Although this is a feel good romance with an upbeat ending the story shows a lot of evidence of careful research by the writer. This is another novel that shows women playing a very active role in war time activities. Here we have details of:
SOE (Special Operations Executive)
The Resistance
How undercover workers were got into and out of France
How people reported in
How the BBC helped convey “personal” messages
What life was like for French civilians?
How the occupying forces operated
The type of war work women could do
Hunger and deprivation
It is also extremely well written.
Genevieve has to learn to behave as a man in occupied France. Yves is at first very wary of her. She falls in love with him. But will her love be requited. Will they both survive?
Knox engages us from the beginning and keeps our attention through her carefully drawn characters about whom we care about a lot.
