her plans to bring the priceless stallion Lubor to the US are derailed when the German army storms into her adopted country in 1939. Little does she know this is just the beginning of six long years of occupation that will threaten her beloved horses at every turn.
Bret Conway is at Janów Podlaski under the guise of a news reporter, but his true mission is intelligence gathering for the British. That and keeping Adia safe, which is harder and harder to do as she insists they must evacuate 250 horses to save them from being stolen, sold, or eaten by the invading forces. What follows will test their physical, mental, and emotional strength, as well as their faith in God, humankind, and each other.
Drawn from true events of World War II, this epic story of escape, capture, resistance, and love from debut novelist Nicole M. Miller will thunder into your heart like a herd of beautiful horses across a raging river.
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