From Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, the bestselling authors
of Meet Me in Monaco, comes a coming-of-age novel set in pre-WWII Europe,
perfect for fans of Jennifer Robson, Beatriz Williams, and Kate Quinn.
Three
cities, two sisters, one chance to correct the past . . .
New York, 1937: When estranged sisters Clara and Madeleine
Sommers learn their grandmother is dying, they agree to fulfill her last wish:
to travel across Europe—together. They are to deliver three letters, in which
Violet will say goodbye to those she hasn’t seen since traveling to Europe
forty years earlier; a journey inspired by famed reporter, Nellie Bly.
Clara, ever-dutiful, sees the trip as an inconvenient detour
before her wedding to millionaire Charles Hancock, but it’s also a chance to
embrace her love of art. Budding journalist Madeleine relishes the opportunity
to develop her ambitions to report on the growing threat of Hitler’s Nazi party
and Mussolini’s control in Italy.
Constantly at odds with each other as they explore the
luxurious Queen Mary, the Orient Express, and the sights of Paris and Venice,, Clara and Madeleine wonder if they can fulfil Violet’s wish, until
a shocking truth about their family brings them closer together. But as they
reach Vienna to deliver the final letter, old grudges threaten their
reconciliation again. As political tensions rise, and Europe feels increasingly
volatile, the pair are glad to head home on the Hindenburg, where fate
will play its hand in the final stage of their journey.
Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning New York Times and USA Today bestselling author known for her deeply moving historical novels which explore the defining events of the 20th century. A recipient of the 2015 RNA Historical Novel of the Year award, her work has since been shortlisted for multiple awards in the UK and Ireland. Her latest novel, The Last Lifeboat, was a Times of London historical novel of the month, shortlisted for the 2023 Irish Book Awards and recipient of the 2024 Audie Award for Best Fiction Narrator. Hazel’s work has been translated into twenty languages and is published in twenty-seven territories to date. She lives in Ireland with her family.
Heather Webb is the award-winning and USA Today bestselling author of ten historical novels, including her most recent The Next Ship Home, Queens of London, and Strangers in the Night. To date, her books have been translated to eighteen languages. She lives in Connecticut with her family and two mischievous cats.
