The Sunken Cathedral

The long-awaited sequel to Two Wild Swans–finished at last!

After the tragic death of her first husband, Julio, in Spain, Ursula returns to Germany with her brother Albert and her newborn son, Karl-Artur, or Kalle. Cast adrift in a turbulent land, she marries her former fiancé, Martin Hinterhofer, a prosperous furniture merchant, determined to give her son a home and start a new life. And give her brother Albert a chance at building a life of his own with Martin’s sister Christa.

Soon she bears Martin a daughter, Evi, and together they create a refuge for Germany’s wounded and forgotten soldiers, while the country struggles through economic collapse and political upheaval.

Then Uschi meets Martin’s stepbrother, Andreas, a charismatic young doctor from Vienna. Their attraction is immediate—and impossible.

Uschi has promised Martin that she will never betray him again. She intends to keep that promise, no matter what it costs her. But years of suppressed feelings can only be denied for so long.

As Germany descends into darkness and the Third Reich tightens its grip, Uschi and Andreas must find a way to protect the love they dare not acknowledge—and the family they have built around it.

But the greatest danger may come from within their own home.

For Martin’s bitterness is growing. And their daughter Evi is beginning to listen.