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Set in the weeks leading up to the first Allied Conference, Casablanca: Appointment at Dawn tells the story of two people caught up in a situation not of their own making who must learn to trust one another in order to survive.
From the back cover:
Casablanca, 1943: a viper’s nest of double agents and spies where OSS Officer Kurt Heinz finds his skill in covert operations pushed to the limit. Allied success in North Africa and the fate of the First Allied Conference—perhaps the outcome of the war—hang on Kurt’s next mission. The nature of his work makes relationships impossible. Nonetheless, he is increasingly torn between duty and the beautiful girl who desperately needs his protection and help.
Sarah Barrett, U.S. Army R.N., is finished with wartime romance. Determined to protect her recently broken heart, she throws all of her time and energy into caring for her patients, but when she is given a coded message by a mysterious dying civilian, she is sucked into a vortex of danger and intrigue that threatens her very survival. The one person who can help Sarah is Kurt, a man with too many secrets to be trusted.
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Excerpt
“I’m Heinz. What do you want?”
“Oh. It’s you.”
“Yeah?”
“From the restaurant on New Year’s Eve.”
Kurt was silent for a moment, then it came back to
him. “I remember. Sarah, right? You’re the girl who refused to dance
with me.”
A red flush crawled from her throat onto the apples
of her cheeks. “Yes. I’m sorry if I was rude.”
“I’ve been cut dead before. I got over it.”
The girl’s eyes glittered. “I’m sure you did. Are
you going to keep me standing here on the doorstep for
everyone to see?”
“Why? I’m not expecting company. Would it be a
problem?”
“It certainly might if the people who tore my
apartment apart followed me here.”
Kurt looked into her eyes with complete attention
for the first time since opening the door. Whatever had
happened to this girl, she looked terrified and angry.
Not a particularly good combination for the covert
activities he and Phelps were up to.
Kurt made a quick decision. He stepped back and
pulled the door wide while raising his voice. “You
better come inside and tell me why you think what
happened to your apartment has anything to do with
me.”
When they stepped into the living area, Phelps had
disappeared. Kurt gestured toward the sofa and the girl
sat down.
Propping himself on the sofa’s arm, he looked
down into her frightened eyes.
“Now tell me how I can help you, Miss, uh…”
“Barrett, Sarah. US Army. RN.”
“Well, Nurse Barrett, what can I do for you?”
The girl stuck her hand in her coat pocket and
whipped out a scrap of paper that she waved in his face.
“By telling me what’s on this paper and why it’s so
important that somebody took a knife to my furniture.”
From the back cover:
Casablanca, 1943: a viper’s nest of double agents and spies where OSS Officer Kurt Heinz finds his skill in covert operations pushed to the limit. Allied success in North Africa and the fate of the First Allied Conference—perhaps the outcome of the war—hang on Kurt’s next mission. The nature of his work makes relationships impossible. Nonetheless, he is increasingly torn between duty and the beautiful girl who desperately needs his protection and help.
Sarah Barrett, U.S. Army R.N., is finished with wartime romance. Determined to protect her recently broken heart, she throws all of her time and energy into caring for her patients, but when she is given a coded message by a mysterious dying civilian, she is sucked into a vortex of danger and intrigue that threatens her very survival. The one person who can help Sarah is Kurt, a man with too many secrets to be trusted.
Available in print and ebook:
http://amzn.com/B0121Q6S88
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/casablanca-linda-bennett-pennell/1122378249?ean=2940150767867
historical and contemporary pictures of locations featured in the novel
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Excerpt
“I’m Heinz. What do you want?”
“Oh. It’s you.”
“Yeah?”
“From the restaurant on New Year’s Eve.”
Kurt was silent for a moment, then it came back to
him. “I remember. Sarah, right? You’re the girl who refused to dance
with me.”
A red flush crawled from her throat onto the apples
of her cheeks. “Yes. I’m sorry if I was rude.”
“I’ve been cut dead before. I got over it.”
The girl’s eyes glittered. “I’m sure you did. Are
you going to keep me standing here on the doorstep for
everyone to see?”
“Why? I’m not expecting company. Would it be a
problem?”
“It certainly might if the people who tore my
apartment apart followed me here.”
Kurt looked into her eyes with complete attention
for the first time since opening the door. Whatever had
happened to this girl, she looked terrified and angry.
Not a particularly good combination for the covert
activities he and Phelps were up to.
Kurt made a quick decision. He stepped back and
pulled the door wide while raising his voice. “You
better come inside and tell me why you think what
happened to your apartment has anything to do with
me.”
When they stepped into the living area, Phelps had
disappeared. Kurt gestured toward the sofa and the girl
sat down.
Propping himself on the sofa’s arm, he looked
down into her frightened eyes.
“Now tell me how I can help you, Miss, uh…”
“Barrett, Sarah. US Army. RN.”
“Well, Nurse Barrett, what can I do for you?”
The girl stuck her hand in her coat pocket and
whipped out a scrap of paper that she waved in his face.
“By telling me what’s on this paper and why it’s so
important that somebody took a knife to my furniture.”
