Welcome to my blog tour stop for The Secretary which is been hosted by Bookouture
Title : The Secretary
Author: Catherine Hokin
Genre: Historical fiction World War II
Rating: 4
My thoughts
First off I want to say a huge thank you to the publisher Bookoutre, the author Catherine Hokin , and to NetGalley for inviting me to join the blog tour for this book as well as letting me read and review it.Once again its a win for Bookouture when it comes to their historical fiction WW 2 stories. And the author did amazing job bring her story to life as well as her characters, this is the second book that I've read where the story takes place in Berlin, and one of the things I loved about the story was how she handled the topic of how the Jews was treated , and the different politics that was going on at that time. The way she wrote her story shows what life was like now and then in the different time periods and how it still effected the people living in 1990 that remembers the war of 1949.
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The Tower House. Down a secluded path, hidden by overgrown vines, the crumbling villa echoes with memories. Of the family who laughed and sang there, until the Nazis tore them from their home. And of the next woman to walk its empty rooms, whose courage in the face of evil could alter the course of history…
Germany 1940. As secretary to the leader of the SS, Magda spends her days sending party invitations to high-ranking Nazis, and her evenings distributing pamphlets for the resistance. But Magda is leading a dangerous double life, smuggling secrets out of the office. It’s a deadly game, and eventual exposure is a certainty, but Magda is driven by a need to keep the man she secretly loves safe as he fights against the Nazis…
Forty years later. Nina’s heart pounds as she steps into an uncertain future carrying a forged passport, a few bank notes, and a scribbled address for The Tower House taken from an intricate drawing she found hidden in her grandmother’s wardrobe. Separated from her family and betrayed by her country, Nina’s last hope is to trace her family’s history in the ruins of the past her grandmother ran from. But, when she finally finds the abandoned house, she opens the door to a forgotten story, and to secrets which will change everything: past, present, and future…
A poignant and gripping novel about bravery, loss and redemption during the Second World War. An unputdownable read for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, We Were the Lucky Ones and The Alice Network.
Author Bio:
Catherine Hokin is the author of two World War Two inspired novels set in Berlin, her favourite city. Following a History degree at Manchester University she worked in teaching, marketing and politics, while waiting for a chance to do what she really wanted which was to write full time. Her short stories have been published by iScot, Writers Forum and Myslexia magazines and she was the winner of the 2019 Fiction 500 Short Story Competition. She is a lover of strong female leads and a quest.
Catherine now lives in Glasgow with her American husband. She has two grown-up children – one of whom lives, very conveniently, in Berlin – and a life long addiction to very loud music.
https://www.catherinehokin.com/
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