he Beekeeper's Bullet is the first book in the Wind in the Wire series. It is a historical fiction set in Germany during the First World War. This was an enjoyable read.

this was an enjoyable read, i loved the historical setting the author chose and enjoyed the characters in the story. It actually had a good amount of suspense for me and I enjoyed that.

I wasn't sure what to expect of this book to be honest - the cover is a little different to what I would normally choose but I was pleasantly surprised!
It is a really engaging and interesting story of an American woman who meets an Englishman in a rather unusual manner during World War 1.
This book was very well written, and incredibly well researched. I loved the multiple point of views (both main characters) and the action/romance arc was perfectly balanced.
Highly recommended!

Ellenor , an American, enjoys tutoring two German children, learning to cook German dishes, and keeping bees in the German countryside. Ellenor lives a quiet enjoyable life far from war until Alec, a British pilot, crashes into her. Even though Ellenor has mixed feelings about helping Alec, she is hiding Alec and helping him escape to save his sister. Before long, both Ellenor and Alec are caught up in more than either expected. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher through Netgallery. This is my honest and voluntarily given review. I really enjoyed this suspenseful book because it focused on Ellenor and Alec, two strangers that get caught up in a war rescue. I also liked that it was set in WWI Germany and showed their mixed feelings towards war and warfare and their love of flying. I loved this book and look forward to reading more by this author.

The Beekeeper’s Bullet is a story set in rural Germany in 1917 during World War I. An American, Ellenor Jantz works as a beekeeper for a German farm. She witnesses a British plane being shot down near her bee hives. She comes across an injured British pilot, Alec Corbin-Dawes and decides to hide him from her employer. The Germans start to use the farm to store their planes, and Alec with Ellenor’s help plans to steal one of the planes to extract Alec’s sister from certain death in an upcoming air assault. The adventure for the pair encounters dog fights, bombing raids, and pursuit from a terrifying German pilot. This was a very short novel with a lot of action. The characters were not fully developed due to the length, but the reader will root for their success. It would be a nice novel for those that enjoy war stories pitting good against evil. Thanks to Wild Rose Press and Net Galley for the opportunity to read and submit an honest review.

Oh wow! What a great story! Ellenor is an American residing in war torn Germany. She’s also a bee keeper. Alec is a British pilot shot down and nearly crash lands on top of Ellenor. This is their story on how she helps him get away from the German pilots at her farm and finds his sister!


I read this book as an arc from NetGalley

WW1, Germany, suspense

Rural Germany, an western American tutor/apiarist, a small patriotic farm family, a RFC pilot with shortsighted plans, and danger in the skies and on the ground. This presents the war from a different perspective than others I've read and that makes it even more interesting. The pilot's plane nearly decapitates the beekeeper in its death spiral, she shoots him in the hand (that part is too peculiar for me) but later assists him to steal a plane with the purpose of rescuing his sister from a secret danger. The plot is a bit odd, but the writing is good. In spite of a lot of head shaking on my part, I liked and enjoyed it!
I requested and received a free ebook copy from The Wild Rose Press via NetGalley.

Germany, 1917. A mesmerizing story of flying aces, feisty heroines, and death in the sky over war-torn Germany. When a British flying ace crash-lands his stolen plane near a German farm, American Ellenor Jantz, beekeeper on the farm, shoots first and asks questions later. She ought to turn the handsome pilot in, but something about Alec Corbin-Dawes instead makes her hide him..,
Alec is on a personal mission: to save his sister, who lives in Metz, which is scheduled to be hit by a massive air-raid in four days. He talks Ellenor into helping to start the plane he plans to steal from the German squadron based on the farm. In the pre-dawn process, everything goes wrong.
No spoilers here. It's a fun beach read, with a plethora of arcane facts about bees, "crates" as the pilots called their flying machines, and the intricacies of mid-air dogfights. There's also a charming but deadly villain.

I couldn't quite get into this book the way I wanted. I liked the characters, but not enough to truly connect with them. The premise of the story was very interesting, but I just never felt invested the way I wanted to.
It's World War 1, and Ellenor, an American, is living in Germany. An English plane (the enemy) crash lands right by her and she ends up taking the very injured pilot (Alex) captive. Once she gets him home, she is given news that some of the German pilots will be staying on their estate. She has to move her captive pilot, and in the process, gets to know him and understand why he is there. He must find and save his sister from a planned bombing of the factory she works in. The remainder of the book focuses on the escape from the estate and the travel to save Alex's sister. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for offering me this change to read and provide my honest review.

Essentially a World War 1 romance set in rural Germany on the borders with France. A somewhat unusual heroine for the times, Ellenor - beekeeper to the local loyalist lord of the manor, she drives, is well read and determined, but she is American. Worrying about the cause of her loss of two hives, dead bees, she almost runs into a crashed British plane and shoots the pilot, Alex, by reflex. She determines to help him against her better judgement and things get complicated when a squad of elite German pilots are billetted in the manor. It turns out that he has essentially stolen a plane and off chasing his sister in Metz which is about to be bombed by the Allies. She helps him steal one of the German planes but is forced to join him in the plane otherwise is likely to be shot by the Germans chasing them. The majority of the story is about their flight to Metz, his sister and her compatriots, destroying enemy defences prior to the Allies' attack and becoming romantically involved. An interesting story and well researched in terms of the attitudes of the times. The main characters didn't really feel right to me but I can't say why to any degree. Neither seemed real and I kept thinking 'oh for goodness' sake'. The bees certainly provide a different perspective but, other than a short bit where the deaths of the two hives are thought of in terms of death of the underdogs (they not being strong enough to gather sufficient food for the survival of their colony) perhaps an analogy with human behaviour I don't see where they fitted into the story. Ellenor could equally have been a cook or a nurse! It's well written overall but just didn't quite make it to the four stars for me. Thanks to NetGalley and The Wild Rose Press for an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

Ellenor had been up to the hill to take care of her bees. Last year she had gotten a bounty of honey, but for some reason two of her hives had died. As she drives back to the house where she lives as the governess, she is trying to figure out why the bees died, and she is almost hit by a British airplane that crashes nearby. This is unusual because it is WWI. Not many women drive; there are not many if any British airplanes around; and Ellenor is an American living in Germany. Ellenor shoots the pilot, and as he passes out, he said, "I have to....to find her." Ellenor puts him in the back of the truck, takes him back to the barn, enlists Josef to help bind his wounds and hide him. This gets even more complicated when she learned that a group of German pilots will be billeted at their farm.

The flyer, Alec, is on a mission to get his sister out of Metz before it is bombed by the Allies in five days. With Ellenor's help, they go on quite an adventure. I could hardly wait to see what happened next. I also enjoyed the flying scenes. Can they find Alex's sister, Sarah, and get her out of Metz in time? Can Alex and Ellenor get out with their lives? It's worth the read. I enjoyed this book immensely!