In the third installment of A. C.

Holmes’ celebrated historical fiction series, Shelby’s journey through life continues as she faces a hopeful but difficult path amid past demons, present dangers, and dreamy future plans. Book three opens with Shelby awakening from a nightmare experience, only to learn she’s been given an extraordinary opportunity to know love, fulfillment, and happiness.

But all remains contingent on keeping Octave Verrault and his henchmen at bay. Gifted with days of freedom, Shelby has at last been reunited with her lover, Martin.

However, realities collide as unexpected discoveries work against her when she realizes that her romantic ideals come with hard choices and the demands of compromise in order to forge a lasting love. First, she must free herself from the fugitive existence she’s suffered in Verrault’s dark universe and the power he wields over her.

Then, she must find the means to get Martin’s family safely out of Germany and past a gauntlet of Nazis. While working out her plans and coming to terms with the seemingly-distant promise of a new life and the hope it offers, Shelby is forced to confront devastating news and the specter of her own mortality that may put an end to any dreams of a future.

Now her love is challenged by impossible consequences, testing her faith and that of the man she loves. .