By Kelly Bridgewater
As the Nazis march toward
Paris in 1940, American ballerina Lucie Girard buys her favorite
English-language bookstore to allow the Jewish owners to escape. Lucie
struggles to run Green Leaf Books due to oppressive German laws and harsh
conditions, but she finds a way to aid the resistance by passing secret
messages between the pages of her books.
Widower Paul Aubrey wants nothing more than to
return to the States with his little girl, but the US Army convinces him to
keep his factory running and obtain military information from his German
customers. As the war rages on, Paul offers his own resistance by sabotaging
his product and hiding British airmen in his factory. After they meet in the
bookstore, Paul and Lucie are drawn to each other, but she rejects him when she
discovers he sells to the Germans. And for Paul to win her trust would mean
betraying his mission.
Master of WWII-era fiction Sarah Sundin invites
you onto the streets of occupied Paris to discover whether love or duty will
prevail.
My
Thoughts:
Until
Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin features a brave
hero and heroine who are stuck in France and are willing to sabatoge the
Germans at every step. The story features the resistance and the inner workings
of how they actually worked. Learning about what they actually did to threaten
the Germans was a delight to read and learn about. The overall plot idea was
interesting and held my attention, but at times, the story did move at a slow
pace to move the story along. Of course, Sundin's research was well-handled
since it brought the story to life. I enjoyed the historical elements of the
story. The romance, on the other hand, developed at a nice pace. Slow and steady won the hand of
love. If readers enjoyed this novel, then they might enjoy reading The White
Rose Resists by Amanda Barrett. The novels have the same resistance twist to
the plot. Overall, Until Leaves Fall in
Paris by Sarah Sundin is an interesting novel on the importance of standing
up for what a person believes in. I believe this is a great novel to invest
time in.
I received a complimentary copy of Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah
Sundin from Revell Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Purchase Until Leaves Fall in Paris
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