With Kisses from Cécile

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>AWARD-WINNING STORY OF LOVE LOSS AND REDEMPTION INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS</strong></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>2020 Georgia Independent Author of the Year - Historical Fiction</em></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Three women. Three generations. One legacy of forgiveness and second chances.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Maggie Ruth Mitchell travels to Paris with her grandmother she carries the weight of a broken marriage and an unspoken secret. On the flight her grandmother entrusts her with a packet of century-old letters written by Cécile a young Frenchwoman who survived the aftermath of World War I in Paris. The letters addressed to Maggie's great-grandmother Ruth were part of an American-French pen-pal exchange. As she reads them Maggie feels the echo of emotions that mirror her own.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Through Cécile's tender words-written as she fights a life-threatening illness-Maggie learns of the tragic circumstances in Ruth's life that send her on a journey toward forgiveness. As Ruth in her time struggles to reconcile her shattered family Maggie in the present seeks the courage to face her own hard truth-that only forgiveness and second chances can restore what once seemed lost.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Spanning generations and continents </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>With Kisses from Cécile</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a moving dual-timeline women's fiction novel that blends historical fiction about Paris with timeless themes of women's friendship redemption and healing from the trauma of betrayal. Perfect for readers who treasure women's friendship historical fiction and stories that celebrate the enduring power of love forgiveness and hope.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>By Anne Armistead award-winning author of <em>A Tryst in Paris</em>.</strong></p><p></p>