When the Skies Rained Freedom

"...a beautiful, poignant, historical romance that is just so heartrendingly captivating!" InD'Tale Magazine 5 Stars"...an immersive journey through a pivotal moment in history that sparks with so much detailed realism." Readers' Favorite 5 Stars Captivating, gripping and relentlessly authentic...inspired by eyewitness accounts.  To this day, the Berlin airlift presents one of the most dramatic and daring historic events of post WWII Germany, pinning east against west, and cementing the Cold War against Soviet Russia.
Without the help of America's brave pilots, two million Berliners would've been lost to Stalin's dictatorial regime, the future of Europe may have turned out entirely different. Berlin, May 1945: As the war finally ends, Lotte Berger's apartment lies in rubble, her mother suffers a breakdown after an assault by Russian soldiers, and both, Lotte's father and fiancé are missing in Russia. Only when Mitch Cameron, an American pilot, comes to her aid after an accident, does she regain hope.
Just as they are growing closer, Lotte's fiancé reappears under suspicious circumstances... Berlin, June 1948: Lotte has fought her way through the aftermath of WWII and a devastating loss, when Russia's dictator, Josef Stalin, decides to take over West Berlin. By cutting off supply lines, electricity and travel, he is willing to starve two million Berliners and force the U. S., Britain and France out.
But the western allies, led by President Truman, decide to do the impossible: support Berlin from the air. Thus begins a turbulent and seemingly futile attempt to rescue West Berlin. Willing to do her part, Lotte lands a job as a translator at the American-run Tempelhof Airport. Even if her love is long lost, she can at least dream about Mitch helping to free Berlin...