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Sapphire Skies

By: Belinda Alexandra
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
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 2000: The wreckage of a downed WWII fighter plane is discovered in the forests near Russia's Ukrainian border. The aircraft belonged to Natalya Azarova, ace pilot and pin-up girl for Soviet propaganda, but the question of her fate remains unanswered. Was she a German spy who faked her own death, as the Kremlin claims? Her lover, Valentin Orlov, now a highly-decorated general, refuses to believe it. Lily, a young Australian woman, has moved to Moscow to escape from tragedy. She becomes fascinated by the story of Natalya, and when she meets an elderly woman who claims to know the truth behind the rumours, Lily is drawn deeper into the mystery.©2014 Belinda Alexandra. (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Russia Aviation

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A totally fascinating and touching story, one I’ll never forget. Brilliant narration as always by Caroline Lee

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The well developed characters that have such strong feelings for life. The gut wrenching Soviet history and modern love.

Such a love story

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I love this book, I just wanted to turn each page to keep on reading the story, there was so many twists and turns that make it a must to read. Caroline makes the characters come to life so that you feel every emotion and thought that they are going through. Fully recommend

Awesome book

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I loved this one just as much as Tuscan Rose. Full of action, love, loyalty and humanity. Caroline must enjoy acting these parts, she really is my favourite reader.
Again I learnt my history, this time in Russia.
Thank you Belinda, you are a clever author.

Another powerful story.

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I love Belinda Alexandra's stories. While they are all historically and culturally different they all have an element of danger, an attractive and capable young woman as the main character, romance and a connection to Australia. I enjoy the background settings of these characters which are set in various countries in Europe or China. As a result of the turmoil of the major wars of our last century caused migration to counties like Australia.
Sapphire Skies was fascinating dealing with aspects of Stalin's powerful and cruel regime in Russia. While I loved this book, it seemed a little shorter to me and in some places lacked the depth of some of her previous novels. However, I eagerly await Belinda Alexandra's next novel. I am a great fan!

Another enjoyable Belinda Alexandra novel

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Emotional and riveting, very sad with a huge story line. Wonderful reading and beautifully written.

An amazing read

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A very interesting subject, a great read and the narration was fabulous as always. Recommended.

Loved it.

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I did enjoy the details about history especially about the German concentration camps. I lost interest at periods throughout this book to be honest. I chose it based on reviews of The Bronze Horseman which said they were similar but this was definitely not as engrossing as The Bronze Horseman. Still, I enjoyed it enough to try more of Belinda Alexandra's books.
I do enjoy listening to Caroline Lee when she's using an Australian accent and she did do the Russian accent well too but she dropped in and out of character.

Not as good as I hoped

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A little disappointing after the first 3 which were very good and really kept my attention

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