This book was about the German Resistance in World War II, but there was not enough suspense or drama for me. Publication date 2003 Topics Librarians, Romance Publisher New York, N.Y. I also found that the plot was thin and that the book moved slowly. Amber by night Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. This is clearly a personal preference, and there will be others that praise Hawker for her lyrical and poetic writing style. Hawker’s book has received rave advance praise from notable authors but unfortunately, I found the writing style too wordy and in need of editing.
In the midst of this, Anton and Elisabeth slowly fall in love. She brings to life a small German town during World War II and the acts of resistance that the villagers hope will help bring the Reich to an end. In The Ragged Edge of Night, Olivia Hawker tells the true story of her husband’s grandfather, Anton. How far will he go to atone for his sins and will he risk the lives of the family he now has? Revisit a fan-favorite romance from New York Times best-selling author Sharon Sala From nine to five, she was Amelia Beauchamp, typical small-town librarian. As World War II progresses, Anton’s acts grow more daring and he is suspected of treason. Returning from a nightmarish undercover assignment only to discover that the woman he loves has been brutally murdered and her son has been kidnapped, CIA agent Jonah Slade teams up with her sister, Macie Blaine, to find the truth, plunging them both into a dark world of revenge and betrayal. Once married, Anton has difficulty supporting his family through his music lessons alone and he begins to work for the German Resistance, shuttling important messages between towns. Desperate to atone for not doing enough to save the children under his tutelage at the monastery, Anton answers an advertisement and marries Elisabeth Herter, a widow with three young children in a small German village she needs help and wants her family to somehow survive the war. It was one game that he had every intention of turning into reality.In 1942 Germany, the Nazis force Anton Starzmann, a former Franciscan monk, to leave his monastery and return to the life of a layperson. Or did she? Tyler, it turned out, was well aware that proper Amelia and flirtatious Amber were one and the same-and he was having a fine old time playing along with romantic dinners and long, moonlit nights together. But "Amber" was certain he would never be interested in her if he knew who she really was.
But when the sun went down, she was miniskirt-clad cocktail waitress Amber Champion…and she’d caught the eye of the town’s biggest rake, Tyler Savage. Revisit a fan-favorite romance from New York Times best-selling author Sharon Sala From nine to five, she was Amelia Beauchamp, typical small-town librarian.
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