NOVELS North of Tomorrow Forgiveness, obsession, faith and redemption are just a few of the themes folded together in this drawn-out inspirational sequel to Winter Passing and Blue Night. History Network researcher Amanda Rivans is hot on the trail of the lost Empress Brooch, a priceless piece of jewelry that is linked to her past. The brooch, which disappeared during the Nazi era, cost many people their lives. Intertwined with this is her quest for information about her grandparents, whom she believes to be Holocaust survivors, but who in a plot twist were in fact members of the Nazi Party. Her discovery may threaten her budding romance with devout Christian Stefan Keller, as well as her friendship with Benjamin "Benny" Dunn, who is Jewish. The key to locating the brooch and healing Amanda's shame over her heritage is the elderly Ms. Delsig, a resident at the Oakdale Home of Senior Living, who bears a concentration camp number on her arm and carries a deadly secret. A sparkling prologue... and especially strong sequences include the subplot of Delsig and her senior citizen cohorts, and the book's powerful closing scenes. Many of the elements of a successful novel are in place, and if Martinusen can tighten up her writing, she could well become an author to contend with in the CBA market. Publishers Weekly "...the attempt that crops up in our fiction from time to time (is) to recapture the exact feel of a moment in time and space... an attempt at a mature memory of a deep experience" F. Scott Fitzgerald The research through interviews, travel in Europe and visits to sites of war atrocities and concentration camps brought deep experience through the writing of Winter Passing, Blue Night, and North of Tomorrow. While developing this novel, the characters faced even deeper, harder, and more challenging questions. My main character faces family shame when she discovers a secret from WWII, replacing the honor and pride she’d always felt toward her heritage. The books I was created to write require me to give much of myself. I feel if writing doesn’t cost me something, it’s not going to reach inside the readers either Winter Passing | Blue Night | Salt Garden | Eventide | Orchid House