This Shining Land Author:Rosalind Laker Blonde Nordic beauty Johanna Ryen is scarcely more than a girl when the Germans invade her home city of Oslo. In one terrifying night her gentle life is shattered and her innocence ends. But during those early hours of fear she meets Steffen Larsen, an extraordinary man who will ignite in her feelings as fierce as the war already raging through ... more »Europe.« less