A moving and entrancing novel set in Paris during World War II about an American woman, a dashing pilot, and a young Jewish girl whose fates unexpectedly entwineâperfect for the fans of Kristen Hannahâs The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kellyâs Lilac Girls, this is âan emotional, heart-breaking, inspiring tribute to the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of loveâ (Mariah Stewart, New York Times bestselling author).
When Ruby first marries the dashing Frenchman she meets in a coffee shop, she pictures a life strolling arm in arm along French boulevards, awash in the golden afternoon light. But itâs 1938, and war is looming on the horizon.
Unfortunately, her marriage soon grows cold and bitter, her husband Marcel, distant and secretiveâall while the Germans flood into Paris, their sinister swastika flags waving in the breeze. When Marcel is killed, Ruby discovers the secret heâd been hidingâhe was a member of the French resistanceâand now she is determined to take his place.
She becomes involved in hiding Allied soldiersâincluding a charming RAF pilotâwho have landed in enemy territory. But her skills are ultimately put to the test when she begins concealing her twelve-year-old Jewish neighbor, Charlotte, whose family was rounded up by the Gestapo. Ruby and Charlotte become a little family, but as the German net grows tighter around Paris, and the Americans debate entering the combat, the danger increases. No one is safe.
âSet against all the danger and drama of WWII Paris, this heartfelt novel will keep you turning the pages until the very last wordâ (Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author).