Welcome to the Takeover + Review Tour for The Secret Society of Salzburg by Renee Ryan, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
About the Book
Title: The Secret Society of Salzburg
Author: Renee Ryan
Publisher: Love Inspired Trade
Release Date: December 27, 2022
Genre: Historical Inspirational WW2 Romance
From the author of The Widows of Champagne, and inspired by true events, comes a gripping and heartwrenching story of two very different women united to bring light to the darkest days of World War II.
London, 1933
At first glance, Austrian opera singer Elsa Mayer-Braun has little in common with the young English typist she encounters on tour. Yet she and Hattie Featherstone forge an instant connection—and strike a dangerous alliance. Using their friendship as a cover, they form a secret society with a daring goal: to rescue as many Jews as possible from Nazi persecution.
Though the war’s outbreak threatens Elsa and Hattie’s network, their efforts attract the covert attention of the British government, offering more opportunities to thwart the Germans. But Elsa’s growing fame as Hitler’s favorite opera singer, coupled with her secret Jewish ancestry, make her both a weapon and a target—until her future, too, hangs in the balance.
From the glamorous stages of Covent Garden and Salzburg to the horrors of Bergen-Belsen, two ordinary women swept up by the tide of war discover an extraordinary friendship—and the courage to save countless lives.
What would you sacrifice to save a life? What would you give up to stand against evil. This is a story of two women who become unlikely friends in a time when the world is being turned upside down by an evil regime during World War 2.
Elsa Mayer-Braun is an Austrian Opera singer who is having all of her dreams fulfilled. Her career is taking off, she is marrying the man of her dreams, and she is becoming famous. Except one thing, she has Jewish blood in her and she cannot abide the evil that is transforming her beloved country.
Hattie Featherstone is British and is a civil servant worker for the board of education. She is also an artist whose art is transformed when she first hears Elsa sing. Through a chance meeting, these two become fast friends and join an alliance to do all they can to help save the Jews. Sacrificing all they hold dear, career, love, and even possibly their lives.
This was a story that took the reader into different time jumps between the years 1935 and 1945. The different jumps made the story even more compelling as we the reader got glimpses of what was going to happen to these characters. This was a riveting read of what it looked like when people stood up to the evil of their times and all that they risked.
I was provided a copy of this novel from the publisher. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.
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The Secret Society of Salzburg looks like a very compelling read.
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