The Punishment

A story of love, betrayal and the choices that define who we become.

If you loved Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale or Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong, this novel is for you! Against the tumultuous background of World War Two France, an illicit love affair takes place between Frenchwoman Cédonie Boineau and German Kommandant Kurt Auer. Lurking in the shadows, however, are Cédonie's ardent admirer Thibault Bosch and vindictive rival Odette de Bary. While Thibault nurses his unrequited love for Cédonie along with his growing hate for the Boche invaders, Odette is gathering gossip that will change the town forever. So when the war is finally over and truths come to light, Cédonie will be left at the mercy of the town to face her punishment…

Author Paula Marais has woven a beautiful tale of the complex loyalties of the human heart and the surprising forms love can take in war.

Buy this book and find inside the link for a FREE copy of Paula Marais’s contemporary novel Love and Wine as well.