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Liberated from a Nazi prison by a young American soldier named Paul, Marta Nedermann is sick, weak and alone. She is sent to a displaced persons camp hospital outside Salzburg, Austria. It is run by the Allies and who should show up but, no surprise here, Paul.
Nice Jewish refugee meets nice American soldier and lives happily ever after? Not so fast. Pam Jenoff keeps the plot twists coming. Paul must move on with his company; Marta heads for London on a false visa. She boards the train bound for Calais but it is detoured to Paris.
Unable to get the visa extended, Marta is stranded and broke. But, who does she spot sitting in a Paris café? Paul, of course. He straightens out her visa problems and promises to meet her in London when he is discharged. Oh, and they agree to get married.
But Paul does not show up at the appointed time and place at Kings Cross Station. Marta ends up marrying a stuffy British diplomat and working as his secretary in the Foreign Office.
The war may be over, but there’s political turmoil in post-war Europe and the Cold War is starting. Spies, not soldiers, are on the front lines now. Only someone is tipping off the Russians, providing them with the names of the foreign nationals secretly working for Britain.
Marta volunteers to return to Europe on a mission to retrieve the secret code that will help the Foreign Office find the traitor who has been double-crossing them. Marta’s past catches up with her as she makes her way from Czechoslovakia to the heart of Berlin.
While the plot relies heavily on some over-the-top coincidences, the story moves briskly along, and Marta proves herself up to facing numerous challenges, including the challenge of finding true love.
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