Her Hidden Life: A captivating story of history, danger and risking it all for love

Her Hidden Life: A captivating story of history, danger and risking it all for love
V.S. Alexander

It’s 1943 and Hitler’s Germany is a terrifying place to be.But Magda Ritter’s duty is the most dangerous of all…Assigned to The Berghof, Hitler’s mountain retreat, she must serve the Reich by becoming the Führer’s ‘Taster’ – a woman who checks his food for poison. Magda can see no way out of this hellish existence until she meets Karl, an SS officer who has formed an underground resistance group within Hitler’s inner circle.As their forbidden love grows, Magda and Karl see an opportunity to stop the atrocities of the madman leading their country. But in doing so, they risk their lives, their families and, above all, a love unlike either of them have ever known…Lose yourself in this sweeping, heroic love story fraught withdanger. The perfect read for fans of Dinah Jeffries and Gill Paul.

Her Hidden Life

V.S. Alexander

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First published in the United States as The Taster by Kensington Publishing 2018

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Source ISBN: 9780008262853

Ebook Edition © January 2018 ISBN: 9780008262860

Version 2018-01-18

Dedication (#u2dfeca23-eff6-5e77-b1fb-f009f76c4e60)

To James E. Gunn, who lit the fire

Table of Contents

Cover (#ue01286af-9645-5275-9ad6-8626380f8258)

Title Page (#u30f598a5-8eaa-58e7-a542-af0d84b39514)

Copyright (#u7022eaa6-ff89-5f51-8103-9df660660e89)

Dedication (#ue38de84f-174a-5d87-8b60-2982e61fa006)

Prologue (#u6fd8d3b5-264b-50db-a2f8-f292e5b7037e)

The Teahouse (#u4060dcd0-f496-5899-9bad-381527ed5e6c)

Chapter 1 (#u1525a61c-510e-544d-aacb-2c3dc47a0b55)

Chapter 2 (#u2c046667-09ca-594c-89e4-f68e5c9049e1)

Chapter 3 (#ucc286d47-fc02-5f42-8340-0e7d222ac2f2)

Chapter 4 (#u59fa4a50-e6a0-54b8-99e2-ed7d3c16f4db)

Chapter 5 (#udedd2b74-2d70-5077-baee-1c61bb0e00ed)

Chapter 6 (#u27e0b528-536a-5e5c-84cf-da338a0fc5a1)

The Wolf’s Lair (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 7 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 8 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

The Führer Bunker (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)