Bøker av Janie Van Komen

What if you discovered everything you believed about your family was a lie? Gracie Richards is about to find out. After losing her business, love life, and the connection she had with her father she finds an old Dutch Speculaas Cookie Tin in the attic. The encrypted notes inside lead back to World War II Nazi occupied Holland when secrets were necessary for one's very survival. Gracie is offered a job in the Netherlands where her present life and the past including a hint of romance begin to tumble over one another in a jumble of confusion and revelation surprising even her father who thought he knew everything. Janie Van Komen, author of The Opa Legacy, married a Dutch immigrant and has gathered the stories of the family's history and survival in Nazi occupied Holland, during World War II for twenty years. She and her husband lived in the Netherlands for two years during which time she used her love of research to gain an appreciation for the locations, and stories of the people who survived.