Annalise Reinhardt loves her life on a large estate with animals and crops on the edge of the powerful German city of Hermannstadt, Romania in 1924, where she studies and plays her violin. But when her guardian, Uncle Zarko Tismăneanu, is a witness to a terrible incident, they must flee Romania and escape to America. Two others traveling on the same train and then on the steamship Olympic are connected because of the dreadful incident that happened in Frauendorf. Friendship and romance blossom, but who will win the heart of Annalise Reinhardt-Carl Schuster or Razvan Pacula? Will their newly formed relationships withstand the trip to Ellis Island? Whenwhat happens on that journey threatens to change the lives of these friends forever, will they recognize God’s hand at work in their lives? A novel of intrigue and suspense, a heart yearning for her love, and faith that God will bring them back together again.
What a riveting story filled with so many great twists and turns.
-Mary Rice Hopkins, recording artist, songwriter, TV host, author