Alan Hlad Books in Order

During World War II, Susan Shepherd and American pilot Ollie Evans join a covert operation using homing pigeons to gather intelligence from occupied France. Their growing bond faces a desperate test when his plane goes down behind enemy lines.

French-speaking typist Rose Teasdale leaves Churchill’s war rooms for a dangerous role in occupied Paris. Working undercover with the Resistance, she carries messages and undertakes increasingly risky missions that test her loyalty and willingness to sacrifice.

During World War I, German nurse Anna Zeller joins an experimental guide dog school and helps a blinded Jewish soldier rebuild his life. Their hopes face the war’s brutal consequences and growing antisemitism at home.

American librarian and microfilm expert Maria Alves is sent to wartime Lisbon to gather intelligence from Axis publications. Working alongside a bookseller helping Jewish refugees, she faces greater danger when asked to become a double agent.

American singer Ruth Lacroix becomes an ambulance driver in wartime France and encounters a stranded British pilot. As German forces advance and escape routes close, they race toward the coast while helping other refugees seek safety.

After German soldiers kill her brother, Gianna Conti joins the Italian Resistance and meets an undercover American agent. Their sabotage missions and coded messages bind them together as occupation brings increasing danger to the Tuscan countryside.

British librarian Dulcie Finch becomes responsible for a jewel-encrusted book with a history of loss and supposed curses. Caring for her daughter makes a wealthy collector’s dangerous offer tempting, drawing her into the volume’s troubled legacy.