Paris, 1940: He pressed the tattered book into her hands. βYou must go to the cafΓ© and ask at the counter for Pierre Duras. Tell him that I sent you. Tell him youβre there to save the people of France.β
Sliding the coded message in between the crisp pages of the hardback novel, bookstore ownerΒ LaurenceΒ slips out into the cold night to meet her resistance contact, pulling her woollen beret down further over her face. The silence of the night is suddenly shattered by an Allied plane rushing overhead, its tail aflame, heading down towards the forest. Her every nerve stands on end. She must try to rescue the pilot.
But straying from her mission isnβt part of the plan, and if she is discovered it wonβt only be her life at riskβ¦
America, years later:Β whenΒ JeanneΒ uncovers a dusty old box in her fatherβs garage, her world as she knows it is turned upside down. She has inherited a bookstore in a tiny French village just outside of Paris from a mysterious woman named Laurence.
Travelling to France to search for answers about the woman her father has kept a secret for years, Jeanne finds the store tucked away in a corner of the cobbled main square. Boarded up, it is in complete disrepair. Inside, she finds a tiny silver pendant hidden beneath the blackened, scorched floorboards.
As Jeanne pieces together Laurenceβs incredible story, she discovers a woman whose bravery knew no bounds. But will the truth about who Laurence really is shatter Jeanneβs heart, or change her future?
Inspired by true events, an epic and emotional novel about one womanβs strength to survive in the most difficult circumstances and the power of love in the face of darkness. Fans ofΒ The Alice Network,Β The NightingaleΒ andΒ The Lost Girls of ParisΒ will be completely gripped from the very first page.
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