num_pages: 336
description: Samantha Donaldsons family has always done its duty for the British Crown. In the midst of World War I seventeen-year-old Sam follows in their footsteps serving her country from the homefront as a Girl Guide and messenger for the intelligence organization MI5. After her father disappears on a diplomatic mission she continues their studies of languages high-level mathematics and complex puzzles and codes hoping to make him proud.When Sam is asked to join the famed womens spy group La Dame Blanche shes tornthis could be the adventure shes dreamed of but how can she abandon her mother who has already lost a husband to the war? But when her handlers reveal shocking news Sam realizes theres no way she can refuse the exciting and dangerous opportunity.Her acceptance leads her straight into the heart of enemy territory on a mission to extract the most valuable British spy embedded in Germany known to the members of LDB only as Velvet. Deep undercover within the court of Kaiser Wilhelm II Samantha must navigate the labyrinthine palace and its many glamorousand secretiveresidents to complete her assignment. To make matters worse she finds herself forming a forbidden attraction to the enemy-a dangerously handsome German guard. In a place where personal politics are treacherously entangled in wartime policy can Samantha discover the truth and find Velvet before its too latefor them both?From author Teri Brown comes the thrilling story of one girls journey into a deadly world of spycraft and betrayalwith unforgettable consequences.
language: English
title: Velvet Undercover
publisher: Balzer + Bray