A sweeping historical novel for fans of Suzanne Goldring, Mandy Robotham and Kristin Hannah.
1944, the Cote d'Azur.
Artist Marguerite Segal is recruited by British Intelligence into befriending Etienne Valade, a local priest. Her mission is to persuade him to pass on information from the high-ranking German officers who attend his church: evidence of their war crimes.
Connected by a passion for art, Marguerite and Etienne soon fall in love, but their association increasingly puts her at danger of violent reprisals from the locals. Prevented by his faith from revealing the secrets shared with him in the confessional box, Etienne is a suspected collaborator, and distrust is high.
But Marguerite too is keeping a secret; like the Jews whose identity cards she forges to hide them from the Third Reich, she too is hiding behind a false name, her true identity and past known only to her closest friend.
As the Allied invasion draws closer, Marguerite must get hold of the documents that will condemn the German officers before they can destroy them but, in a world where everything is at stake, can Marguerite really trust anyone – even the man she loves?
