We are delighted to announce that we have signed the eighth book in D. R. Bailey’s Spitfire Mavericks Thrillers series: action-packed aviation adventures set during the Second World War and featuring a team of vigilante pilots.
Additionally, we have signed the fourth book in the Secret Sirens Aviation Thrillers series: heart-pounding World War Two escapades with strong female leads.
In D. R. Bailey’s words:
“I’m very happy to be able to continue the journey of the Mavericks and the Sirens. I am grateful for the support and continuous care that Sapere Books has offered me as an author. Through Sapere, my fiction has had a chance to reach a wider audience, which is something every author desires.
“The eighth Spitfire Mavericks book will focus on the squadron’s role as part of D-Day and beyond, protecting the skies over Britain as Hitler unleashes his latest weapon on an unsuspecting populace. The fourth Secret Sirens novel will continue their adventures with dangerous stealth missions. Meanwhile, the banter, humour and general mayhem surrounding the respective characters will, of course, carry on unabated.”
Congratulations to D. R. Bailey, whose heart-pounding military adventure, The Fire Maidens, is out now!
The Fire Maidens is the third book in the Secret Sirens Aviation Thrillers, set during the Second World War.
Autumn, 1943
Sisters Anna and Jennifer Nightingale have been flying in top missions with the Secret Sirens all-female RAF unit for nearly a year.
Their squadron of twelve Mosquitos stages a raid on Rouen to divert the enemy’s attention from the Lancasters which are coming in to bomb the marshalling yards and port.
But while Jennifer makes it through the mission safely, Anna and her navigator, Maria, are forced to ditch into the Channel.
Luckily they are picked up by a British Destroyer. And on board is none other than Winston Churchill himself.
Impressed by the skill-level and bravery of the female pilots, Churchill is keen to learn more about their training.
He escorts them back to base where they are given a new mission: to attack the Nazi-occupied Mimoyecques Fortress.
The Allies know that the Fortress is being armed with high calibre guns capable of reaching London in a massive, unending bombardment. The Sirens need to drop bombs into the railway tunnel entrance of the Fortress as soon as possible before the unthinkable happens.
But with very little time to train, will the Sirens be able to pull off the task? Can they reach the Fortress unscathed?
Or will these Fire Maidens join the many thousands who have already lost their lives in this brutal war…?
Congratulations to D. R. Bailey, whose thrilling aviation novel, The Night Angels, is published today!
The Night Angels is the second novel in the Secret Sirens Aviation Thrillers Series, heart-pounding Second World War escapades with strong female leads.
1943
Sisters Anna and Jennifer Nightingale are recruits in the top-secret Siren Squadron: a group of women trained in the RAF to fight against the enemy.
The Sirens are tasked with flying a series of night stealth missions as part of Operation Scorpion. The first mission is successful, and on returning to base they are told that new members will be joining their ranks.
Hopeful that this means the all-female squadron has been deemed a success, the sisters welcome the new recruits and start training them on the Mosquitos.
They head out on another night mission. But this time not everyone returns.
With a downed plane found empty off the English coast, fears grow that one of the Sirens hasn’t survived.
But the show must go on. And Anna Nightingale has to destroy the crashed plane so the Sirens can remain classified.
As their night missions continue, increased skirmishes with enemy pilots suggest someone may be leaking information to the Germans.
Have the Sirens been compromised? Can they find the mole?
Or will these daring female agents be forced out of the war…?
