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Feb 15

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Giveaway: THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on February 3, 2015
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NightingaleThanks to Staci Burt of St. Martin’s Press, I am giving away one print copy of ‘The Nightingale’ by Kristin Hannah.

Book Description:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an epic love story and family drama set at the dawn of World War II.

In love we find out who we want to be.
In war we find out who we are.

FRANCE, 1939

In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France…but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When France is overrun, Vianne is forced to take an enemy into her house, and suddenly her every move is watched; her life and her child’s life is at constant risk. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates around her, she must make one terrible choice after another.

Vianne’s sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets the compelling and mysterious Gäetan, a partisan who believes the French can fight the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young can…completely. When he betrays her, Isabelle races headlong into danger and joins the Resistance, never looking back or giving a thought to the real–and deadly–consequences.

With courage, grace and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah takes her talented pen to the epic panorama of WWII and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women’s war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France–a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.

About  Kristin Hannah:

Photo Credit Charles Bush

Photo Credit Charles Bush

RISTIN HANNAH is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one novels. A former lawyer turned writer, she is the mother of one son and lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii.

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Nov 14

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Giveaway: The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertson

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on November 17, 2014
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ParisWinterThanks to Brittani Hilles of St Martin’s Press, I am giving away one print copy of  ‘The Paris Winter’.

Book Description:

Paris in 1910 is the center of the world for arts and culture, drawing an exciting new crowd of artists, musicians, and social climbers. In author Imogen Robertson’s new novel ‘THE PARIS WINTER’, Maud Heighton finds herself in the middle of this dazzling new time while she studies painting at Lafond’s famous Academie.

From a small English town, Maud is not like her more advantaged classmates, who enjoy the decadence of Paris worry free. She quickly learns that having a light purse during the dead of winter in Paris is no easy feat, and she takes a job from Christian Morel as the companion for his sickly sister Sylvie. Sylvie is young, beautiful, and not all that she appears to be. 

Sylvie and Maud’s friendship deepens as the winter progresses, but Sylvie ties Maud to the darker side of Paris. As Maud depends on the Morels to survive the winter, the Morels trust Maud with their secrets while entrenching her in a far deeper plot. Finally the end of the year draws to a close and a new year begins, and Maud is inescapably involved in a scheme far greater than she imagined was in the job description. A little too late, she realizes that the Morels may be more dangerous than the Paris winter in poverty.

About Imogen Robertson:Robertson Paris

Imogen Robertson directed for TV, film, and radio before becoming a full-time author. She also writes and reviews poetry. Imogen is the author of several novels, including the ‘Crowther’ and ‘Westerman’ series. She was shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award 2011 and for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award 2012. ‘THE PARIS WINTER’ was partially inspired by Imogen’s paternal grandmother, a free-spirited traveler who set off through Europe with money sewn into her skirts.

This giveaway is open to the U.S. and Canada only and ends on December 1, 2014.  Please use Rafflecopter to enter.
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