The Secret Soldier

Maureen Ritter’s story draws to a stunning conclusion. France, 1943Having left Christophe, her lover and fellow freedom fighter, behind in Marseilles, Maureen travels to England to undergo a grueling training course to join the Special Operations Executive and become a secret soldier to counter the Nazis in her beloved France. Her first mission is to take control of a ragtag band of outlaws in the forest and mold them into a fighting force worthy of taking on the German invaders. She leads a crack group on a dangerous mission to provoke the Wehrmacht into a conflict they’re not prepared for. But Christophe’s role as a master forger interrupts her plans, and soon they will both begin a daring race against time to save some of the innocents victimized by the cruel new head of the Gestapo in Lyon, Klaus Barbie. France, 2006Amy finds herself trapped in France when after traveling to document the concluding chapters of her grandmother’s story, she discovers a medical condition that could threaten her future. Will the choices she makes during the most important time in her life lead her to a sparkling future or suck her into the mire of the past?