I recently read a book that I found to be beautifully written, emotionally engaging, and entertaining. The characters in the book were captivating from start to finish, making it an exquisite read.
The book, titled "The Paris Secret", is set in Cornwall in 2012, where a fashion conservator named Kat discovers a cache of Dior dresses in a remote home closet. The house belonged to her grandmother, whom Kat wasn't even aware of until she received a call from London asking her to check on the empty house.
The story then takes us back to 1939 and introduces us to Skye, a woman with a passion for flying who wants to use her skills to help with the war effort. Skye is faced with the challenge of breaking down the barriers that prevented women from flying at the time. During her flying career, she meets two women, Margaux Jourdan and Catherine Dior, who worked for the French Resistance.
When a historian and author named Elliott Beaufort contacts Kat, asking if her grandmother's friend Margaux Jourdan was a spy who gathered information from the Nazis to pass on to the resistance, Kat is shocked. Her grandmother refuses to talk about her early years in France, causing Kat to wonder how much she knows about her grandmother's life.
"The Paris Secret" is a story that beautifully weaves together two timelines and two narrators, creating a web of characters and events that come together in a truly emotional ending. The book is a must-read for fans of historical fiction, mystery, and strong female characters. I loved the suspense, the romance, and the mystery of it all, and I appreciated the author's notes at the end of the book, which shed light on the real people and events from history that inspired the story.
Overall, "The Paris Secret" is a fascinating read that I highly recommend. It's a story of war, friendship, deep love, family, loss, and tragedy that will stay with me for quite some time.
