SHARI J. RYAN
—INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR—
The Nurse Behind the Gates by Shari J Ryan - Cover Reveal
I know it's only been two minutes since I announced a release, but I'm back with more exciting news and a surprise cover reveal for my next Historical Fiction novel:
THE
NURSE BEHIND
THE GATES
Before I spill out the blurb/copy for the book, I just want to say that of all the WW2 books I've written, I had yet to see or be within the gates of a concentration camp until writing this one. I've lived through stories from my grandmothers and endless hours of research, virtual tours, video tours, you name it... But being able to go this past summer was life changing in so many ways.
I visited Dachau and Terezin. It was unreal.
I had so much to write about when I got home that the words bled out of me to a point where I had to cut back on this novel several times.
I'll be blogging about my experience more later, but for now, to share the beautiful cover, I wanted to let you know that if you've read The Bookseller of Dachau, you might remember Danner Alesky.
This is Danner's story from Dachau—his love, loss, triumphs, and...
The book will be out on May 20th, 2024 and I can't wait to share it with all of you!
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Dachau, 1942. Emilie has been told she’s here to nurse evil men. But the first patient she sees in the cold, dark room is hauntingly familiar. Her first love is not wicked. He couldn’t be. What is he doing here?
Emilie’s heart stops as she takes in her childhood sweetheart hunched in a tattered prisoner’s uniform, the light lost from his face. Her new husband, Otto, said this was a camp for criminals. He should know, he’s the doctor. But Dannerwould never have broken the law.
As she looks into Danner’s beautiful brown eyes, she's transported back to their happy childhood in Munich. The friendship they shared. The way her heart once felt like it beat only for him. Before the Jewish laws were enforced and Danner pushed Emilie away to protect her, breaking her heart.
Now, Emilie rushes to find Otto, desperate for answers. But when she discovers him waiting with confidentiality papers for her to sign, she realizes her husband has been lying. This isn’t a place to treat sick criminals, but to murder the innocent. And Otto tells her if she doesn’t help, they'll both die.
Her hands shake as she receives her instructions. But as she rushes back to the sickbay, searching for a way to escape, her gaze lands on Danner once more. In his eyes, she can see something that almost looks like hope…
The thought of losing her first love again tears Emilie’s heart in two. She's determined to keep him alive, and perhaps she can alter the fate of more than just one prisoner. But can she save Danner? Or will she die trying to rescue the man she’s never stopped loving?
An unputdownable, heart-wrenching yet hopeful World War Two page-turner which will restore your faith in humanity and in the power of love to triumph over evil in the darkest of places.
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