Yvette is standing in rubber boots harvesting oysters, scallops, clams and mussels and even though it is a secluded cove she is always on alert. Because if she is caught her life is forfeit after being tortured and raped by the Nazi soldiers.
Ever since the Nazis invaded France four years ago supplies had been scarce as everything was given to the German army. The small rations they were allowed were pitiful. If she was caught trading her neighbors for supplies all their lives would be in danger.
Returning the borrowed mule and exchanging some of her haul for grain, flour and bread from the baker she headed towards another villager who supplied her with lanolin, cheese, milk and raw wool which she spun to make clothing and blankets for the rebels who were in hiding in the deepest part of the woods. The leader... her only surviving brother.
The Germans has killed her father and four brothers as she looked on from the woods four years ago. Taking over their farm looking over a cliff and building huge barracks that housed hundreds of German soldiers. They didn't realize that one had survived and was the leader of the Resistance Group who called themselves les Loups—the Wolves.
After making all her deliveries and heading home through the woods she follows the sound of a voice, hoping that Étienne Boucher hadn't found her, the man who took cruel pleasure in enforcing the German demands.
She followed the groans to find an American soldier hanging from a broken leg entangled in his nylon parachute high in the trees.
I loved this book! It is very well written and the characters are fully developed and relatable. This book takes place during the German invasion of France as French woman is determined to help her brother avenge her family's death and keep an injured American soldier hidden while he heals.
This book is action-packed, steamy hot and takes place during a horrifying time in world history. I found the book to be not only engaging but historically accurate. Like her previous paranormal series, Yvette is trained in the art of healing through herbs and you can definitely identify Jennifer Ivy Walker's unique style of writing. Highly recommend!
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Thank you very much for this fabulous review of The Witch of the Breton Woods! I am delighted you loved my WWII historical romantic suspense!
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