All the Ways We Said Goodbye
Book Feature - All the Ways We Said Goodbye
Book Feature - All the Ways We Said Goodbye by Beatriz Williams, Karen White, and Lauren Willig
HBL Note: I am such a big fan of Beatriz Williams, Karen White, and Lauren Willig. I’ve reviewed books written by each of them on their own including The Wicked City, The Summer Wives, and The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams; Dreams of Falling and a feature of The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street by Karen White; and The Summer Country and The English Wife by Lauren Willig. I also love that this trio are friends in real life and often post pictures together, go on tour together, and promote one another’s individual work as well as writing several books together. All the Ways We Said Goodbye is their latest joint project set at Paris’ infamous Ritz Hotel and spans the two world wars through to the 1960s. Scroll down to read more.
Book Feature - All the Ways We Said Goodbye by Beatriz Williams, Karen White, and Lauren Willig
From the publisher:
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.
Book Feature - All the Ways We Said Goodbye by Beatriz Williams, Karen White, and Lauren Willig
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. . . .
