THE SECRET STEALERS by Jane Healy - Review & Giveaway

 

It's WWII when twenty-five year old, Anna Cavanaugh finds out her husband has been killed in freak accident in Hawaii. She is intelligent, professional, teaches in DC and speaks fluent French and German. Her parents want her to spend the summer resting at the family cottage on Cape Cod. She can't imagine anything worse.

In Jane Healey's, historical novel, THE SECRET STEALERS (LakeUnionPublishing) a friend of her father's, Major General William Donovan, a WWI hero approaches her at her husband's funeral about a job in DC. He asks her to come down from Boston if she's interested and when she's ready. She is.

Anna is recruited into the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) a highly secretive communications center which oversees propaganda, resistance groups and gave her a front row seat to the history and tragedy of the war. She becomes Donovan's assistant but soon she's moving up, transferred to England and working in intelligence. But Anna wants to become a spy in her beloved France where she studied prior to the war. It's not long before Donovan gives the green light for Anna to join up with the French Resistance.

THE SECRET STEALERS is about the per severance, and the friendships between brave and courageous women, who were some of the unsung heroes of WWII. Of course, there's a love story, but I was more interested in the history. I felt my heart beating so fast while reading the prose and at times fearing for Anna's life. Healey is highly adept at creating complex characters who pop off the page and well described landscapes. The novel is about love and loss and will stay with you long after you've finished. 

I love reading WWII historical fiction. I always learn something new about the time, place and people. For me the over four-hundred pages of THE SECRET STEALERS flew by.  


Jane's words:

When my daughters were born, I left a career in high tech to become a freelance writer. My passion for historical fiction became my new career when my first novel THE SATURDAY EVENING GIRLS CLUB was published in 2017. With the release of THE BEANTOWN GIRLS in 2019, I continued to fulfill my dream of writing lesser known stories of women in history. I live outside of Boston with my two teen daughters, two idiotic cats and one amazing husband. I like reading, running, cooking, going to the beach and drinking lots of coffee

Thanks to GetRed PR we are lucky to have one copy to giveaway. Just tell us your favorite WWII novel. There are so many to choose from.

THE SECRET STEALERS will be published April 1st.

To purchase THE SECRET STEALERS

Comments

  1. Padmini RaoMarch 26, 2021 at 7:35 AM

    My favorite WW 2 novel is the Winemaker’s Wife. My email is suzie_rao@yahoo.com

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  2. PamelaMarch 26, 2021 at 7:58 AM

    Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan

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  3. DonnaMarch 26, 2021 at 8:45 AM

    I read a lot of WWII historical fiction books. It is impossible for me to select just one. THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah and BENEATH A SCARLET SKY by Mark Sullivan were excellent.I love books written by John Anthony Miller that take place during this time period.

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  4. diannekcMarch 26, 2021 at 12:38 PM

    One of my favorite historical novels is "The Book of Lost Names".

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  5. MelissaMarch 26, 2021 at 2:27 PM

    So many great ones out there. The Wartime Sisters comes to mind though.

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  6. bn100March 26, 2021 at 9:32 PM

    Beneath a Scarlet Sky
    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

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  7. JoMarch 27, 2021 at 6:55 AM

    one of mine The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad

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  8. taurusMarch 27, 2021 at 9:40 AM

    One would be We Were The Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter

    jtcgc at yahoo dot com

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  9. Alicia HaneyMarch 27, 2021 at 10:05 AM

    Beneath a Scarlet Sky. aliciabhaney(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

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  10. Susan @ The Book BagMarch 27, 2021 at 10:38 AM

    I absolutely loved The Beantown Girls. I listened to it and it was amazing! I also really liked The Nightingale.

    susanthebookbag(at)gmail(dot)com

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  11. LeezaMarch 27, 2021 at 11:15 AM

    The Sanoteur. It was a as riveting tale of bravery and danger.

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  12. Bonnie K.March 27, 2021 at 11:31 AM

    There are so many good ones. I'll go with All the Light We Cannot See
    by Anthony Doerr. bluedawn95864 at gmail dot com

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  13. Storm992472March 27, 2021 at 12:21 PM

    I loved the Rose Code by Kate Quinn. Thank you for the chance. lamonicaks(at)gmail(dot)com

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  14. Amy RMarch 27, 2021 at 12:59 PM

    You are right - there are so many! The one I liked the most would have to be The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel.

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  15. Jodie C.March 27, 2021 at 8:39 PM

    There are so many!! But I think my favorite is The Nightingale.

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  16. Book Lover in FloridaMarch 28, 2021 at 6:54 AM

    The Nightingale

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  17. NinaMarch 29, 2021 at 7:50 AM

    I loved The Beantown Girls!

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  18. AmberMarch 30, 2021 at 3:45 PM

    I can't wait to read this one!! My favorite WW2 novel is We Were The Lucky Ones. But it's so hard to choose because I've loved so many!

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  19. Nancy PApril 1, 2021 at 5:38 PM

    Mad Dog

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  20. Xia LeeApril 2, 2021 at 10:11 PM

    The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel.

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  21. LelandleeApril 2, 2021 at 10:12 PM

    The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel.

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  22. Peggy RussoApril 6, 2021 at 6:52 AM

    The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

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  23. Marcia CrabtreeApril 7, 2021 at 3:28 AM

    My favorite WWII novel is The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

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