The Pilot's Wife - Cover Reveal

Three generations of women. One dark family secret. A truth that time never forgot . . .

I’m thrilled to share the cover for my debut historical novel, The Pilot’s Wife.

Published by Embla Books

1944, Europe. Nineteen-year-old Hedy can’t bear her country’s neutrality in the face of the ultimate evil. This is not the Switzerland she loves, and she cannot stand by any longer. Undeterred by the risk of German patrols, she starts helping to smuggle lost Allied soldiers through the forest to safety across Lake Geneva. Finally, Hedy feels she is doing something worthwhile.

Then, one night, she stumbles across a wounded American airman. Second Lieutenant Samuel Reardon was dropping supplies to the French resistance when his plane crashed. Despite the grave danger it will bring to her family, Hedy can’t leave Samuel injured and alone, so she hides him in her father’s mountain hut.

As Hedy and Samuel grow closer, the dangers of their resistance work become ever more deadly, and soon the pair will be faced with the ultimate choice that will tear them apart . . .

2018, America. Nineteen-year-old Gina looks at her grandmother’s hands, telling the story of her long life, and wonders how much time they have left together. Since her mother died, Mamie Hedy is all Gina has left. But then her grandmother reveals a shocking secret that takes them back to her home in the Swiss mountains for the last time.

After all these years, can Gina and her grandmother find the key to unlock the secrets of their shared past?

The Pilot’s Wife will be released on 29 May 2025 in paperback, eBook and audio in the U.K., the United States, Europe and Australasia. In the meantime, it is available for pre-order (although outside the U.K. the paperback and audio book won’t be available to order until late May).

For book bloggers, The Pilot’s Wife is now on NetGalley. I’d love for you to read it and share your thoughts on the story.

I’m so pleased with the cover. Not only do the mountains and planes evoke Switzerland and World War II, but the red dress hints at the love story flowing through both timelines. Please drop a comment and let me know what you think of the cover.