A must-read espionage adventure based on the true story of Nancy Wake, the Gestapo’s most wanted in World War Two France.

1933: When Nancy Wake gets the opportunity to leave her family and Australia behind to see something of the world, she takes it. She becomes a journalist and her assignments lead her to Paris, where she lives life to the fullest – and meets rich and charming Henri Fiocca. Although he is older and has a reputation as a ladies’ man, sparks fly between the odd couple, and they marry soon after.

But just as they are settled into their new home in Marseille, German troops march through Paris. When Nancy witnesses the horrors they inflict on everybody who doesn’t fit their ideologies, she vows to fight them with everything she has and joins the Red Cross to become an ambulance driver.

A chance encounter with a British officer draws her into the heart of an escape network and she soon finds herself caught in a ruthless game of espionage. And as the iron fist of the enemy tightens, Nancy and Henri face a heart-breaking decision …

Based on a true story, this historical romance is a gripping saga full of bravery, suffering and hope around the Guinea Pig Club and surgical pioneer Sir Archibald McIndoe.

Bassingbourn, England, 1942

Stella Charlton is determined to do her bit for the war effort by joining the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. Much to the dismay of her mother who wishes her daughter to settle down – preferably with Alex, the perfect match for a young woman. But a US air force pilot has caught Stella’s heart and while trying to do right by everyone, she lives with the fear of losing Mac every time he sets off to battle.

John ‘Mac’ Mackenzie knows of the huge responsibility he shoulders as a bomber pilot – for himself, his crew and the people he wants to protect. When Mac becomes just another casualty in the war and is badly burned, he is convinced that beautiful Stella will never look at him again and pushes her away.

Only when Mac meets Maverick New Zealand doctor Archie McIndoe does a glimmer of hope return. The unorthodox surgeon is determined to help badly injured soldiers such as Mac to return to a normal life not only through conventional medicine but through plastic surgery – and by starting to heal their emotional wounds.

Can Archie help Mac picture a future beyond war, one filled with love, hopes, and dreams?