tatiana and alexander by paullina simons

Recommendation: Of the trilogy, this was my least favorite. as a boy with his communist parents, to his education and start in the military, ending when Alexander and Tatiana part ways. Finally, the story flashes back to Alexander as a boy, from leaving the U.S.

On the flip side, Simons shows the reader the life that Alexander lives from the moment he and Tatiana are separated.

The reader follows Tatiana as she leaves the Soviet Union and starts a life and a family in New York. Tatiana and Alexander (aka The Bridge to Holy Cross) picks up where the first book in the series, The Bronze Horseman, left off, sort of. A master of the historical epic, Paullina Simons takes us on a journey across continents, time, and the entire breadth of human emotion, to create a heartrendingly beautiful love story that will live on long after the final page is turned.Missed my review of The Bronze Horseman, book 1 in the series? Check it out here. They must struggle against destiny and despair as they find themselves in the fight of their lives. As the Second World War moves into its final violent phase, Tatiana and Alexander are surrounded by the ghosts of their past and each other. For him, Russia's war is not over, and both victory and defeat will mean certain death. An American trapped in Russia since adolescence, he has been serving in the Red Army and posing as a Soviet citizen to protect himself. Meanwhile, Alexander faces the greatest danger he's ever known.

However, her grief is inescapable and she keeps hearing Alexander calling out to her.

In wartime New York City she finds work, friends and a life beyond her dreams. Her husband, Major Alexander Belov, a decorated hero of the Soviet Union, has been arrested by Stalin's infamous secret police and is awaiting imminent death as a traitor and a spy. Tatiana is eighteen years old and pregnant when she miraculously escapes war-torn Leningrad to the West, believing herself to be a widow. The Bridge to Holy Cross is a powerful story of love and hope - a passionate and epic love story from the Russian-born author of The Bronze Horseman.

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Tatiana and alexander by paullina simons