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About Golden Doves 

American Josie Anderson and Parisian Arlette LaRue are thrilled to be working in the French resistance. They steal so many Nazi secrets they become known as the Golden Doves, renowned across France and hunted by the Gestapo. Their courage will cost them everything. 

They are arrested and taken to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, along with their loved ones. A reclusive Nazi doctor does unspeakable things to Josie’s mother, a celebrated Jewish singer who joined her daughter in Paris when the world seemed bright. And Arlette’s son is stolen from her, never to be seen again.

A decade later the Doves fall headlong into a dangerous dual mission: Josie is working for U.S. Army intelligence and accepts an assignment to hunt down the infamous doctor. A mysterious man tells Arlette he may have found her son. The Golden Doves embark on a quest across Europe and ultimately to French Guiana, discovering a web of terrible secrets. They must put themselves in grave danger to secure justice and protect the ones they love.

Martha Hall Kelly has garnered acclaim for her stunning combination of empathy and research into the stories of women throughout history and exploring the terrors of Ravensbrück. With The Golden Doves, she has crafted an unforgettable story about the fates of Nazi fugitives in the wake of World War II—and the unsung female spies who risked it all to bring them to justice.

Praise for Golden Doves

“A compelling story that spans the horrors of World War II to the Cold War of the early 1950s . . . Readers will breathlessly follow Josie, who seeks justice against former Nazis, and Arlette, who is desperate to reunite with the son she thought lost forever. Martha Hall Kelly deftly illuminates little-known complexities of the post-war while painting a vivid portrait of the deep scars and trauma that Holocaust survivors carried. Readers will be equally captivated and educated by this original and thought-provoking book.” Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Sapphire

“Meticulously researched, breathtakingly told. Add this page-turner to the canon of female freedom fighters to whom we owe so much and who would go unrecognized were it not for authors like Kelly.”—Alka Joshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Henna Artist

This story shines the light on collusion in the horrors of war and how far the powers-that-be will go to gain their purpose. Murderers are heralded despite their actions on women in torture chambers. The ugliness and rationalization are putrid. The characters of The Golden Doves are damaged survivors willing to blindly follow instructions while searching for the enemy, a lost son, and ultimately their betrayers. Though a slow story at times, it’s evident the facts were meticulously researched. A story sure to stay with you long after the book is closed. 

About The Author

Martha is a native New Englander who lives in Litchfield County Connecticut. She worked as an advertising copywriter for many years, and raised three wonderful children who are now mostly out of the nest. Her debut novel Lilac Girls, about Connecticut socialite Caroline Ferriday who championed a group of Ravensbruck Concentration Camp survivors known as The Rabbits who survived WWII Nazi experiments, was her first novel and an instant New York Times bestseller. The prequel to Lilac Girls, Lost Roses, was also an instant NYTimes bestseller. It features Caroline’s mother Eliza Ferriday and her fight to save a group of Russian women, former aristocrats who lost everything in the Russian Revolution. The Lost Roses paperback, published March 3rd, 2020 and the third book in the series, a Civil War novel about Caroline’s great-grandmother’s family, published in 2021.

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