The author of the engrossing (People) international bestseller The Room on Rue Amlie returns with a moving story set amid the champagne vineyards of France during the darkest days of World War II, perfect for fans of Heather Morriss The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

Champagne, 1940: Ins has just married Michel, the owner of storied champagne house Maison Chauveau, when the Germans invade. As the danger mounts, Michel turns his back on his marriage to begin hiding munitions for the Rsistance. Ins fears theyll be exposed, but for Cline, the French-Jewish wife of Chauveaus chef de cave, the risk is even greaterrumors abound of Jews being shipped east to an unspeakable fate.

When Cline recklessly follows her heart in one desperate bid for happiness, and Ins makes a dangerous mistake with a Nazi collaborator, they risk the lives of those they loveand the vineyard that ties them together.

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