Lebensborn

Synopsis: In the summer of l941, an elite SS force under the command of the charming but cruel Major Reinhardt Hurst takes over a small French village. -- Antoinette Gauthier, her family, friends, members of the Resistance, and even their pets, find life difficult under the exacting SS rules. For Antoinette, it means being a servant for Major Hurst and his officers as they take up residence in her home. She succumbs to his advances to learn their secrets for the Resistance, only to have Hurst later discard her. -- Then, finding herself pregnant, she is sent by Hurst to a Lebensborn home, where the residents believe she is a spy and treat her shabbily. At the SS Party House next door, she works in the kitchen and later discovers a wounded British pilot hiding in the woods behind the home. -- The tension builds as Antoinette is commanded to join one of the Nazis' wild parties. She agrees in the hope it can help her to rescue the pilot and, together, they can escape. -- Publisher's Web site: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/Lebensborn.html About the Author: Jo Ann Bender is passionate about writing and lives a mountain lifestyle conducive to creative pursuits. Bender grew up in Iowa and now runs the rustic Lazy Bee bed and breakfast in the mountains of eastern Washington State.