The Mademoiselle Alliance
My Next Book!
My new book, THE MADEMOISELLE ALLIANCE is coming in April 2025!
It’s about the bravest, most extraordinary woman, a woman named Marie-Madeleine Fourcade—the ONLY woman to have led a French Resistance network during WWII. That’s right, only one woman. And I’m telling her story because if there was ever a story that deserves to find its way into as many hands as possible, it’s the story of Marie-Madeline Fourcade.
Mother. Car-rallyer. Pilot. Journalist. A woman who became known as the beautiful spy. A woman at the top of the Gestapo’s most-wanted list. A woman whose heart was broken over and over by the war, but who kept fighting because it was the right thing to do.
This story is epic. It’s sweeping; it’s about the very best people in the world and the very worst people in the world. It will make you believe in the power of a few courageous souls, led by one remarkable woman, to change lives, to save lives and to give humankind back its freedom.
We look for heroes everywhere, but Marie-Madeleine Fourcade is right there in the margins of the history books, waiting to be discovered.
Here’s the Blurb …
How did a young Parisian mother, celebrated for her beauty and glamour, come to lead the largest spy network in France?
Morocco, 1928: Marie-Madeleine Méric is not the kind of woman who stays quietly at her husband’s side. Polyglot, pianist, and pilot, she is a woman of many skills, with unconventional interests—like driving in car rallies—that earn her a daredevil reputation. But dabbling in intelligence work to assist her military officer husband and the French government helps her recognize who she is at heart: an adventurer.
Paris, 1936: As Europe teeters on the brink of war, Marie-Madeleine is living in France, her marriage now in shambles, when a chance encounter with an enigmatic spy turns her life upside down. He recruits her to help build a resistance network, and she conceals her identity—and gender—as she navigates a perilous double life.
Eventually, she steps into the role of leader of what is now known as Alliance, despite the naysayers who doubt in a woman’s ability to do so. Capture and death are only a heartbeat away for both Marie-Madeleine and the agents under her care. At the helm of Alliance, she achieves seemingly impossible feats of espionage that help turn the tide of the war. But the most impossible, and dangerous, feat of them all? Falling in love.
New York Times bestselling author Natasha Lester beautifully brings Marie-Madeleine Méric Fourcade’s story to life in this powerful, heartbreaking tale of resilience that reminds us what it means to cherish those we love and fight for them with every breath.
Coming April 2025
The Mademoiselle Alliance is coming to Australia, the UK and North America in April 2025. You can preorder the book now.