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Also by Mary Ellen Taylor:

The Sky Beneath Her, July 2026
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The View from Prince Street, July 2025
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At the Corner of King Street, July 2025
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After Paris, May 2025
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The Promise of Tomorrow, June 2024
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When the Rain Ends, May 2023
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The Brighter the Light, July 2022
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The Words We Whisper, July 2021
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Honeysuckle Season, August 2020
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Spring House, July 2019
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Winter Cottage, October 2018
Paperback / e-Book
The View From Prince Street, January 2016
Paperback / e-Book
At the Corner of King Street, May 2015
Paperback / e-Book
Sweet Expectations, November 2013
Paperback / e-Book
The Union Street Bakery, February 2013
Paperback / e-Book

AFTER PARIS
By: Mary Ellen Taylor

Montlake
May 2025
On Sale: May 13, 2025
ISBN: 1662513445
EAN: 9781662513442
Kindle: B0CZVB1345
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Women's Fiction Historical | Women's Fiction Friendship | Women's Fiction Time Slip

From the author of The Brighter the Light comes a haunting tale of hope that spans generations, intertwining the lives of three women who fight for survival in 1940s France and present-day Virginia.

At twenty-five, Ruby Nevins has already endured more than most. But after two years of battling cancer, she’s warily determined to move forward. Researching a new project about a French actress, she soon uncovers an old diary that will change her life forever…

Cécile, the “it girl” of early 1940s French cinema, vanished from Nazi-occupied Paris in 1942. Sylvia Rousseau, Cécile’s dressmaker and confidante, left that same year. Working to piece together the truth behind Cécile’s disappearance and Sylvia’s extraordinary life, Ruby recognizes the women as kindred spirits. They risked their hearts and lives to aid the Resistance, and each day was a struggle to survive.

Ruby knows her cancer could come back, but she’s learning to embrace the future rather than fear it. If Cécile and Sylvia could live their lives in the shadow of death, so can Ruby. Because she knows there’s so much life—and love—to fight for.