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A Novel of the Ritz Paris
William Morrow Read Kindle PreviewThe New York Times bestselling authors of The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room return with a glorious historical adventure that moves from the dark days of two World Wars to the turbulent years of the 1960s, in which three women with bruised hearts find refuge at Parisβ legendary Ritz hotel. France, 1914. As war breaks out, Aurelie becomes trapped on the wrong side of the front with her father, Comte Sigismund de Courcelles. When the Germans move into their familyβs ancestral estate, using it as their headquarters, Aurelie discovers she knows the German Majorβs aide de camp, Maximilian Von Sternburg. She and the dashing young officer first met during Aurelieβs debutante days in Paris. Despite their conflicting loyalties, Aurelie and Maxβs friendship soon deepens into love, but betrayal will shatter them both, driving Aurelie back to Paris and the Ritzβ the home of her estranged American heiress mother, with unexpected consequences. France, 1942. Raised by her indomitable, free-spirited American grandmother in the glamorous Hotel Ritz, Marguerite βDaisyβ Villon remains in Paris with her daughter and husband, a Nazi collaborator, after France falls to Hitler. At first reluctant to put herself and her family at risk to assist her grandmotherβs Resistance efforts, Daisy agrees to act as a courier for a skilled English forger known only as Legrand, who creates identity papers for Resistance members and Jewish refugees. But as Daisy is drawn ever deeper into Legrandβs underground network, committing increasingly audacious acts of resistance for the sake of the countryβand the manβshe holds dear, she uncovers a devastating secret . . . one that will force her to commit the ultimate betrayal, and to confront at last the shocking circumstances of her own family history. France, 1964. For Barbara βBabsβ Langford, her husband, Kit, was the love of her life. Yet their marriage was haunted by a mysterious woman known only as La Fleur. On Kitβs death, American lawyer Andrew βDrewβ Bowdoin appears at her door. Hired to find a Resistance fighter turned traitor known as βLa Fleur,β the investigation has led to Kit Langford. Curious to know more about the enigmatic La Fleur, Babs joins Drew in his search, a journey of discovery that that takes them to Paris and the Ritzβand to unexpected places of the heart. . . . Start Reading ALL THE WAYS WE SAID GOODBYE Now
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