November 1939 It's been a year since Stella Bled Lawrence and her husband, Nicky, escaped Italy by the skin of their teeth and a lot has changed.
Nicky joined the Royal Air Force and Stella spent the year training as a spy for His Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service.
She has the languages and the tradecraft down pat, but she still has a way to go when the Earl of Bickford pulls her from her training early.
The earl uses his influence to make her a courier, a job well below her s.
