title: Friendly Enemies
author: Cooke, Bruce
description: When Australian Peter Stevens falls in love with Jennifer Stewart in Darwin at the outbreak of war, neither suspects the traumas ahead. Jennifer's heart is broken when Peter is captured in the desert and believed dead. After another relationship ends in disaster, she believes she is a jinx to every man who loves her.
  Peter's life is saved by Hans Schneider, a German soldier who has suffered the horrors of Auschwitz and becomes a prisoner of war. Hans is released but falls foul of a sadistic Gestapo officer hiding in disguise. When the Gestapo officer dies, Peter must get Hans away. He takes Hans back to Australia, although after hearing news of the bombing of Darwin, he fears that Jennifer is dead. This gripping tale of love and war plays out on an epic canvas, from Nazi Germany to Australia.