{"product_id":"the-last-hours-in-paris-9781538735220","title":"The Last Hours in Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eWhile Paris Slept\u003c\/i\u003e comes a story of great love, betrayal, and redemption, set in WWII and 1960s France and England.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Words are power. They can bring you down, lift you up, make your heart soar, make you fall in love. Or make you hate.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis 1944\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Elise Chevalier knows what it is to love . . . and to hate. Her fiancé, a young French soldier, was killed by the German army at the Maginot Line. Living amongst the enemy, Elise must keep her rage buried deep within. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sebastian Kleinhaus no longer recognizes himself. Forced to join the Third Reich and wear a uniform he despises, he longs for a way out. For someone, anyone, to be his salvation. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrittany 1963\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Reaching for the suitcase under her mother's bed, eighteen-year-old Josephine Chevalier uncovers a secret that shakes her to the core. Determined to find the truth, she travels to Paris where she learns the story of a forbidden love as a city fought for its freedom. Of the last stolen hours before the first light of liberation. And of a betrayal so deep that it would irrevocably change the course of two young lives life forever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIncludes a Reading Group Guide.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Druart \u003c\/b\u003egrew up on the Isle of Wight, leaving to study psychology at Leicester University. She moved to Paris in 1993, where she enjoyed a career in teaching at Marymount International School of Paris before turning to writing full-time. She now runs a weekly writing group in a Parisian café. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390090154258,"sku":"9781538735220","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac9ebea6-3669-4c73-9ec4-967ea5519592.jpg?v=1728939124","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-hours-in-paris-9781538735220","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}