Selected for the Wattpad Historical Fiction profile's top 25 shortlist in the Historical Awards 2023 #1 in Feminist, #1 in Easy Company, #1 Band of Brothers Book 2 - * - * - * - "No war can be won without young men dying. Those things which are precious are saved only by sacrifice." - Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers - * - * - * - War never changes, but who you fight alongside does. In 1942, Alice Klein left the French Maquis to assist the American's paratrooper corps. She lost everything to the Nazis when she left: her family, her country, and her friends. But she gained Easy Company. Alice and the rest of Easy Company have been through six long months of combat already. They've seen friends die. But they're about to enter the toughest months yet. December in Bastogne brings trench foot, artillery barrages, and snipers. It brings frostbite and stupid mistakes. And above all, D-Day + 193 brings death. As the war drags on, Alice must face hard truths about what it means to be a German Jew. Events from 1942 come to light which force her to rethink everything she knew about her family's fate. As it turned out, Germans were the first victims of the Nazi party. Thankfully, Alice doesn't have to face it alone. While some faces disappear forever, others become closer than she could have ever imagined. Because though war never changes, who you fight it with does. - * - * - * - Pairing: Lewis Nixon/OC BOOK TWO in [ A Tale of Two Heritages ] Start Date: March 24, 2020 End Date: May 11, 2020 Word Count: 139,901 Cross-posted to FFN and Ao3 - * - * - * - THIS CONTAINS realistic depictions of world war ii, realistic depictions of the holocaust, strong language, major character death, cigarette abuse, alcohol abuse

Set against the turbulent backdrop of World War II, Whispers of War, Echoes of Love follows the intertwined lives of Naomi, a Black American cryptographer navigating the segregated military, and Evelyn, a fiercely determined British SOE agent. Their worlds collide in the shadowy theaters of espionage and resistance, where danger is constant and trust is rare. As they fight to survive in a world torn apart by violence and prejudice, Naomi and Evelyn find an unexpected sanctuary in each other's arms-a love both tender and defiant. From the chaos of wartime missions to secret nights in Marseille, their bond grows into a fierce commitment that challenges societal norms and defies the harshest odds. After the war's end, they embark on a journey to build a life together, finding peace, freedom, and joy in a sunlit villa on the French Riviera. Their story is a powerful testament to resilience, the courage to love authentically, and the enduring hope that even in the darkest times, love can light the way. ⸻ Mature Content Warning This story contains explicit sexual content, including consensual lesbian intimacy and romantic scenes, as well as mature themes such as war, trauma, racial discrimination, and the emotional complexities of forbidden love. Reader discretion is advised.

Primavera 1945. La Germania firma la resa incondizionata, ponendo fine al conflitto mondiale in Europa. Ophelia Adler, di origine ebrea, è l'unica della sua famiglia ad essere sopravvissuta alla guerra e ai campi di prigionia, che le hanno portato via tutto: i suoi genitori, l'amato fratello, una casa. Eppure, anche in mezzo agli orrori e alla violenza, c'è una cosa che Ophelia non ha mai perso. La speranza. Lasciandosi alle spalle le macerie di Berlino, ormai stretta in una morsa fatale, Ophelia torna a Lehde, il piccolo villaggio della sua infanzia spensierata, nella speranza di ricominciare una nuova vita. Ma neanche nel silenzio della campagna tedesca, i segreti restano sepolti per sempre. Quando il cammino di Maxim Steiner, un uomo dal passato oscuro, incontra quello di Ophelia, ciò che sembrava sepolto torna a bussare alla porta, esigendo la sua resa dei conti. E, se è vero che alcuni segreti sono troppo oscuri per essere rivelati, è altrettanto vero che l'amore non conosce riserbo. Ophelia e Maxim dovranno affrontare paure che credevano ormai seppellite per salvare l'amore che li lega, un amore candido come la giovinezza e irruento come solo la guerra sa essere.

Regulus was feeling confused about his emotions and what side he wanted to be on due to the bidding war and dark headlines in the Daily Profit. Finding love was a major turn of events. Regulus discovered that he may not be the perfect Pureblood child his parents raised him to be. He likes boys, not just any boy, but his brother's closest friend, James Potter. *Posted on AO3 under LovelyIzzy as well*

Paris, 1940. As the Germans invade her beloved city of Paris, aspiring jazz singer Vivienne Dumont leaves everything behind for her family's summer villa in the charming seaside town of Bordeaux. Instead of finding refuge, Vivienne is forced to assume a new identity when Nazi troops encroach upon every corner of her home country. Hiding her Jewish heritage, Vivienne is swept into the upper echelons of Nazi high society, thwarting the romantic advances of a malevolent German officer as she attempts to survive. When given the opportunity, Vivienne risks everything to hide other refugees in plain sight under the guise of operating a quaint hotel from her summer home.

Wilhelm Krammer has an ax to grind after his fiancée dies in his arms. Pulled from his squad of partisan hunters, he's assigned to work on a time travel project...which goes horribly wrong. When a machine test misfires, Wilhelm is transported to modern-day Berlin. He sees and learns many disturbing things. The only thing that doesn't make him recoil is the woman who comes to his aid and is determined to help him get home. Emily Feit can hardly believe her eyes when a WW2 SS Captain lands at her feet. Knowing he's injured and desperate, she can't walk away. With no other choice, Emily lets him stay with her. Neither of them expected to develop feelings for the other, so how can things possibly work out when they fall in love? Complicating matters is her friend, Daniel Roth, who secretly loves her. But there's more to Daniel's instant hatred of Wilhelm than jealousy over a woman. Daniel knows something isn't right with her new friend. And he intends to get to the bottom of it with the help of his elderly great-grandfather - an ex-Nazi hunter who has his own ax to grind.

In 1939, as World War 2 began, a Jew named Analiese Baldwin is rescued from an explosion by a German soldier. She has only his dog tag to remember him by. Now, four years later, she is rounded up like all the other Jews to be placed in a cruel concentration camp. Cruelty is not unfamiliar, though. While she cant remember her past, she knows it is not one worth remembering. It is not full of love or happiness because Jews cant find love or have happiness. Yet, little does she know that the place where she loses it all will be the very same place where she finds everything.

France, 1944. In the midst of the worst war the world has ever seen, an unlikely friendship strikes up between Levi Ackerman, a widowed French Jew, and Eren Jäger, a lieutenant in the German Wehrmacht who hides a dangerous secret. The two must work together as they deal with love, loss, dignity, and the horrors all around them. This multi-novel story stays faithful to the real history of World War II, covering from just before the Normandy Landing, the Battle of Metz, and the Ardennes Offensive (AKA, the Battle of the Bulge).

Included on Wattpad's HistoricalFiction World Wars reading list. - * - * - * - Being in the French Resistance wasn't what Alice Klein envisioned her life looking like. She'd wanted a husband and a flat in Paris, and maybe a cat with a pink bow who would sleep on her piano. But bullets didn't discriminate between male or female, young or old. Alice knew that better than most. As a half-German, half-French Jew, it seemed no matter where she went, she was hated. To the German army or Vichy France, she was a traitor. To any uneducated Allied soldier, her last name screamed Nazi. When the Maquis heard of the Allies looking for connections to the French Resistance, they'd quickly offered up Alice as a multilingual translator and Underground liaison. Whisked away from the French Alps, she arrived to the States to train as a paratrooper, knowing that failure was not an option no matter how much she disliked it. Lucky for her, she didn't just find barracks and training grounds in America. She found men, and in them, family to replace the one she'd lost. - * - WARNINGS for realistic depictions of world war ii, strong language, era-typical sexism, era-typical anti-semitism, alcohol abuse, cigarette abuse, past sexual assault - * - * - * - Pairing: mostly gen, way down the line it's eventual Lewis Nixon/OC BOOK ONE in [ A Tale of Two Heritages ] Start Date: December 5, 2019 End Date: March 24, 2020 Final Word Count: 150,786 Cross-posted to FFN and Ao3 - * - * - * - #1 in World War Two, #1 in Band of Brothers, #1 in Feminist, #1 in 1940s, #1 in Lewis Nixon FIRST PLACE: Cherry Blossom Awards 2020, Writer's Glory Awards 2020 THIRD PLACE: Historical Fiction in Spice Off Award, Fanfiction in Majestic Inc. Universal Awards

When young Mara decides to join the United States army during World War 2 she has no idea what she's getting herself into. Mara is sent to Germany to fight alongside her fellow soldiers, ready to serve and protect. When she's captured prisoner by German soldiers she had no idea to expect until she meets one in particular: Anton Reiker. Anton is a Nazi who notcied Mara and wants to help her. This is the strugggle of a girl who is trying her best to go home alive and in one piece. Anton is willing to break some rules to help her achieve that, but what rules is he willing to break?