Ellie Midwood

The Girl from Berlin: Standartenfuhrer's Wife Ellie Midwood

Publisher Marketing: This is a diary of Annalise Meissner, a young German Jew with long time ago falsified papers, living a carefree life in pre-war Berlin. A talented ballerina, she comes from a wealthy family and at first doesn't want to concern herself with the changes her country starts undergoing under the new Nazi regime. However, when the oppressions against the Jewish population begin, she realizes that she can't be a silent bystander and swears to help her people in any way possible. She falls in love and gets married to her father's longtime friend, Standartenfuhrer Heinrich Friedmann, who even though he works for SD - the Reich Secret Service - seems to share her views, and soon Annalise learns why. Her new husband turns out to be a counterintelligence agent working for the US government, and together they start a dangerous game against the sinister Gestapo, trying to save as many lives as they can and not to compromise themselves. But it's not only the persecuted people Annalise wants to save; she meets the leader of the Austrian SS Gruppenfuhrer Ernst Kaltenbrunner who everyone seems to fear, but for some reason Annalise isn't intimidated by the Chief of the Austrian Gestapo and doesn't believe the rumors about his brutality. Gruppenfuhrer Kaltenbrunner isn't hiding the fact that he would love to get this beautiful girl as his mistress, but Annalise, despite the mutual attraction, stays faithful to her beloved husband. However, the risky game she's playing will soon change everything..." Contributor Bio:  Midwood, Ellie Ellie Midwood came to the United States right after graduating from the faculty of foreign languages in Moscow, Russia. Her impressions from the first several years in New York were put at the base of her book "The New York Doll." Ellie is currently working on her second book "The Brooklyn Boys' Tales" which depicts the life of several powerful members of New York mob families. Ellie lives in New York with her boyfriend and their chihuahua. Contributor Bio:  Simmons, Melody Ava Catori is a Jersey girl with padded hips, a touch of grey, and a house full of furry friends. Her two dogs and cat keep her company while she writes. With a positive outlook and a good sense of humor, Ava maneuvers life in the slow lane. A doting husband tells her she's funny, while her grown sons tell her she's not. Obviously, her sons are mistaken! Olivia Rigal is a plus-size American who has been living in Paris for thirty years. She enjoys playful storytelling at night, a pleasant change from her day job writing a different type of literature. She loves to read, sing, cook, swim and sleep. She has a passion for leopard prints and is always wearing at least one piece of it ... whether you can see or not. Ava and Olivia met in July 2014 in San Antonio during the yearly Romance Writers Association meeting and enjoyed working together so much they are presently plotting something wicked for Hunter.