Love and betrayal, forgiveness and redemption combine in a heady tale of the ever-present past...fantastic! Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris The author of the engrossing ( People ) international bestseller The Room on Rue Amélie returns with a moving story set amid the champagne vineyards of northern France during the darkest days of World War II, perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah s The Nightingale . Champagne, 1940: Inès has just married Michel, the owner of storied champagne house Maison Chauveau, when the Germans invade. As the danger mounts, Michel turns his back on his marriage to begin hiding munitions for the Résistance . Inès fears they ll be exposed, but for Céline, half-Jewish wife of Chauveau s chef de cave , the risk is even greater rumors abound of Jews being shipped east to an unspeakable fate. When Céline recklessly follows her heart in one desperate bid for happiness, and Inès makes a dangerous mistake with a Nazi collaborator, they risk the lives of those they love and the champagne house that ties them together. New York, 2019: Liv Kent has just lost everything when her eccentric French grandmother shows up unannounced, insisting on a trip to France. But the older woman has an ulterior motive and a tragic, decades-old story to share. When past and present finally collide, Liv finds herself on a road to salvation that leads right to the caves of the Maison Chauveau. "Love and betrayal, forgiveness and redemption combine in a heady tale of the ever-present past...Fantastic!" --"Pam Jenoff, author of The Lost Girls of Paris" Kristin Harmel is the internationally bestselling author of The Sweetness of Forgetting, The Life Intended , and When We Meet Again, along with several other novels. Her work has been featured in People , Woman's Day , Men's Health , Runner's World , and Ladies' Home Journal , among many other outlets. She lives in Orlando, Florida.