Where WWII Resistance Meets Romance
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I’m Hannah Byron, and I write heroine-journey fiction — stories of WWII resistance women that aren’t just about what happened, but about what it felt like. My books weave history with raw emotion, so that readers don’t only read about courage, but actually experience it.
I wasn’t always a full-time author. For years, I juggled life as a professor, translator, and mum. Then loss and reinvention pushed me to return to writing with a clear mission: to tell stories that make people braver, more hopeful, more alive.
These women of the past are my teachers — fierce, flawed, resilient — and their journeys inspire everything I put on the page. Readers tell me my books have changed the way they see themselves, and that is the greatest honour I could imagine as a writer.
When I’m not at my desk, you’ll find me walking, scribbling poems, sipping tea, or spoiling my granddaughters. And sometimes, I like to stir in a little mischief, because life — like fiction — should be unforgettable.
Welcome to my world!
Hannah Byron
The Ace of Nerve
Book 1: Codename Hélène
Timeless Spies is both a literary endeavor and a passion project, dedicated to immortalizing the legacy of the 40 female secret agents of the SOE in France during WWII.
Spies. Secrets. Sacrifice.
Inspired by the real-life legend of Nancy Wake — the “White Mouse” of the French Resistance — The Ace of Nerve: Codename Hélène launches a sweeping WWII-to-modern-day trilogy about courage, legacy, and the invisible ties between women across generations.
London, 2010.
Aroha Tui has always walked between worlds — her Māori royal heritage and her new life in Britain. When she’s assigned to care for Nancy Wake, once the most wanted woman in Nazi-occupied France, she expects a recluse. Instead, she meets a razor-witted survivor who offers her a deal: find the long-lost war medals stolen decades ago, and she’ll reveal her untold story.
As Aroha joins forces with Jules, a young Frenchman whose grandfather once fought beside Nancy, buried secrets rise from the ashes — of love lost, betrayal endured, and courage reborn.
The Ace of Nerve: Codename Hélène is the first book in The Ace of Nerve Trilogy — a powerful story of resistance, remembrance, and the women who refuse to be forgotten.
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