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Featuring an exclusive excerpt from Kate Quinn's next incredible
historical novel, THE HUNTRESS NEW YORK TIMES &,amp, USA TODAY
BESTSELLER#1 GLOBE AND MAIL HISTORICAL FICTION BESTSELLEROne of
NPR's Best Books of the Year!One of Bookbub's Biggest Historical
Fiction Books of the Year!Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick!The 2017
Girly Book Club Book of the Year!A Summer Book Pick from Good
Housekeeping, Parade, Library Journal, Goodreads, Liz and Lisa, and
BookBub In an enthralling new historical novel from national
bestselling author Kate Quinn, two 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. 1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II,
American college girl Charlie St.Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and
on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's
also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who
disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be
alive. So when Charlie's parents banish her to Europe to have her
",little problem", taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to
London, determined to find out what happened to the cousin she
loves like a sister.1915. A year into the Great War, Eve Gardiner
burns to join the fight against the Germans and unexpectedly gets
her chance when she's recruited to work as a spy. Sent into
enemy-occupied France, she's trained by the mesmerizing Lili, the
",Queen of Spies",, who manages a vast network of secret agents
right under the enemy's nose.Thirty years later, haunted by the
betrayal that ultimately tore apart the Alice Network, Eve spends
her days drunk and secluded in her crumbling London house. Until a
young American barges in uttering a name Eve hasn't heard in
decades, and launches them both on a mission to find the truth...no
matter where it leads. ",Both funny and heartbreaking, this epic
journey of two courageous women is an unforgettable tale of
little-known wartime glory and sacrifice.Quinn knocks it out of the
park with this spectacular book!",-Stephanie Dray, New York Times
bestselling author of America's First Daughter