Madeline Martin
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Madeline Martin is the New York Times and International bestselling author of WWII historical fiction as well as historical romance that spans from medieval castles to Regency ballrooms. She lives in sunny Florida with her amazing fiancé, two sweet daughters and one very spoiled cat.
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1. Which character did you relate to more—Ava or Elaine?
2. Do you think you could leave everything you know behind for a new place where you barely spoke the language?
3. After reading about the dangers the French Resistance faced, do you think you would have joined their ranks?
4. If your spouse/significant other did not want you to join the French Resistance, would you have done it anyway?
5. What did you learn in this book about WWII that you didn’t know before?
6. If you had read the same pamphlets Ava had prior to leaving for Portugal, would you have packed hats too?
7. The PVDE (Portuguese Police) kept their finger on the pulse of all international activity going on within Portugal. If you noticed they were following you, how do you think you’d react? And if you tried to lose them, how would you do it?
8. Do you think you would have been able to give up your identity papers to someone in order to save them, even though it would put you at great risk?
9. Where in Portugal do you wish you could visit after having read The Librarian Spy?
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The Librarian Spy by ISBN: 9781335427489Publication Date: 2022-07-26Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence. Meanwhile, in occupied France, Elaine has begun an apprenticeship at a printing press run by members of the Resistance. She knows that the Nazis are searching for the press and its printer in order to silence them. As the battle in Europe rages, Ava and Elaine find themselves connecting through coded messages and discovering hope in the face of war.
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Switchboard Soldiers by ISBN: 9780063080690Publication Date: 2022-07-19In June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American forces in Europe. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. The U.S. Army Signal Corps promptly began recruiting women as switchboard operators. More than 7,600 women responded. Deployed throughout France, including near the front lines, the operators endured hardships and risked death or injury from gunfire, bombardments, and the Spanish Flu. Not all of them would survive.
The Codebreaker's Secret by ISBN: 9780778386889Publication Date: 2022-08-02As war in the Pacific rages on, Isabel Cooper and her codebreaker colleagues huddle in "the dungeon" at Station HYPO in Pearl Harbor, deciphering secrets plucked from the airwaves in a race to bring down the enemy. Isabel has only one wish: to avenge her brother's death. But she soon finds life has other plans when she meets his best friend, a hotshot pilot with secrets of his own. 1965. Fledgling journalist Lu Freitas comes home to Hawai'i to cover the grand opening of the glamorous Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Rockefeller's newest and grandest project. When a high-profile guest goes missing, Lu forms an unlikely alliance with an intimidating veteran photographer to unravel the mystery. The two make a shocking discovery that stirs up memories and uncovers an explosive secret from the war days.
The Alice Network by ISBN: 9780062654199Publication Date: 2017-06-06Two women--a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947--are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption.
