Oct 31, 2025
When I looked at the cover of These Blue Mountains by Sarah Loudin Thomas, I couldn't help but think of the cover from the early editions of Anne of Green Gables. Listen in to see what Sarah has to say about that.
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We talked about so much that I have a hard time remembering everything, but I loved hearing about how Sarah writes the stories that inspired previous books and her next one, too.
Inspired by the book, The German Invasion of Western North Carolina by Jacqueline Burgin Painter
These Blue Mountains by Sarah Loudin Thomas
A moving story of love, betrayal,
and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.
German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when
her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp
in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in
1932, Hedda is stunned to see Fritz's name in a photograph of an
American memorial for German seamen who died near Asheville, North
Carolina. Determined to reclaim his body and bring closure to his
ailing mother, Hedda travels to the US. Her quest takes a shocking
turn when, rather than Fritz's body, his casket contains the
remains of a woman who died under mysterious circumstances.
Local deputy Garland Jones thought he'd left that dark chapter
behind when he helped bury Fritz Meyer's coffin. The unexpected
arrival of Hedda, a long-suffering yet captivating woman, forces
him to confront how much of the truth he really knows. As they work
together to uncover the identity of the woman in the casket and to
unravel Fritz's fate, Hedda and Garland grow closer. But with Hedda
in the US on borrowed time while Hitler rises to power in Germany,
she fears she'll be forced to return home before she can put the
ghosts of her past to rest.
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