Sunday, October 4, 2020

A Portrait of Loyalty by Roseanna M. White

Zivon Marin was one of Russia's top cryptographers until the October Revolution tore apart his world. Forced to flee to England after speaking out against Lenin, Zivon is driven by a growing anger and determined to offer his services to the Brits. But never far from his mind is his brother, whom Zivon fears died in the train crash that separated them.

Lily Blackwell sees the world best through the lens of a camera and possesses unsurpassed skill when it comes to retouching and re-creating photographs. With her father's connections in propaganda, she's recruited to the intelligence division, even though her mother would disapprove if she ever found out.

After Captain Blackwell invites Zivon to dinner one evening, a friendship blooms between him and Lily that soon takes over their hearts. But both have secrets they're unwilling to share, and neither is entirely sure they can trust the other. When Zivon's loyalties are called into question, proving him honest is about more than one couple's future dreams--it becomes a matter of ending the war.

This is the third book in this series.  It's not necessary to read the first two books in the series.  But it would be helpful to read them to know the characters that are in book three.

This book centers around codebreakers during WWI and the retouching of photographs.  Besides the story line of the book I found that aspect to be quite interesting.  The flu epidemic was also brought into the story.  

The book started out a little slow but got more interesting as it went along.  I would recommend this book.

I received this book from Bethany House Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.  


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