THE MADEMOISELLE ALLIANCE

COMING APRIL 8, 2025

Cover of The Mademoiselle Alliance, showing the author's name, Natasha Lester, and a woman on a Paris street.

NATASHA LESTER’S MOST EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL YET

How did a young Parisian mother, celebrated for her beauty and glamour, come to lead the largest spy network in France? A heartbreaking story by the New York Times bestselling author.

Morocco, 1928. Eighteen-year-old Frenchwoman Marie-Madeleine is not the kind of woman who goes through life sitting down, and it's a trait that not everyone is a fan of—including her husband. Her unconventionalities – rally car driving, flying planes and dabbling in intelligence work for the government – earn her a reputation, but she knows who she is at heart: an adventurer.

 Paris, 1936. As Europe teeters on the brink of war, a chance encounter with a mysterious man codenamed Navarre turns Marie-Madeleine’s life upside down. Recruited to help build a resistance network known only as Alliance, she conceals her identity – and gender – as she navigates a perilous double life away from her children and the man she loves. Capture and death are only a heartbeat away for both Marie-Madeleine and the agents under her care. But she rises above expectations at every turn, achieving seemingly impossible feats of espionage that help turn the tide of the war. But the most impossible, and dangerous, of them all? Falling in love.

Natasha Lester passionately brings to life the true story of one of history’s unsung heroes: Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the only woman to lead a resistance network in WWII France. This is a powerful, heartbreaking tale of resilience that reminds us all of what it means to cherish those we love and to fight for them with every breath.

The Mademoiselle Alliance cover by Natasha Lester

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“A passionate, fiery tribute to a historical woman so extraordinary she almost defies belief…Lester writes with razor-sharp research and evident admiration for a woman whose name deserves to be blazed across the pages of history.”

— KATE QUINN New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network

“Written with heart, passion, and impeccable historical research, The Mademoiselle Alliance is a powerful story readers will not be able to put down.”

— MADELINE MARTIN New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London

FOR UNITED KINGDOM READERS

In the UK, The Mademoiselle Alliance is called The Paris Code, It’s the same extraordinary story, just with a different title.