Broken Lines
Book Feature - Broken Lines by Kelsey Gietl
HBL Note: I first connected with Kelsey Gietl because she lives in St. Louis, which is where I lived before I moved to Chicago (and where my family still lives.) But the more I read about her, the more I realized we had in common! Kelsey is a Stephens College alum, like me! So this is officially the first book I’ve featured by a fellow alum and I am thrilled about that. I loved my time at Stephens College and I met some of the coolest people there. I can’t wait until we are on the other side of this pandemic so that I can meet Kelsey in real life. In the meantime, scroll down to read about her latest novel, Broken Lines.
Book Feature - Broken Lines by Kelsey Gietl
From the publisher:
With the threat of the Great War looming at America’s doorstep, fear of immigrant disloyalty has become enough to divide the nation. So when German-born Amara Müller’s brother decides to join the fight, he leaves her behind in St. Louis with one final directive: Stay safe. There’s only one certain way to keep herself out of suspicion’s spotlight, but will she have the courage to see it through? ---- Accustomed to a strict diet of cigars and spirits, Emil Kisch has become the master of a worry-free good time. And as one of St. Louis’s best morality squad detectives, he’s able to skirt the drinking laws as easily as he arrests others for breaking them. To him, war is a problem for other men. Until one night he makes a mistake that even a glass of whiskey can’t wash away. Is it too late to reverse the course set in motion? ---- As their lives are intertwined with the fate of the war, Emil and Amara must fight to save what they both hold most dear. But which side of the line do you stand on when your allegiance belongs to both?
