In a world filled with danger, heartbreak, and impossible choices, the blood sisters must navigate through the darkness to find love, redemption, and a chance at survival.
Anna has found solace and love in the colorful Romany camp. How long will this last under the watchful eye of a spurned and obsessed Nazi?
In the unrelenting grimness of Ravensbrück, Moriah is caught in the web of Dagna's deadly ambition and schemes. Her chances for survival diminish with every passing moment.
Shunned by society for the telling scar on her face, Elica struggles to live with the consequences of her selfish choices. Will she ever find love, redemption, or her son Theo, again?
In Mussolini's Italy, Mateo and Aria shower young Theo with love and affection. But love is a weakness in the fascist regime.
When Forever Ends is a fitting and unforgettable conclusion to Roberta Kagan's heartwrenching The Blood Sisters series.
The Nazi oppression whips up a storm of terror, ripping apart the blood sisters Anna, Bernie, Elica, and Dagna.
Desperate to be reunited with her husband, Daniel, Elica walks into the dreaded den of the ruthless Gestapo. She's ready to sacrifice anything for their love.
Anna and her family find themselves at the mercy of Anna's heart-throb, Ulf. Ulf's obsession with Anna puts him in a quandary-between his loyalty to the Fuhrer and his burning desire for the forbidden fruit.
Bernie's courage will be pushed to its limits as she embarks on a daring journey to save Elica's baby, Theo. Can she survive this near-impossible mission?
Dagna craves power and will do anything to fit into the Nazi ranks, whatever the cost.
My Sister's Betrayal is the second installment of Roberta Kagan's emotionally-charged WW2 historical fiction series-The Blood Sisters.
Austria 1929
When three little girls-Anna, Bernie, and Elica-make a pact to be blood sisters for life, they believe nothing can come between them.
Anna is from an affluent Jewish family, while Bernie and Elica are from poor Austrian families who barely make ends meet. As they get older, their social differences become all too real.
With infectious Jew-hate-laden rhetoric from Nazi Germany spreading into Austria, it is only a matter of time before their bond of friendship gets severely tested.
How strong is a bond sealed in blood?
A bloodcurdling drama unravels in the shadow of Mengele's dark, twisted obsession.
Ernst must face his nemesis as he battles to save Shoshana, Bluma, Perle, and ultimately, his heart.
Marcel Petoit has weaponized Gisele's dark secrets. Will she escape his evil grip?
Will Herschel and Naomi ever see their girls again?
The Auschwitz Twins is a thrilling finish to Roberta Kagan's gut-wrenching WW2 historical series set within the grim walls of the dreaded Nazi killing floor.
Hide Karl in plain sight. That was the idea. It was meant to be foolproof.
Who would think of finding an Aryan-looking Jewish child in the household of a high-ranking Nazi officer? What could possibly go wrong?
When four-year-old Karl, Kara's son, suddenly disappears, Kara's worst fear becomes her painful reality. Has someone seen through her cover?
An increasingly frustrating search for the missing boy ensues. Kara is succored by Oskar, an SS officer who would do anything to have Kara's love. His compassion is in stark contrast to his office's macabre nature.
As her world is turned upside down, the grim nature of the Third Reich becomes much more apparent to Kara. The rot has eaten deep into many German hearts, even that of her beloved sister Anka.
As a fog of fear and evil envelops Kara's life, the hope of a love she had always ached for stirs ever so slightly.
How far would one go to get a hold of what they so desperately want? Will Kara see her son ever again?
In New York, prohibition has ended, and Sam's world is turned upside down. The mob boss realizes he must expand his illegal interests if he is going to continue to live his lavish lifestyle. Some of the jobs Sam is offered go against his moral character. Transporting alcohol was one thing, but threatening lives is another.
For the first time since that horrible incident in Medina, Alma is finally happy and has fallen in love with a kind and generous Italian doctor who already has a job awaiting him in Rome; however, he is not Jewish.
In Berlin, the Nazis are rising to power. Adolf Hitler disposed of his enemies, and the SA has been replaced by the even more terrifying SS.
After the horrors they witnessed during Kristallnacht, Goldie's mother is ready to abandon all she knows to escape the country. She begs her husband to leave Germany. But he refuses to leave everything that he spent his entire life working for.
The Nazis have taken the country by the throat. The period of artistic tolerance and debauchery has been replaced by a strict and cruel regime that seeks to destroy all who do not fit its ideal. Goldie's path of depravity is catching up with her, and her secrets are threatened.
As the Nazi shadow of death falls across Europe, one man's wickedness looms out of the darkness.
Mengele, the Angel of Death.
When the Aizenberg family is forced into the crowded Warsaw ghetto, they must share a small apartment with a secular Jewish family. This living arrangement will be a test for young Shoshana Aizenberg as she enters adulthood.
Meanwhile, fast-rising doctor Ernst saves a man's life on the Russian front. For his heroism, Ernst is rewarded with the role of Dr. Mengele's apprentice at Auschwitz. It is an opportunity beyond his wildest dreams . . . the cost is the stuff of his worst nightmares.
Gisele's beauty shines in a life fraught with hardship and despair. She desperately hopes to find her father, but first, she'll have to survive the Nazis who have infested Paris.
As Hitler's murderous reign inches steadily towards a disastrous end, the intricate web of secrets woven by each character begins to unravel.
Oskar, handsome but terrifying, is on the verge of madness.
What torments him so?
What dark secrets are buried deep within Kara's loving heart?
Anka's affection for her husband Ludwig is all but gone. Will he turn to the ever-open arms of a secret life?
And . . .
What about Abram? Will he find a way to keep his vow to God? Will he ever be with his family again?
When an old enemy from the KKK, who had once tormented Sam Schatzman, appears back in his life, will he rise above his hatred, or will he allow it to consume him?
In Berlin, Esther and Ted Birnbaum are faced with leaving everything and everyone they love behind in an effort to survive Hitler's vicious attack on the Jews of Germany.
They have no one to turn to for help except their oldest employee, Hans Hubermann. But Hans's son, Erwin, is showing great promise in the Hitler Youth, and Luisa, a longtime enemy of the Birnbaums', has taken notice of Erwin's advancements in the organization. Does she realize Erwin is Hans's son, and that Hans is connected to the Birnbaums? And if she does, what will the ramifications of this be?
In Rome, the Nazis are rounding up all the Jewish people in the ghetto. When Lory hears this, he becomes desperate. His wife, Alma, is Jewish, and he must find a way to save her.
When three doctors at a Roman Catholic hospital approach him with a brilliant but dangerous plan, Lory and Alma must decide whether they are willing to take the risk of joining these three antifascists or try to escape from Italy on their own.
My beautiful boy . . . Created in love . . . born into hatred.
There were so many terrifying stories about the Jews. People called them useless vermin, filthy, dangerous. Before I met Abram, I was afraid of them too. But I am about to tell you a very different story-a forbidden story.
My love for Abram defied all reason . . . as well as German law.
Tonight our son giggles with excitement as he blows out the candles on his birthday cake. But our safety is nothing but an illusion. As his candles burn out, a window shatters outside. The room shudders as the synagogue down the street is engulfed in flames.
Kristallnacht has begun.
When my hidden paradise crumbles like a stack of cards, I must do everything in my power to protect that which is most precious to me. My son's secret must remain hidden.
Before we lose everything.
Sometimes Dreams Come True . . .
And so do nightmares.
When Naomi's daughter, Perle, starts to have nightmares about smokestacks and creepy doctors, Naomi is struck with terror-the terror of a mother who fears her daughter is in mortal danger. Naomi believes dreams are glimpses into the future. She, too, has had dreams of foreign soldiers with a strange flag invading her tiny village. She knows in her heart that evil is brewing.
Real-life has already been a living hell for Naomi. She must navigate the treacherous path of her unhappy arranged marriage with Hershel while keeping a scandalous love affair secret. And now something is coming. Her dreams-the dreams Hershel laughs at-tell her so. And the thing that is coming will make the hell she has been living seem ordinary and almost peaceful.
The noose is tightening, and not even her nightmares can prepare Naomi, or her sleepy little village, from the sweeping scythe of the Nazi death machine.
Since her return home to Berlin, Goldie Schatzman has reconnected with her childhood friend, Leni, a free spirit who has swept Goldie into the Weimar lifestyle that is overflowing with artists and writers, but also with debauchery. Goldie had spent the last nineteen years living a dull life with a spiritless husband. And now she has been set free.
As Goldie's daughter, Alma, is coming of marriageable age, her grandparents are determined to find her a suitable match. Will Goldie's life of depravity hurt Alma's chances to find a Jewish husband? All the while the SA, a preclude to the Nazi SS, is gaining strength.
Leaving a nightclub one night, Goldie finds herself caught in the middle of a demonstration that has turned violent. She is rescued by Felix, a member of the SA, who is immediately charmed by her blonde hair and Aryan appearance. Goldie is living a lie, and her secrets are bound to catch up with her. A girl, who she'd scorned in the past, is now a proud member of the Nazi Party and still carries a deep-seated vendetta against Goldie.
When Goldie's son, Sam, receives word that something has happened in Germany, he must accompany his father on a journey across the ocean.
