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After the conclusion of world war ii in 1945, maria and hans reinhardt had relocated to huntsville, al aka rocket city. Jeffrey stepakoff is an american television writer, producer, and author. Fireworks over toccoa, the orchard and his latest the melody of secrets. Buy the melody of secrets by jeffrey stepakoff isbn. Maria was barely eighteen as wwii was coming to its explosive en. As the heroine of the story opens up, so does the book, revealing the emotions under what at first comes off as an icy exterior. Jeffrey stepakoff s the melody of secrets is a complex story of unrequited love, racial tensions, the space age, and the aftereffects of world war ii.