Three years into the Great War, England's greatest asset is their
intelligence network--field agents risking their lives to gather
information, and codebreakers able to crack every German telegram.
Margot De Wilde thrives in the environment of the secretive Room 40,
where she spends her days deciphering intercepted messages. But when her
world is turned upside down by an unexpected loss, for the first time
in her life numbers aren't enough.
Drake Elton returns wounded
from the field, followed by an enemy who just won't give up. He's
smitten quickly by the intelligent Margot, but how can he convince a
girl who lives entirely in her mind that sometimes life's answers lie in
the heart?
Amid biological warfare, encrypted letters, and a
German spy who wants to destroy not just them but others they love,
Margot and Drake will have to work together to save themselves from the
very secrets that brought them together.
This was an interesting book. Not only did we get an incite into the workings of the intelligence workings of WWI, but also the inner workings of people with high intelligence and people with phobias. Margot is a genius with a head for numbers. She has no trouble figuring out the codes. But she has trouble communicating with people in everyday things. Drake tries to crack the shell that Margot has erected around herself. She has vowed never to marry or have children because her dream is to be a college professor. The only thing is that in the early 1900's women definitely did not become college professors. Dot, Drake's sister, has trouble leaving her apartment. With Margot's help she is able to go to work on a daily basis.
I thought it took awhile for the mystery to appear. But once it did, I had trouble putting it down.
I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I was not compensated in any way.
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