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Chapters (117)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. The Cast of Characters
  6. CHAPTER ONE
  7. The Recruits
  8. CHAPTER TWO
  9. CHAPTER THREE
  10. CHAPTER FOUR
  11. CHAPTER FIVE
  12. CHAPTER SIX
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT
  15. CHAPTER NINE
  16. CHAPTER TEN
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  18. CHAPTER TWELVE
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  23. The Missions
  24. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  25. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  26. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  35. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  36. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  44. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  45. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  46. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  54. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  55. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  56. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  63. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  64. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  65. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  66. The Game
  67. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  73. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  74. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  75. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  76. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  77. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  78. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  79. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
  80. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
  81. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
  82. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
  83. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
  84. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
  85. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN
  86. CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT
  87. CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE
  88. CHAPTER EIGHTY
  89. CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE
  90. CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO
  91. CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE
  92. CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
  93. HOME
  94. CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE
  95. CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX
  96. CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN
  97. CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT
  98. CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE
  99. CHAPTER NINETY
  100. CHAPTER NINETY-ONE
  101. CHAPTER NINETY-TWO
  102. CHAPTER NINETY-THREE
  103. CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR
  104. CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE
  105. CHAPTER NINETY-SIX
  106. CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN
  107. CHAPTER NINETY-EIGHT
  108. CHAPTER NINETY-NINE
  109. CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED
  110. CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED ONE
  111. Acknowledgments
  112. Discover More
  113. About the Author
  114. Reading Group Guide
  115. Discussion Questions
  116. A Conversation with Leila Meacham
  117. ALSO BY LEILA MEACHAM

Of course it had been coercion, simply a different sort than men in his position were at liberty to wield to get an unwilling woman into their bed. Oberleutnant Peter Janssen passed through her mind, but she believed she could trust that Colonel Derrick Albrecht had no intent to force her. He would exercise charm and civility and his considerable male appeal to win her over, but he would be disappointed. She would not be sleeping with the enemy, but she would be judged as if she were. Even the most harmless interaction with him would make her appear at best a French woman willing to share her bed with a high-ranking officer of the despised SS, at worst a collaborator. From the look the concierge gave her as she passed out of the hotel door, the residents were already murmuring among themselves.

CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR

CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR

So Wilhelm will not be joining us for dinner tonight,” Chris said, having arrived for the boy’s tutoring session to find that Hans had taken him to a soccer game.

Major General March explained that the dinner was to be a surprise for his son, that he’d invited Barnard as well, but he’d come by the tickets unexpectedly and could not refuse his son’s pleas to go when he learned he had them. The general apologized for tying up his and Brad’s time when he and Wilhelm had enjoyed their company only two days earlier, but he’d thought it too late to cancel the evening’s dinner. Hans had left them a cold but most appetizing spread on the sideboard. They were to help themselves.

Chris heard the news uneasily. “And Madame Gastain? Is she not to join us as well?”

“Just us men tonight, though I will pop over to see her after dinner. She’s invited me for a nightcap.”

When Brad learned of this, his brow rose. Chris, catching Brad’s puzzled look, asked softly after their host left them to go to the wine cellar, “What’s up? You seem perplexed by what the general said.”

“It’s just that I don’t think Madame Gastain is expecting him,” Brad answered in the same lowered tone and explained that his landlady had not mentioned the nightcap when he spoke with her as he was leaving for the general’s house. She’d been in her garden dressed thickly, her hair sticking out from beneath a stocking cap, as she prepared to cover her plants against the heavy frost expected that night. “She’d have had a lot of repair work to do to get herself ready for the general’s visit,” Brad said. “Her butler says that Madame Gastain spends countless hours at her toilette when expecting guests.”

Chris said, “You think she forgot?”

“Wouldn’t she have remembered when I told her that I was on the way to dine with the general?”