Love Thy Enemy

By Vernon Beall

The war did not end for Sgt. Chris Vogel when he and his best friend, Lt. Benny Montgomery, become prisoners in a German prison camp.Sgt. Vogel, (Bird) is a decorated combat veteran who must deal with a brutal psychopathic guard and a member of the SS posing as an American prisoner.Hans Kegel, a captain in the German army and one of Vogel's captors, challenges Bird to help repair a machine for a farmer. Kegel is also the son of the CEO of KMG, one of Germany's largest industries. A delicate trust develops between the two former enemies.Bird is one of a number of prisoners selected to help a farmer harvest crops. It where he meets Lisa Baurer, the attractive and talented daughter, studying to be a concert pianist. Both Lisa and Bird try to avoid a growing attraction, but love proves stronger. KMG offers Bird a job after the war.Bird is not prepared when a death squad murders Montgomery. Bird rushes to Lisa for support only to witness a scene that causes him to flee the house. Five years pass and Bird and Hans return to Germany where Bird learns the truth of that fateful day. Bird must face Lisa whom he could never forgive--or forget. Is it too late to re-claim a love that refused to die?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520671334
• ISBN13: 9781520671338
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"