In 1946, Marie Claude "Mariclou" Poirier finally meets her husband in person after two years of separation. After years of wartime correspondence and a proxy marriage that defied both distance and disapproval, she leaves Madagascar for a new life in Britain with Captain James Hunter.

But post-war England holds its own battles. Sir Richard Hunter, her father-in-law and a First World War veteran, sees his son's French war bride as a threat to everything he holds dear. Only James's mother Helena, with memories of her own Great War service, offers quiet understanding as Mariclou navigates the subtle warfare of upper-class British society.

When her sister Daphne arrives from Paris carrying secrets from their shared colonial past in Madagascar, Mariclou finds herself caught between two worlds. The weight of unspoken wartime choices threatens not only her precarious place in the Warbuck household but also her hopes for the future.

In a Britain struggling to rebuild from the ashes of war, Mariclou must find the courage to forge her own path—and perhaps build bridges where others see only walls.

This book is currently in planning and will be released at a later date.