Bøger af Cindy Coloma

In 1941, a young woman faces the firing squad at Mauthausen Concentration Camp with only a lone secret and a deep faith to comfort her. In the autumn of 2000, Darby Evans hears her grandmother calling the name of a stranger. A deathbed promise sends Darby on a journey across the world and into the secrets of Austria during World War II. The journey is full of twists and turns, shocking revelations, and dangerous people who still seek a missing inheritance. As Darby seeks answers, her search opens old wounds, awakens new dangers, and just might provide healing and love after six decades of a long winter of sorrow.

"In 1928, 16-year-old Minka was on a picnic in the woods when she was assaulted and raped [and became pregnant]. The baby was secretly born, named Betty Jane, and given up for adoption. For decades, Minka wrote letters trying to get news of her daughter; she kept loving and praying for her, even though she never dared believe they would meet again. Until nearly eighty years later, when Minka whispered [a] secret, impossible prayer for the first time ... Unbeknownst to Minka, that very same day, a judge was releasing the sealed adoption records to her 77-year-old daughter. And soon, Minka's phone would ring"--Amazon.com.