The 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 Paris'
legendary Ritz hotel.
The heiress . . .
The Resistance fighter . . .
The widow . . .
Three women whose fates are joined by one splendid 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 family's ancestral estate, using it as their
headquarters, Aurelie discovers she knows the German Major's aide de
camp, Maximilian Von Sternburg. She and the dashing young officer first
met during Aurelie's debutante days in Paris. Despite their conflicting
loyalties, Aurelie and Max's friendship soon deepens into love, but
betrayal will shatter them both, driving Aurelie back to Paris and the
Ritz-- 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 "Daisy" 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 grandmother's 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 Legrand's underground
network, committing increasingly audacious acts of resistance for the
sake of the country--and the man--she 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 "Babs" 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 Kit's death, American lawyer Andrew "Drew"
Bowdoin appears at her door. Hired to find a Resistance fighter turned
traitor known as "La Fleur," 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
Ritz--and to unexpected places of the heart. . . .
