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Commendation Quotes: From alliances with MI6 and double agents to a romance that beautifully holds respect and desire, White (The Collector of Burned Books, 2025) is at her stunning best. . . . Profound and masterful, [The Spy Keeper of Marseille] captures the disarming influence and vulnerability of the musical arts and the dissonant strain of hope in the face of betrayal and fear. --Booklist, starred reviewReview Quotes: A former housewife finds her calling in a French Resistance group in this propulsive historical from White. . . . Readers will be swept up. --Publishers WeeklyReview Quotes: Don't miss this symphony of a book from White (The Collector of Burned Books), who highlights regular people making brave choices even as they are caught in a geopolitical web they can barely understand. Recommended for readers who enjoy World War II novels set in France, such as Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin and The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff. --Library JournalPublisher Marketing: In occupied France, a woman becomes a spy for the Resistance and rises to lead the largest intelligence operation in the country in this propulsive new World War II historical novel by bestselling author Roseanna M. White. Marseille, France, 1941. Zelie Bellerose never fit the mold of an army officer's wife. She was too passionate in her convictions, too indifferent to societal expectations. After her husband is killed in the war, Zelie focuses on securing a brighter future for her children, hoping to help free her country from the Nazi regime by joining the Resistance. She is soon one of the most trusted operatives in Alliance, and when their leader is imprisoned, she takes command, hiding her identity from all but a few. With enemies closing in, Zelie must earn the trust of her network and prove herself to those who doubt a woman's place at the helm of France's largest spy ring. Marcel Laurent was a renowned concert pianist before joining the French army and being sent to a POW camp. Freed in a prisoner exchange by a wealthy businessman with ties to the Resistance, Marcel agrees to spy for Alliance by conducting a youth orchestra, gathering intelligence from patrons who are loose-lipped Nazi sympathizers. Marcel's weekly radio broadcasts introducing the orchestra's performances give him the perfect cover to send coded messages over the airwaves. As Zelie and Marcel grow closer through their shared love of music, she begins to rely on him. But betrayal from within Alliance puts everything they've fought for at risk. When a double agent infiltrates their ranks and the two are captured, their bond faces its greatest test . . . and any misstep could jeopardize not only Alliance but the very outcome of the war.
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Contributor Bio:White, Roseanna M Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, award-winning author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. Having successfully launched two homeschool grads into the unsuspecting world, she now spends her time writing fiction, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of a slew of novels that span several continents and thousands of years. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to find their way into her books . . . to offset her real life, which is blessedly ordinary. You can learn more about her and her stories at RoseannaMWhite.com. |
