Review originally appeared in Library Journal, July 2019. Alternating between the vineyards of war-torn 1940s France and present day, the lives of Ines and Michel, newlywed owners of the famed champagne house, Maison Chauveau, and the head winemaker’s Jewish wife, Celine Laurent, are forever altered. As Germans are pillaging homes and sending Jews to prison… Continue reading The Winemaker’s Wife by Kristin Harmel
Tag: Betrayal
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
Librarian Laura's Review Having read all of Colleen Hoover's books and knowing how amazing she is, I was overjoyed to see she had another book coming out this December. I had no idea that this book would surpass all her others for me, putting it at #1 in my CoHo lineup. If you don't read… Continue reading Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
Blackberry & Wild Rose by Sonia Velton
Originally published in Library Journal, May 2019. Velton's intriguing historical fiction spotlights both the successes and hardships of Huguenot silk weavers in 18th century England. Young and alone, Sara Kemp, arrives in Spitalfields, London. She is soon swept away to the Wig and Feathers tavern by a forceful brothel proprietress, thus beginning a dangerous, dismal… Continue reading Blackberry & Wild Rose by Sonia Velton
Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
Winter in Paradise will be released on October 9, 2018. The start to her new Winter series, Winter in Paradise is a not a Holiday novel (like the Winter Street series), but it takes place in January, hence the "Winter" series. Most of the novel takes place on the island of St. John in the Virgin… Continue reading Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
The Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff
Emma, a young Jewish woman living in Poland during WWII, is forced to assume a new identity as a Polish girl named Anna. A newlywed, Emma's husband Jacob is in the Jewish resistance group and he is forced to go into hiding just a short time after they are married. Emma and her parents are… Continue reading The Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff
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