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When the War Came to Our Beaches

U-Boats in Paradise

A Novel Series of the 1942 U-Boat War off Palm Beach County

In 1942 German U-boats hunted the ocean off Palm Beach County. Burning tankers lit up the night within sight of the beaches, yet few people today know it ever happened. These five books blend the real events of those months with the story of one young woman who saw it all.

Pat was raised in Palm Beach by her grandparents after losing her parents in a fire. At eighteen she saw a U-boat off Jupiter, but no one would believe her. Many years later she tells her granddaughter Lucy what really happened on those beaches, including the story of her first love.

5 BooksBook One Out NowPalm Beach County, 1942
Fire Off Jupiter cover

The Books in Order

Fire Off Jupiter is out now, with four more books on the way.

IBOOK ONE
Fire Off Jupiter, U-Boats in Paradise Book One, by Howard Mark Hines

Fire Off Jupiter

On her birthday Pat’s grandparents light fireworks over the beach for her party. Then the guests notice something else burning on the ocean horizon. Fire Off Jupiter begins the story of the night the war came to Palm Beach County, told by the girl no one would believe.

IIBOOK TWO
Lights Out, U-Boats in Paradise Book Two, by Howard Mark Hines

Lights Out

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IIIBOOK THREE
IIICOVER SOON

Two Days in May

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IVBOOK FOUR
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The Empty House

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VBOOK FIVE
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The Last Fire

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