The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck

The Invisible Woman

by Erika Robuck

“An extraordinary profile of immense courage and daring.”Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Left Cuba
 
“If you only read one WWII book this year, make it this one."—Natasha Lester, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Orphans
 
In the depths of war, she would defy the odds to help liberate a nation…a gripping historical novel based on the remarkable true story of World War II heroine Virginia Hall, from the bestselling author of Hemingway’s Girl
 
France, March 1944. Virginia Hall wasn't like the other young society women back home in Baltimore—she never wanted the debutante ball or silk gloves. Instead, she traded a safe life for adventure in Europe, and when her beloved second home is thrust into the dark days of war, she leaps in headfirst.

Once she's recruited as an Allied spy, subverting the Nazis becomes her calling. But even the most cunning agent can be bested, and in wartime trusting the wrong person can prove fatal. Virginia is haunted every day by the betrayal that ravaged her first operation, and will do everything in her power to avenge the brave people she lost.

While her future is anything but certain, this time more than ever Virginia knows that failure is not an option. Especially when she discovers what—and whom—she's truly protecting.

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Robuck paints a mesmerizing story of a woman determined to save herself and her resistance team members from discovery while being haunted by her past work in Nazi-occupied France. Never before have I encounter a story with nearly seamless flashbacks. Like Virginia, I would fall head first into her memories, jarred at returning to the present moment. I'm not sure how Robuck did it, but she created a fantastic story about one woman's work to liberate France while examining her earlier failed mission.

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