by: Amber Leigh Williams
Genre: Historical Romance
Release Date: May 1, 2025
Rebel. Smuggler. Spy.
Champagne, France 1943
Meet Madame Rebelle. Edmee Guillon is a smuggler. She hides people from the German troops surrounding her ancestral home. When a dying man in a German uniform seeks refuge at Maison Boutet, Edmee struggles to believe his claims that he is French. Her life, the maison and the people she loves are already at stake. Can she take the chance that this mysterious spy is who he says he is? And which side of this war is he really on?
Christian Vovk has been betrayed by someone inside his resistance organization. He knows asking the striking young war widow to hide him will put her in certain danger. However, Christian can help Edmee save as many refugees as she can. Falling in love with her will hinder his duty to the operation that brought him to her doorstep in the first place. When love and duty become inevitably tangled, will Christian sacrifice one for the other?
So what happens when the heroine of the book is forthright, honest, and always does what she knows is right? What happens when she's pitted against a morally gray hero and the brutal backdrop of war? What happens when she is exposed to a world of rebels, smugglers, and spies and is forced to make impossible choices to keep her vow to save as many refugees from the German Army as possible? She's about to learn that war makes everyday people behave in unexpected ways.
Meet Madame Rebelle, aka Edmee Guillon, a young war widow living under the shadows of the German occupation in 1943 France. While she lives under the protection of her uncle at Maison Boutet, she risks her life, her ancestral home, and everyone she loves by preventing refugees from being deported by the Germans. But her loyalty to her family and her moral compass are about to be tested by an enigmatic stranger in an enemy uniform, claiming he is French. Who is Christian Vovk, and why does he refuse to tell her who he's working for?
Christian Vovk has been a man without a country or a home for as long as he can remember, but he fights for the oppressed, and he will do anything to force the Germans out of France. When he meets Edmee, he's been deeply betrayed by someone inside the covert operation he’s built. His cover is blown, and he should take Edmee's offer to escape France with the refugees. There's something about Edmee, though, that makes him realize what he is really fighting for. He can help her save as many lives as possible. When he's forced to choose between her and duty, which route will he take?
Edmee and Christian are vastly different, yet they are bound by similar goals. Their choices make them who they are. Can they survive the war together, or will it tear them apart?
“There’s a difference between bravery and stupidity.”
The muscles of her face were taut. “I know that.”
Christian subsided into silence.
“Is the gun something you stole?” Edmée wanted to know. “If it’s German—”
“It’s not,” he said. Would she really know the difference if he lied? “Are you going to tell your uncle you've hidden me here?”
“I have to cover my tracks outside the cave,” she claimed, avoiding his probing stare.
He gripped her wrist before she could leave. When her gaze seized on his, it took him a moment to realize what he needed to say. “Be careful.”
Her lips firmed. “Take your aspirin. I won’t bring anymore wine.” She eyed the gun in his waistband. “I shouldn’t let you keep the gun. It would be stupid of me.”
“You cannot leave me undefended.”
When she wavered, he tugged her closer, leaning in. Did she know she smelled of the woods—of untamed things? “You should have one.”
Her brows came together. “A gun?”
“The supply runs. They’re dangerous.”
“So is carrying a gun.”
“Oui, but it’s the couriers, the messengers, the runners… They’re the ones arrested first.”
“So which one were you?” she wondered. “A courier or a messenger?”
The muscles of her face were taut. “I know that.”
Christian subsided into silence.
“Is the gun something you stole?” Edmée wanted to know. “If it’s German—”
“It’s not,” he said. Would she really know the difference if he lied? “Are you going to tell your uncle you've hidden me here?”
“I have to cover my tracks outside the cave,” she claimed, avoiding his probing stare.
He gripped her wrist before she could leave. When her gaze seized on his, it took him a moment to realize what he needed to say. “Be careful.”
Her lips firmed. “Take your aspirin. I won’t bring anymore wine.” She eyed the gun in his waistband. “I shouldn’t let you keep the gun. It would be stupid of me.”
“You cannot leave me undefended.”
When she wavered, he tugged her closer, leaning in. Did she know she smelled of the woods—of untamed things? “You should have one.”
Her brows came together. “A gun?”
“The supply runs. They’re dangerous.”
“So is carrying a gun.”
“Oui, but it’s the couriers, the messengers, the runners… They’re the ones arrested first.”
“So which one were you?” she wondered. “A courier or a messenger?”
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