My thoughts
This has been one of the best series I have read. This is book 5 and it's even better than the last. Each was better and they are all so good. Very emotional books that keep you turning the pages until the very end.
This book takes place in the 1930s and in current times. It goes back and forth as you learn about each couple, or each woman.
Evelina's story is told from back in the 30s. She lives with her parents and two younger sisters. Her parents have decided it is time for Evelina to get married but she has other plans. She wants to go to Paris. She makes designs for dresses and wants more than anything to get a job and make a lot of money. She goes through so much to get where she wants to get. Of course she is at the mercy of men and their telling her what she can and can't do. She met and fell deeply in love with Antoine. I did not like or trust him from the beginning. But she loved him.
Blake has a box that contains what is suppose to be her great grandmother's gift left for her own daughter who she gave up for adoption many years ago. Blake's grandmother has been deceased for quite a few years but she wants to find out what the contents are exactly. She leaves London and travels to Paris to start a search. There she meets Henri. Henri is a pretty good guy. He helps her by introducing her to his mother who has connections that just might help Blake find what she's looking for. Of course there is a love connection and a heartbreak. But can love prevail?
This was such a good book and a quick read for me. I didn't want to put it down. It's a very emotional story and very informative. It's well written. It has all you would want from a story and this series. From Blake being given the box to learning more about Hope who ran Hope's House for unwed mothers. I think Hope was great. I was happy to learn more about her in this story.
I look forward to the next book. I wish it was already ready so I could devour it also.
About
Paris, 1939: Gazing out at the glittering skyline, Evelina clutches the letter from her love in shaking hands. “I know I do not deserve you, my darling, but I pray that you will change your mind. You have my heart, and I hope that nothing will keep us apart…”
London, present day. Blake gazes down at a scrap of shimmering silver velvet attached to a faded dress design, tracing the details with wonder. They were left with her grandmother at Hope’s House, a home for unmarried mothers, before she was adopted. Now her beloved grandmother has passed, the beautiful fabric and the designer’s signature are the only clues Blake has about her biological family. Will she be able to unravel the decades-old family secret?
Blake can’t get the intricate drawing, and what it could reveal about her family, out of her head. Armed with a plane ticket, a Paris address and the details of a handsome fashion curator named Henri, Blake is determined to find out the truth about her talented great-grandmother Evelina’s life. Perhaps doing so will help Blake get her old spark for designing back, after her dreams have sat forgotten for so long.
Soon Blake is walking down the Champs-Élysées and enjoying intimate dinners with Henri, who is researching Evelina’s work as one of Paris’ most celebrated designers, whose bold designs rivalled Coco Chanel’s. As Henri and Blake grow closer, they uncover Evelina’s legacy, and her forbidden romance that set the fashion world ablaze.
As Blake discovers the impossible choice that caused Evelina to flee the most romantic city in the world, she wonders if she too could risk everything for love. Could hearing tales of her great-grandmother’s bravery encourage her to take a chance on a new life with Henri? Or will the fallout of Evelina’s heart-wrenching past drive Blake back home?
A completely addictive and emotional novel about family secrets, forbidden love and having the courage to follow your dreams. Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore, Lucinda Riley and Victoria Hislop.
This novel can be enjoyed as a standalone.
London, present day. Blake gazes down at a scrap of shimmering silver velvet attached to a faded dress design, tracing the details with wonder. They were left with her grandmother at Hope’s House, a home for unmarried mothers, before she was adopted. Now her beloved grandmother has passed, the beautiful fabric and the designer’s signature are the only clues Blake has about her biological family. Will she be able to unravel the decades-old family secret?
Blake can’t get the intricate drawing, and what it could reveal about her family, out of her head. Armed with a plane ticket, a Paris address and the details of a handsome fashion curator named Henri, Blake is determined to find out the truth about her talented great-grandmother Evelina’s life. Perhaps doing so will help Blake get her old spark for designing back, after her dreams have sat forgotten for so long.
Soon Blake is walking down the Champs-Élysées and enjoying intimate dinners with Henri, who is researching Evelina’s work as one of Paris’ most celebrated designers, whose bold designs rivalled Coco Chanel’s. As Henri and Blake grow closer, they uncover Evelina’s legacy, and her forbidden romance that set the fashion world ablaze.
As Blake discovers the impossible choice that caused Evelina to flee the most romantic city in the world, she wonders if she too could risk everything for love. Could hearing tales of her great-grandmother’s bravery encourage her to take a chance on a new life with Henri? Or will the fallout of Evelina’s heart-wrenching past drive Blake back home?
A completely addictive and emotional novel about family secrets, forbidden love and having the courage to follow your dreams. Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore, Lucinda Riley and Victoria Hislop.
This novel can be enjoyed as a standalone.
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