Sarah Sundin Books in Order
This page lists all Sarah Sundin books in order, with series guides, summaries, historical background, and tips on where to start her World War II inspired Christian romances.
Last updated: January 16, 2026
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Publication Order
18 books
Mists over the Channel Islands
by Sarah Sundin
2026
On Jersey in the Channel Islands, Dr. Ivy Picot takes over her father's medical practice as German occupation and forced labor camps upend island life. Dutch engineer Gerrit van der Zee arrives in a German uniform to secretly aid the Allies, and their uneasy alliance soon tests courage, conscience, and the cost of resistance.
Midnight on the Scottish Shore
by Sarah Sundin
2025
To survive Nazi occupied Netherlands, Cilla van der Zee agrees to spy for Germany in Britain, planning to turn traitor for the Allies instead. Caught on a remote Scottish beach by naval officer Lachlan Mackenzie, she is forced into a risky double agent role that blurs loyalty and love.
Embers in the London Sky
by Sarah Sundin
2024
Fleeing the German invasion of the Netherlands, young widow Aleida van der Zee Martens reaches London only to be separated from her small son. As she searches for him and helps evacuate children from the city, BBC reporter Hugh Collingwood covers the Blitz and a string of unsettling murders.
The Sound of Light
by Sarah Sundin
2023
During the German occupation of Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt hides as a shipyard worker while secretly rowing messages for the resistance. American physicist Else Jensen stays in Copenhagen to print illegal newspapers, and her risky work collides with his carefully guarded double life.
Until Leaves Fall in Paris
by Sarah Sundin
2022
In Nazi occupied Paris, American ballerina Lucie Girard buys her favorite English language bookstore to help its Jewish owners escape and quietly aid the resistance. Industrialist Paul Aubrey stays for a secret U.S. Army mission, but his business ties to Germany make Lucie question everything.
When Twilight Breaks
by Sarah Sundin
2021
In 1938 Munich, American journalist Evelyn Brand walks a thin line as she reports on rising Nazi brutality without getting expelled. Idealistic graduate student Peter Lang slowly sees the truth and begins passing her information, drawing them both into escalating danger.
The Land Beneath Us
by Sarah Sundin
2020
Army Ranger Clay Paxton trains for the D day invasion while a recurring dream of his death and a deep family rift haunt him. At Camp Forrest, librarian Leah Jones longs for belonging, and a brutal attack pushes them into a marriage of convenience that could grow into real love.
The Sky Above Us
by Sarah Sundin
2019
Haunted by a tragic past, Lt. Adler Paxton joins a fighter group in England, determined to earn redemption in the skies over France. On the ground, Red Cross worker Violet Lindstrom serves the airmen and local children, slowly breaking through his defenses as D day approaches.
The Sea Before Us
by Sarah Sundin
2018
In early 1944, American naval officer Wyatt Paxton arrives in London to help plan the bombardment for D day. He teams with British Wren Dorothy Fairfax, who stitches together photos to map the Normandy coast, even as grief, loyalty, and family secrets complicate their growing affection.
When Tides Turn
by Sarah Sundin
2017
Socialite Quintessa Beaumont joins the Navy's new WAVES program determined to leave her frivolous past behind. In Boston's Anti Submarine Warfare Unit she is assigned to steady Lt. Dan Avery, whose hunt for German U boats and a suspected spy collides with her risky investigation and unexpected feelings.
Anchor in the Storm
by Sarah Sundin
2016
New pharmacist Lillian Avery seizes her chance to work in wartime Boston, even if suspicious customers and a charming naval officer test her resolve. Ensign Archer Vandenberg suspects his jittery crewmen are being drugged, and he needs Lillian's help to expose a deadly scheme and earn her trust.
Through Waters Deep
by Sarah Sundin
2015
In 1941 Boston, shipyard secretary Mary Stirling prefers to stay out of the spotlight, while Ensign Jim Avery escorts convoys across the Atlantic. When hints of sabotage surface on Jim's new destroyer, the two friends hunt for a saboteur as America edges toward war.
In Perfect Time
by Sarah Sundin
2014
Flight nurse Kay Jobson has a reputation for breaking hearts on every airfield, but C 47 pilot Roger Cooper seems immune to her charm. As they ferry paratroopers and wounded soldiers across Italy and southern France, dangerous missions force them to confront old wounds and the possibility of real change.
On Distant Shores
by Sarah Sundin
2013
Cheerful flight nurse Georgiana Taylor loves her work and the boyfriend waiting back home. In war torn Sicily she meets Army pharmacist John Hutchinson, who resents his lack of rank, and their shared night shifts and shared doubts slowly turn friendship into something far more costly.
With Every Letter
by Sarah Sundin
2012
Shy flight nurse Mellie Blake joins a morale program that pairs servicemembers as anonymous pen pals. Her letters to engineer officer Tom MacGilliver cross the ocean and build an unexpected bond, but when both are transferred to Algeria, they must decide if they dare meet face to face.
Blue Skies Tomorrow
by Sarah Sundin
2011
War widow Helen Carlisle hides her grief behind tireless volunteer work in her California hometown. Lt. Raymond Novak trains bomber crews but fears combat, until his growing love for Helen and the demands of war push them both to risk reputations, safety, and their carefully managed lives.
A Memory Between Us
by Sarah Sundin
2010
Major Jack Novak is used to succeeding at every mission until a crash lands him in the care of Army nurse Ruth Doherty. Ruth is determined to guard her heart while supporting younger siblings, but as combat intensifies, painful secrets and battlefield danger bind and test them both.
A Distant Melody
by Sarah Sundin
2010
Obedient socialite Allie Miller is prepared to marry a man she does not love to please her parents. During a wartime wedding in California she meets B 17 pilot Walt Novak, and their music filled friendship by letter soon challenges every expectation laid on them.
Where should I start?
If you want to sample her World War II standalones: When Twilight Breaks → Until Leaves Fall in Paris → The Sound of Light → Embers in the London Sky
If you prefer a longer family arc: A Distant Melody → A Memory Between Us → Blue Skies Tomorrow
If medical and nursing stories appeal: With Every Letter → On Distant Shores → In Perfect Time
If you like naval and home front history: Through Waters Deep → Anchor in the Storm → When Tides Turn
If you want D-day from three angles: The Sea Before Us → The Sky Above Us → The Land Beneath Us
Author bio
Sarah Sundin grew up in southern California in a house where books filled every wall, but she originally imagined a future in science more than in stories. She studied chemistry in college, went on to earn a doctorate in pharmacy, and spent years working as a pharmacist while raising three children.
Writing moved from daydream to calling in 2000, when she woke from a vivid dream with characters she could not shake. The pages that followed became a very long, very early attempt at a contemporary Christian romance, the kind of first novel most writers hide in a drawer. Instead of giving up, she joined a critique group, attended writers' conferences, and began learning the craft scene by scene.
Family history drew her to World War II. Her grandfather served in the U.S. Navy as a pharmacist's mate, and a great uncle flew B 17 bombers from England and was present at Pearl Harbor. Growing up on those stories, she became fascinated by the mix of danger and everyday life in the 1940s, by the way ordinary people were pulled into global events and still had to decide how to love, forgive, and live out their faith.
That blend of history and heart shaped her debut novel A Distant Melody and the rest of the Wings of Glory series, which follows the three Novak brothers as bomber pilots in England and the women waiting and working on the home front. She went on to write Wings of the Nightingale, about pioneering flight nurses serving in the Mediterranean, Waves of Freedom, set around the Boston Navy Yard and the Battle of the Atlantic, and Sunrise at Normandy, which traces three estranged Texas brothers fighting on D day from the sea, the air, and the ground.
In recent years her stand alone novels have taken readers across Europe, from a foreign correspondent and graduate student in prewar Munich in When Twilight Breaks, to a ballerina turned bookseller and an American manufacturer in occupied Paris in Until Leaves Fall in Paris. The Sound of Light moves to Denmark, where a disguised nobleman rows messages for the resistance while an American physicist prints underground newspapers. Embers in the London Sky follows a Dutch mother searching for her lost child during the Blitz alongside a BBC reporter walking the line between truth and censorship.
Readers often notice the care she takes with historical detail, but for Sundin that research always serves the people on the page. She is interested in how faith grows under pressure, how men and women learn to tell the truth about themselves, and how small acts of courage in a pharmacy, a library, or a cockpit can echo far beyond one life. Awards such as the Christy Award for Until Leaves Fall in Paris and the Carol Award for The Sky Above Us are welcome milestones, yet she tends to measure success in quieter ways, like a reader saying a story helped them understand a grandparent's memories.
Today she lives in southern California with her husband and two rescue dogs, now the parents of three adult children who have watched her writing life unfold alongside family life. When she is not working on a new novel, she enjoys long walks, travel, and exploring historic sites that spark new ideas. She teaches Sunday school and women's Bible studies and often speaks to church, community, and writers' groups, encouraging others who feel drawn to tell their own stories.
Sundin also serves as co director of the West Coast Christian Writers Conference, where her background in both science and storytelling helps her mentor writers who are just starting out. She remembers exactly what it felt like to stare at a messy first draft and wonder if it was worth the effort.
That empathy, combined with her love of World War II history, gives her fiction a grounded, human feel. Her characters may fly bombers, board troop ships, or risk their lives in occupied cities, but they still wrestle with fear, pride, and hope in ways that feel familiar, even decades after the last air raid faded.
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