About the book: year / Autumn 1943. Life for Italian Jews like Antonina Macin's family is becoming increasingly precarious. When Nazi Germany occupies most of her beloved homeland, and the threat of imprisonment and deportation looms over her, Nina has only one chance to survive - leaving Venice and her parents to hide in the village, along with a man she barely knows. Nico Gerardi studied as a priest until circumstances forced him to leave the seminary to manage the family farm. As a person with high moral principles, he simply could not stand aside when the Nazis began to threaten the lives of innocent people. To help Nina, he convinces her to pretend to be his bride. Now they both have to pretend to be a happy couple, so that no one will guess about the dangerous secret. But rural life is not easy for a city girl who dreams of becoming a doctor, and Niko’s provincial neighbors are wary of this soft and educated, but completely unfamiliar woman. And, worst of all, their mistrust is shared by a local Nazi official, Niko’s acquaintance from the seminary, who has a long-standing grudge against him. The more he learns about Nina, the more his suspicions grow, and with them his determination to take revenge.…