When Twilight Breaks

Munich, 1938. Evelyn Brand is an American foreign correspondent who wants to earn respect in a profession run by men, and who is equally set on exposing the spread of tyranny in Nazi Germany. Her position is precarious. If she angers the government, she could be thrown out of the country or face something worse. If she fails to report major stories honestly, she can never speak for the oppressed or shake awake the people back home.

Across the city, Peter Lang, an American graduate student, is working toward a PhD in German. The chaos of the Great Depression has left him disillusioned, and he admires the prosperity and order he sees in German society. When the regime's brutality strikes close to him, he finds a better use for his contacts within the Nazi party: passing information to the sharp reporter he cannot stop thinking about.

This standalone novel by Sarah Sundin mixes wartime suspense with romance. Along the way it explores individual freedom against the common good, gender and racial discrimination, and the polarization of viewpoints.