Praise For This Book:
"Ariel Lawhon delivers in Code Name Helene. This fully animated portrait of Nancy Wake- underground operative, charmer in red lipstick, loving wife, and hard-hitting woman of her times, will fascinate readers of World War II history and thrill fans of fierce, brash, independent women, alike. A stark exploration of the remarkable difference one person, willing to rise in the face of fear, can make." -LISA WINGATE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours

"Fascinating" -NEW YORK POST "REQUIRED READING"

"A spellbinding work of historical fiction. . . [and] one of the most sensual romance novels you've ever read. . . She is real, this really did happen is the mantra you may find yourself repeating, in awe of every page."-BOOKPAGE, *STARRED*

"A compulsively readable account of a little-known yet extraordinary historical figure-Lawhon's best book to date." -KIRKUS REVIEW, *STARRED*

"Magnificent. . . Lawhon carries us into the heart of the French resistance [and] into the mind of a badass heroine with uncanny instincts who takes on the Nazis and men's arrogant sexism with uncommon bravado. . . Even long after the last page is turned, this astonishing story of Wake's accomplishments will hold readers in its grip."-BOOKLIST, *STARRED*

"Readers will be transfixed by the story of a woman who should be a household name."-LIBRARY JOURNAL *STARRED*

"Riveting. . . [A] stunning, moving story."-BOOKREPORTER.COM

"Masterful. . . Exhaustively researched and vividly woven. . . As much an epic love story as an engrossing narrative of an unlikely anti-Nazi combatant. . . Lawhon has proven herself a master at her craft, and she does readers a great service with Code Name Helene."-CHAPTER16

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