by Ella Carey
Publisher: Bookouture
Pages: 327
Format: eARC
Buy the Book: Amazon
Goodreads: New York, 1938: Martha pulled the door of her Fifth Avenue apartment closed, her heart thumping, re-reading the telegram she’d been dreading. Her beloved sister Charlotte needed her help. She was alone in Paris, and the threat of Nazi invasion grew ever stronger. The time had come for Martha to make the bravest decision of her life. She needed to bring Charlotte home.
As Martha looks out of her bedroom window at the blossom-covered trees in Central Park, she is a world away from Europe and the threat of war. But when a telegram arrives from her sister Charlotte telling of the death of their Jewish friend Anita, Martha’s quiet life changes in an instant. With the threat of the Nazi invasion growing, Martha knows she must travel to Paris to convince Charlotte to return home.
When Martha arrives, she finds a city preparing for war. Soldiers patrol Paris’ cobbled streets and families talk of packing up and fleeing with whatever they can carry. Clutching her sister tightly, Martha knows that Charlotte has already decided to stay. Charlotte’s heart is in France, and as an American in Paris she believes she will be safe.
When the Nazis march through Paris’ streets and raise their flags over the city’s most beautiful buildings, Charlotte is determined not to give in. She works for the Resistance with a Frenchman named Louis, carrying messages, and hiding Anita’s family’s precious art collection from the Nazis. Meanwhile, Martha vows to help a female Jewish professor to safety in America, only to be faced with impossible odds.
But as the war rages, Martha and Charlotte’s determination will be tested like never before. And when Charlotte uncovers a shocking secret about her family which threatens her own life, can she find the strength to protect those she loves the most?
Kritters Thoughts: The fourth book in a series where you can read them as you wish and don't need to start at the beginning. A set of sisters who have been living different lives and one finds herself in a comprising situation as the Nazis make their way across Europe. Charlotte is living in Paris with her mother's best friend and loving her life when Hitler and his regime start making trouble for the Jewish population. Her sister Martha is living in NYC and must travel to help Charlotte make decisions for her future.
While the sisters storyline is going on in the book, we also go back in time to the sister's mother and her two friends as they were recovering from World War I. I loved both storylines and they wove in and out of each other so well. The older storyline revealed such fun clues in the perfect way. The pacing for both stories was spot on, there was no way I was putting down this book and not finishing it in one setting!
I have loved all the books in this series, but this one may be my favorite. I sure hope that Ella Carey writes more, even if it isn't in this series.
Rating: absolutely loved it and want a sequel
Ebook 2022 Challenge: 55 out of 100
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one copy of this book free of charge from Bookouture. I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.
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