At the heart of The Alsace Chronicles is Château Gauthier, a family-run vineyard nestled among the rolling hills of Alsace, where generations have lived, loved and made wine together.

The Second World War changes everything.

When Nazi Germany seizes Alsace, the border disappears overnight and the people of this proud French province are forced to become German. But Margaux Gauthier refuses to surrender her heritage—or her humanity. Her home becomes a sanctuary for those who resist tyranny and those with nowhere else to turn.

Here, a young SOE agent finds allies in the Resistance. A Jewish refugee discovers not only shelter but a family. And ordinary men and women are called upon to perform extraordinary acts of courage.

Rich in history, unforgettable characters and sweeping emotion, The Alsace Chronicles is a powerful series about love, sacrifice and the unbreakable bonds of family in one of the Second World War's most fiercely contested regions.

The bestselling novel that captivated more than 90,000 readers.

For readers of The Nightingale and We Were the Lucky Ones, a sweeping story of love, courage and sacrifice in wartime France. 

A Jewish fugitive. A German deserter. On the run through Nazi-occupied France.

When the Nazis march into Colmar in 1940, Josef, a Jewish violin-maker, makes a fateful decision. Refusing to register his family as Jews, he, his wife and their five daughters hide in plain sight. They are not practicing Jews. No one suspects them. Until that night when everything changes.

A midnight raid shatters their fragile safety: the family has been betrayed. To survive, they must separate and flee. Seventeen-year-old Eva, her father's violin-making apprentice, reluctantly escapes first, with forged papers and a single chance to reach safety in southern France.

Along the way she meets Ralf, a young German soldier. When his commanding officer tries to assault Eva, Ralf makes a split-second decision that changes both their lives forever. Suddenly hunted as a deserter, he joins Eva on her desperate flight south.

But Eva makes one naïve mistake and Ralf is captured. Consumed by guilt, Eva joins the French Resistance and finally finds the strength and courage to fight against injustice. No longer hiding in fear, she embarks on a lonely and dangerous mission into Nazi Germany: as bi-lingual spy, gathering information and spreading misinformation.

‘If only I could give this book 100 stars rather than 5!... This book is epic, a mesmerizing book of strength through unimaginable losses… Heartbreaking and beautifully written this is a gripping tale of bravery… One of the best and most memorable historical books I’ve ever read!’ Deanne’s Book Thoughts, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 

The Violin Maker’s Daughter is a companion novel to Soldier’s Girl, another gripping Alsace story centred around the matriarch Margaux and the Chateau Gauthier family. Now available!

“Could you kill a Nazi, Miss Lake? Or, in the moment of killing, would you remember his mother’s grief—and let yourself be killed instead?”

It is the most extraordinary of job interviews, for the most extraordinary of jobs. In the final year of WWII, Sibyl, an English nurse, volunteers to help free Alsace—the beloved province of her childhood—from Nazi control. Her mission: to train and lead a band of resistance fighters, men commanded by Jacques, once her closest friend and now a hardened leader of the underground.

But nothing has prepared Sibyl for Major Wolfgang von Haagen, the German officer in charge of Colmar. Believing her to be a cobbler’s assistant, von Haagen begins to care for her—and to confide in her. London quickly sees an opportunity, ordering Sibyl to nurture his affections and turn them into weapons. Reluctantly, she becomes the bait in a treacherous honeytrap, caught between loyalty to her cause and the stirrings of her conscience. For von Haagen is no ruthless brute; and his love is true.

As Hitler demands Colmar be held at any cost, Sibyl must choose between deception and truth, love and betrayal, duty and survival. One little misstep could doom not only her mission—but the fate of an entire province.