all the ways we said goodbye by beatriz williams

“Full of heart and intrigue, the authors' latest collaboration captures women's perseverance and how history connects us all.” - Booklist A great choice for anyone looking for clever historical fiction with plenty of drama, action, and surprises in every chapter.” - Library Journal

“All three of these “team W” writers create engaging characters and complex relationships while setting a tone that matches the story’s time period…The twist at the center of the story is worth the price of admission on its own. 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. Hired to find a Resistance fighter turned traitor known as “La Fleur,” the investigation has led to Kit Langford. On Kit’s death, American lawyer Andrew “Drew” Bowdoin appears at her door. Yet their marriage was haunted by a mysterious woman known only as La Fleur. For Barbara “Babs” Langford, her husband, Kit, was the love of her life. one that will force her to commit the ultimate betrayal, and to confront at last the shocking circumstances of her own family history.įrance, 1964. 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. 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. 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. 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.įrance, 1942.

She and the dashing young officer first met during Aurelie’s debutante days in Paris. 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. As war breaks out, Aurelie becomes trapped on the wrong side of the front with her father, Comte Sigismund de Courcelles. Three women whose fates are joined by one splendid hotelįrance, 1914.

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.

All the ways we said goodbye by beatriz williams