The Beekeeper’s Promise

Historical fiction. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Present-day, hoping for a new start, Abi takes a summer job in rural France at Chateau Bellevue, a place full of voices from the past, finding herself drawn to one remarkable woman’s story. 1938 and Elaine tends the beehives at Chateau Bellevue. There she meets and falls in love with Mathieu, but as the clouds of war approach, it seems history has other plans for her. Separated from Mathieu by the German occupation she makes the dangerous decision to play her part in fighting for France’s freedom.