The French Spymistress 9781398545724 Hardback

1939: when World War Two breaks out, the courage of two women will be tested to the limitIn Occupied FranceMarie-Louise, a headstrong, single woman with two young children, is recruited into a secret intelligence network. She must collect privileged information about German military activities to help the Allies liberate her country. Her skill and daring will propel her to the top of the organization – and along a path of hidden passion and extreme danger.Deep in the English countrysideSarah, a Sussex wife and mother, looks after evacuees and keeps the home fires burning while her husband is away on secret war work.When shes suddenly plucked from this life of humdrum duty to run a safe house for foreign agents, she is forced to make sacrifices that threaten her health, her family and her personal happiness.As Marie-Louise and Sarahs lives collide, the danger mounts in this exciting and moving story about the resilience of the human spirit.PRAISE FORTHE FRENCH SPYMISTRESS:’A moving, timely and original take on what some women did, and sacrificed, in wartime.’DAILY MAIL’Meticulously researched and rich with detail, as well as being a page-turner which I couldnt put down. A new classic of WW2 fiction.’MAGGIE BROOKES, author ofThe Prisoner’s WifeMoving and gripping . . .The French Spymistressis now one of my favouritesNORTH NORFOLK LIVING’Wonderfulmoving, thrilling and originalWENDY HOLDEN, author ofThe Queens Painter