"Love and betrayal, forgiveness and redemption combine in a heady tale of the ever present past" (Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author) set amid the champagne vineyards of northern France during the darkest days of World War II.
She lives in Orlando, Florida..
She is also the cofounder and cohost of the popular web series, Friends and Fiction .
About author(s): Kristin Harmel is the New York Times bestselling author of a dozen novels including The Book of Lost Names , The Winemaker\'s Wife , The Room on Rue Amélie , and The Sweetness of Forgetting .
A spellbinding and exceptional tale of love, courage, and betrayal, "once you start reading this moving novel, you will not be able to put it down until you reach the last page" (Armando Lucas Correa, author of The German Girl ).
When past and present finally collide, Liv finds herself on a road to salvation that leads right to the caves of the Maison Chauveau.
But the older woman has an ulterior motive--and a tragic, decades-old story to share.
New York, 2019 : Liv Kent has just lost everything when her eccentric French grandmother shows up unannounced, insisting on a trip to France.
When Céline recklessly follows her heart in a desperate bid for happiness, and Inès makes a dangerous mistake with a Nazi collaborator, they risk the lives of those they love--and the champagne house that ties them together.
Inès fears they\'ll be exposed, but for Céline, half-Jewish Wife of Chauveau\'s chef de cave , the risk is even greater--rumors abound of Jews being shipped east to an unspeakable fate.
As the danger mounts, Michel turns his back on his marriage to begin hiding munitions for the Résistance .
Champagne, 1940 : Inès has just married Michel, the owner of storied champagne house Maison Chauveau, when the Germans invade.
Perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah\'s The Nightingale and Julia Kelly\'s The Light Over London . "Love and betrayal, forgiveness and redemption combine in a heady tale of the ever present past" (Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author) set amid the champagne vineyards of northern France during the darkest days of World War II
