A bon vivant opera star hits earth with a jolt when his German plane is shot down by the Allies. In a horrific POW camp in South Africa he just wants to die. But then he sees her and he knows he must find his voice if he is ever to see her again. Their love story will end with a firing squad or the end of the war - both tragic - unless he can find another way...

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WAR SERENADE byJill Wallace

DIVIDED BY WAR. UNITED BY MUSIC. ENDANGERED BY PASSION.

When bon vivant Italian opera star-turned-pilot Pietro is shot down during World War Il, he nearly loses his life. Worse, he's lost his passion for music and is close to losing his sanity in a soul-crushing prisoner-of-war camp in South Africa when he sees Iris. He has a vision of a love worth dying for-worth living for-and realizes he must find his voice if he ever hopes to see her again.

Iris 's dreams are at stake when she meets Pietro, All she wants is for her brother to come home alive from the war and to fulfill her destiny as a costume designer in Hollywood. But this spirited redhead's life turns upside down as her eyes meet Pietro's through the cage of his prison. The world may be at stake, but so is her heart.

Their secretive and daring courtship raises the suspicions of the bully who runs the camp, a scarred and damaged tyrant who once dated Iris. Consummating the couple's almost mystical connection will mean crossing the barbed wire; risking a firing squad and confronting their worst fears.

Inspired by a true story, WAR SERENADE is compelling, heart-wrenching, sometimes funny and always dramatic as it celebrates the endurance of the human spirit, the evolution of rich friendships, and love's triumph against impossible odds.