Set in Barron County, Wisconsin, from 1944 to 1945, Fannie “Fan” O’Brien is in charge of running the family farm while her older brother is away fighting in World War II. She also works in the local library. Fannie and her family are trying to keep the crops that help the war effort growing of crops but without help, they’re struggling. Captain Wolfgang “Wolf” Kroninger is a German POW brought to a camp in Wisconsin and is then taken to the O’Brien farm to work. 

Naomi Musch’s SEASON OF MY ENEMY is the latest book in the Heroines of World War II series. The whole United States wants to help with the war effort, including farmers who are growing food to feed everyone. Fannie O’Brien and her family are some of those farmers. Struggling to do all the work required on the farm, they must bring in extra help, but with all the men gone to war, there aren’t enough people to do the work. Though they are leery of bringing in POWs from the local camp, the O’Briens make the tough call to go ahead with this plan.

SEASON OF MY ENEMY feature characters who are enemies that must rely on each other for survival as they work side by side on a family farm. As the trust grows and an attraction is revealed between Fannie and Wolf, they have to figure out who might be trying to sabotage the farm. Tensions are high as they look for the saboteur or if these are just tired people making mistakes. Naomi Musch writes an engaging story of two enemies who become much more as the war works its way toward an ending. SEASON OF MY ENEMY  shows that mistrust and anger toward someone considered an enemy just may become something else as time passes and people come to know each other. Fannie and Wolf start out as enemies but realize they really aren’t as different from each other as they thought. Lives are forever changed, and God shows these enemies that they’re anything but. As part of the Heroines of World War II series, SEASON OF MY ENEMY showcases the strength of women in the 1940s as they realize they’ve more skills than they thought.