When World War Two breaks out, the courage of two women will be tested to the limit.
In Occupied France, Marie-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 countryside, Sarah, a Sussex wife and mother, looks after evacuees and keeps the home fires burning while her husband is away on secret war work.
When she’s 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 Sarah’s lives collide, the danger mounts…
The French Spymistress by Rachel Hore is published on 2 July, 2026.
Read Rachel’s Historia feature about the real women agents who inspired her novel.
There’s much more new historical fiction in Historia’s list of 170 books coming out this year.
