Timeless Spies
The Series
The Timeless Spies Series
The Timeless Spies novels are immersive, dual-timeline stories inspired by the real women of Britain’s Special Operations Executive who were sent into occupied Europe during the Second World War.
These books explore what it meant to live under constant danger, not only in the field, but in ordinary rooms, borrowed identities, and fragile alliances, where courage was often quiet, decisions were irreversible, and survival was never guaranteed.
Each novel pairs a WWII storyline with a contemporary one. In the past, an SOE agent moves through occupied territory, carrying secrets, codes, and impossible choices. In the present, a modern woman becomes drawn into that agent’s life, through research, memory, chance discovery, or inheritance, and finds that the past refuses to stay contained. What begins as curiosity slowly turns into connection.
Some stories stand alone. Others unfold across longer arcs, allowing a single agent’s journey to deepen and widen over time. Together, they form a loose constellation rather than a closed sequence: linked by history, atmosphere, and emotional resonance rather than strict chronology.
Based on extensive archival research, including original SOE files, field visits, and historical records, the Timeless Spies series blends factual foundations with narrative imagination. These are not biographies, but lived-in novels that ask how war shapes identity, love, loyalty, and the long shadows that fall across generations.
Written for readers who value intelligence, emotional depth, and a cinematic sense of place, the Timeless Spies novels invite you not just to learn about the past, but to step inside it.
Hannah Byron at SOE Memorial Plaque in Beaulieu, Hampshire, England.
The Color of Courage
Codename Odile
~ Book 1 in the Timeless Spies series ~
In the bustling streets of Marseille, Sil Anderson, a graffiti artist from Bristol, seeks artistic liberation and an escape from her past. Intrigue and inspiration await her as she stumbles upon a hidden trove of wartime secrets in the apartment she rents. It once belonged to Lise de Baissac, a forgotten heroine of World War II.
The Echo of Valor
Codename Rose
~ Book 2 in the Timeless Spies series ~
In the seaside town of Torquay on England’s south coast, Dr Mia Thompson’s chance encounter with her reclusive neighbor, Eileen Nearne, sparks an unexpected discovery. Eileen’s quiet life belies her extraordinary past as an SOE secret agent in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
Codename Violette
The Call of Destiny
~ Book 3 in the Timeless Spies series ~
In the quiet aftermath of her father’s small pandemic-era funeral, Sigal Lambert discovers a forgotten relic: a Croix de Guerre awarded posthumously to her paternal grandmother, a woman she barely knew existed but whose name she carries. Her grandmother’s story reveals an unexpected connection to Muriel Byck, a British Jewish SOE agent
The Ace of Nerve
Codename Hélène
~ Book 4 in the Timeless Spies series ~
Aroha Tui has always walked between worlds: modern-day Britain and her Māori royal lineage; the quiet halls of a veterans' home and the fire of a spirit she’s trying to ignore. When she's assigned to care for Nancy Wake—once the most wanted woman in Nazi-occupied France—she expects a recluse. What she finds is a challenge.