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Writers have secrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even when we don\u2019t want them to, those secrets sneak into our stories. Subtle at first, a moment in your heroine\u2019s life that mirrors something awful you lived through. You shiver. How\u2019d that get in there?<\/em> Oh-oh, it\u2019s flashback time<\/em>. I\u2019m not going there again\u2026 am I?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You dismiss it at first, then you fixate on those moments. They fester, begging for attention. Like the scar covering an old wound, it\u2019s always there to remind you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s what happened to me when I was working on Sisters at War<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My two worlds collided head-on\u2014my writing world with my past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I look back on my life, it\u2019s been a wild ride. I traveled a lot, lived in different places, had crazy jobs, but I kept going and never spoke about what happened to me because you just didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was sexually assaulted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I was ashamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I saw the same thing happening to women in the Ukraine (rape by Russian soldiers), it hit me in the gut. I asked myself, why don\u2019t things ever change<\/em>? Why must women always be victims? Would they, if women spoke up? Told their stories? Should I tell my<\/em> stories?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No<\/em>, I said. People will judge me. Let it be. It\u2019s over. Done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Me back in the day…<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Then when I was researching WW2, I came across the horrible<\/em> sexual violence the Nazis did to women prisoners (I decided to concentrate on the emotional wounds instead). Then I discovered something that infuriated me. At the Nuremberg Trials, they kept out rape victims\u2019 testimony because, and I quote, they didn\u2019t \u2018want a bunch of crying women in the courtroom\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was livid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s when it became clear to me I had<\/em> to write Sisters at War<\/em> no holds barred. And I did. It\u2019s raw in places, gut-wrenching, emotional, but in the end it\u2019s a story about love, courage, and redemption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I told the story of women assaulted during WW2 through the eyes of two sisters. Meet the Beaufort Sisters in Occupied Paris. Eve and Justine. They were once painted by a famous artist when they were fourteen and sixteen. The painting became known as \u2018The Daisy Sisters\u2019<\/em>; then in August 1940, the SS stormed their home and stole the painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And<\/em> one of the sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story continues with how each sister copes with the aftermath of sexual violence, how it affects her part in the war, and the men in their lives who stand by them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The early reviews have been amazing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018A must read for anyone\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Hard hitting and heart breaking\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018An absolutely gripping, powerful story\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then a question popped up from more than one reviewer: Will there be a sequel?<\/em> Yes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m writing book 2 now about the Beaufort Sisters and continuing their story through the war and afterward. I admit, I\u2019m petrified writing the sequel, praying I can make it as exciting and inspiring as \u2018Sisters at War\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, there you have it. My secrets are out in the open. I recounted what happened to me in the Acknowledgements of Sisters of War<\/em> so readers will know the words of my heroine, her emotions, guilt, shame, and choices come from a real place. Along with the healing that still goes on. My editor said my acknowledgements were the bravest she\u2019d ever read. Brave? I don\u2019t know. Emotional, truthful. A cleansing. It was time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 I hope readers give my story a chance. I hope you<\/em> give my story a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who are the Beaufort Sisters?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019re beautiful<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019re smart<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019re dangerous<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019re at war with the Nazis\u2026 and each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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