Book Blitz: The Unlikely Spy by Sophie Schiller
The Unlikely Spy Sophie Schiller Publication date: August 21st 2022 Genres: Adult, Historical, Romance, Thriller Casablanca meets Notorious in a Hitchcock-style thriller of espionage, romance, adventure, and intrigue. 1917 . Emma Christensen is a young widow who returns to the Danish West Indies to reclaim the life and the villa she left behind. When she discovers her husband has disinherited her in favor of his young heir—an illegitimate son—she turns to the one thing she knows, gambling, and soon finds herself deeply in debt. Emma is approached by Cornelius Smith, a representative of an American shipping line, who offers an alternative: infiltrate the suspicious Hamburg-American Line and spy on its nefarious leader, Julius Luckner, to gain valuable business intelligence for his firm. It doesn’t take long for Emma to realize that both Smith and Luckner are not as they seem. Close to the Allies but even closer to the enemy, Emma bravely engages in missions that could...