A Bond Never Broken (Daughters of Amana Book #3)
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For many years, Ilsa Redlich has helped her parents run a hotel
in South Amana, but as the United States enters the Great War, she
can feel her world changing. The residents of the towns surrounding
the Amana Colonies used to be accepting of their quiet, peaceful
neighbors, but with anti-German sentiment running high, the Amana
villages are now plagued by vandalism, threats, and insults. Things
get even worse when Ilsa finds out her family won't be allowed to
speak German in public--and that Garon, the childhood friend she's
long been smitten with, has decided to join the army.
Jutta Schmidt is shocked when several members of the Council of
National Defense show up on her family's doorstep. Sure, the
Schmidts once lived in the Amana Colonies, but that was years ago.
She's even more surprised when the council demands that she travel
to Amana and report back on any un-American activities. Not daring
to disobey the government agents, Jutta takes a job at the South
Amana hotel, befriends the daughter of the owners, and begins to
eavesdrop every chance she gets.
When Jutta hears Ilsa making antiwar remarks and observes Garon
assisting a suspicious outsider, she is torn at the prospect of
betraying her new friends. But what choice does she have? And when
Garon is accused of something far worse than Jutta could imagine,
can the Amana community come to his aid in time?