The French War Bride
by Robin Wells
World War II Paris serves as the backdrop of a story of compassion, betrayal, and forgiveness from the national bestselling author of The Wedding Tree . . . "I never knew what he saw in you." At her retirement home in Wedding Tree, Louisiana, ninety-one-year-old Amelie O'Connor is in the habit of leaving her door open for friends. One day she receives an unexpected visitor—Kat Morgan, the ex-fiancée of her late husband, Jack. Kat and Jack were high school sweethearts who planned to marry when Jack returned from France after World War II. But in a cruel twist of fate, their plans were irrevocably derailed when a desperate French girl overheard an American GI's confession in a Parisian church. . . Now, Kat wants to know the truth behind a story that's haunted her whole life. Finding out how Amelie stole Jack's heart will—she thinks—finally bring her peace. As Amelie recalls the dark days...