Christine Wells
Reviewed by Helen
Oh my this is another brilliant story from MS Wells I do hope I can do it justice with this review, it is a poignant, heart-rending at times, a tale of a real hero a woman sent behind the enemy lines in occupied France during WW11 and the things she went through, but also the strength that holds her together and the love that she has for the man who will always love her, this story is a must read I am sure you will not be disappointed.
Juliet Barnard becomes a British agent with the Special Operations Executive SOE as a radio operator she is fabulous at codes but according to her superiors reports not so good in other areas but they are in desperate need of radio operators, so Juliet meets code breaker Felix Mortimer and there is a spark instantly, he devises special plans for Juliet in case she is ever caught and then off to France she goes for a dangerous and mind changing time but through thick and thin and being caught and tortured Juliet stays strong. While at home Felix keeps his hopes high and always believes in her.
Juliet makes it home and after all that she has been through is not the same person that left England, it is now 1947 and Juliet has a lot that she keeps locked away hopefully never to spoken about again but with a lot of other SOE agents missing when SAS officer Mac finds her and asks for her help this brings Juliet back to France the last place she wants to be but with Felix by her side and some sheer determination Juliet finally opens up and comes to terms with the guilt that has kept from looking to the future.
There is a lot happening in this story, the pain and struggle that Juliet and others went through and what the Nazis did to them the mind torture as well as physical torture was horrible but I loved the strength that shows through and MS Wells has made these characters so real and alive I was turning the pages, savoured every word to see what happened, and what an ending it is just so fabulous after everything that had happened, really I cannot highly recommend this book enough so emotional and moving it will be a long time before I stop thinking about Juliet, Felix and so many awesome characters, thank you MS Wells for another fabulous keeper.
Juliet Barnard becomes a British agent with the Special Operations Executive SOE as a radio operator she is fabulous at codes but according to her superiors reports not so good in other areas but they are in desperate need of radio operators, so Juliet meets code breaker Felix Mortimer and there is a spark instantly, he devises special plans for Juliet in case she is ever caught and then off to France she goes for a dangerous and mind changing time but through thick and thin and being caught and tortured Juliet stays strong. While at home Felix keeps his hopes high and always believes in her.
Juliet makes it home and after all that she has been through is not the same person that left England, it is now 1947 and Juliet has a lot that she keeps locked away hopefully never to spoken about again but with a lot of other SOE agents missing when SAS officer Mac finds her and asks for her help this brings Juliet back to France the last place she wants to be but with Felix by her side and some sheer determination Juliet finally opens up and comes to terms with the guilt that has kept from looking to the future.
There is a lot happening in this story, the pain and struggle that Juliet and others went through and what the Nazis did to them the mind torture as well as physical torture was horrible but I loved the strength that shows through and MS Wells has made these characters so real and alive I was turning the pages, savoured every word to see what happened, and what an ending it is just so fabulous after everything that had happened, really I cannot highly recommend this book enough so emotional and moving it will be a long time before I stop thinking about Juliet, Felix and so many awesome characters, thank you MS Wells for another fabulous keeper.
5/5 stars for a fabulous story
Expected publication:
April 30th 2018
by Penguin Random House
