The Paris Secret

<p>The last time <strong>Valerie</strong> was in Paris she was three years old running from the Nazis away from the only home she had ever known.<br /><br />Now as a young woman all alone in the world Valerie must return to Paris to the bookshop and her sole surviving relative her grandfather <strong>Vincent</strong> the only person who knows the truth about what happened to her parents. As she gets to know grumpy taciturn Vincent again she hears a tragic story of Nazi-occupied Paris a doomed love affair and a mother willing to sacrifice everything for her beloved daughter.<br /><br />Can Valerie and Vincent help each other to mend the wounds of the past? Valerie isn’t after a fairytale ending she only wants the truth. But what is the one devastating secret that Vincent is determined to keep from his granddaughter? <br /><br /><strong>An unputdownable and unforgettable story of love fear and courage in a time of war. Immerse yourself in a Paris where soldiers’ boots echo on cobbled streets and the air is full of whispers. Fans of <em>Before We Were Yours</em> Kathryn Hughes and <em>The Paris Wife</em> will be absolutely hooked by this beautiful tragic tale.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Readers are falling in love with <em>The Paris Secret:</em></strong><br /><br />‘<strong>WOW that was one brilliant read definitely up there with my top books for 2018! </strong>Superbly written and a beautiful if heart-wrenching at times storyline... It’s a beauty and the granddad and Clotilde are just wonderful characters. Highly recommend<strong> worthy of more than 5 stars!’ </strong>Goodreads Reviewer <strong>5 Stars.</strong><br /><br />‘How to put my feelings into words about this book... <strong>absolutely one of the best books I have read in 2018</strong>… Lily Graham has written one of the best books of the year in my honest opinion! <strong>If I could have given this a higher rating that 5 stars I would have done so</strong>… truly an <strong>unforgettable</strong> story!’ Goodreads Reviewer 5 stars.<br /><br /><strong>‘Warning! This book will make you cry </strong>and crave the attention of a mangy old cat. It will make you want to head straight to Paris to find this magical bookstore!... <strong>The most moving story I’ve read in a long while</strong>… Magical… Mon Dieu <strong>I have not wept so much in a while.</strong> Such rich characters and vivid scenes. Gorgeously evoked! I fell in love with one of them myself. I bawled at one of the later scenes. But <strong>by the end I was smiling and crying</strong>. I was an emotional mess all round really. Think I need that mangy old bookshop cat to come alive so I have something to cuddle right now.’<em> The Book Trail</em><br /><br />‘What a delightful yet <strong>sad and heart-breaking story!</strong> I loved the back and forth storytelling… The author has quite a talent for painting a picture as it was so easy for me to imagine everything!’ Goodreads Reviewer</p>