Once a Spy

By: Mary Jo Putney

Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick

Love and survival in the shadow of Waterloo....

Wearied by his years as a British intelligence officer, Simon Duval resigns his commission after Napoleon’s abdication. Hoping to find new meaning in his life, he returns to England, where he discovers his cousin’s widow, Suzanne Duval, the Comtesse de Chambron. Working as a seamstress, living in reduced circumstances, Suzanne has had a life as complicated as Simon’s. While both believe they are beyond love, their sympathetic bond leads him to propose a marriage of companionship, and Suzanne accepts.

She didn't want or expect a true marriage, but as Suzanne joins Simon in a search for his long missing foster brother, warmth and caring begin to heal both their scars - and a powerful passion sparks between them. Then news from France threatens to disrupt their happiness. Napoleon has escaped from Elba and Wellington personally asks Simon to help prevent another devastating war. Only this time, Simon does not go into danger alone. He and Suzanne will face deadly peril together, and pray that love will carry them through....

©2019 Mary Jo Putney (P)2019 Recorded Books

Charming

One of the best in over 450 books I've enjoyed on audible. Please write more!

Updated review...loved the book

I'm so glad I persisted and listened multiple times to this book. This time I listened with an open mind and found that I loved it. The book is a perfect example of MJP's great talents....telling a good story and developing strong rich characters. Beverly A Crick's talents of differentiating between male and female voices and her great variety of foreign voices.

What a Great Journey

Very satisfying time spent with these characters. And Beverly Crick does an admirable job going from male to female, French to English using different accents within both languages. The characters are intelligent and very likable. Never did I cringe at the plot progression or character actions. Would that more romance genre stories could be so satisfying.

Pretty darn good

There’s a little bit intrigue in this book. Not much but a little bit of steam. It’s a nice romance between two mature thinking adults. Some parts may be triggering to folks.

Fast-paced , can’t stop listening till the end!

It is amazing how this author creates a very unusual love story, and then proceeds to interweave her fictional characters into and through the actual military events taking place in the final great meeting between Bonaparte and Wellington’s armies. Many of the details of the leaders and the location and dates of battles are real. Very careful research is the final touch that makes MaryJo Putney the excellent historical fiction writer she is. I have now read this book numerous times, and it seems more enthralling each time I listen. If I could give the story 6 stars I would!