The League of Lonely War Women by Andie Newton
Publisher: One More Chapter
Release date: 20 February 2026
Back cover blurb: ‘A woman can get more information about German supply lines and replacements than a man with a knife to a soldier’s throat…’ Germany, 1944. Best friends Vivien Allen and Junie Knight are part of the covert world of America’s Morale Operations branch. As members of The League of Lonely War Women, a dark propaganda campaign aimed to sow seeds of doubt in German soldiers’ minds, their first mission sends them deep into enemy territory. But their mission isn’t exactly what was sold to them, and the tracking of a dangerous SS officer goes very wrong, their friendship is irreparably broken. Now, ten years later, Viv is still paying the consequences, so when a chance at redemption lands in her lap she seizes it, determined to right past wrongs, reconcile with Junie, and complete her mission once and for all…
OSS operatives Viv and Junie are the best of friends. Dot and Pudge the same. They meet for the first time in exceptional circumstances, undercover on a mission where they must earn the trust of German soldiers so that they can gather intelligence.
Viv and Pudge are put together on a side mission, one that they mustn't disclose to anyone including their friends and colleagues. They must track a very dangerous SS office and ensure that he is captured.
The mission doesn't go to plan, and their lives endangered when when of the women they are working with on the ground is captured. Feeling they have failed in their mission, the four of them leave the area together and await further instruction.
But their friendship is fragile, and trust broken, by secrets and missions that can't be spoken about.
Fast forward ten years later and Viv is happily married to Hal. Working as a Private Investigator catching unsuspecting husbands cheating on their wives. She doesn't realise that she wants more until she receives a postcard from pudge with three words.
'I've found him'.
She immediately finds her old boss, Cora at the CIA building and demands to be put back on the case. Cora isn't on side, says its not that simple, and the American government are actually more interested in suspected communists than former Nazi's these days.
But Viv knows that isn't the reality, so she and Pudge work behind the scenes to get the old team back together, and capture the former SS Officer Engel once and for all.
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