The Paris Dressmaker

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Based on true accounts of how Parisiennes resisted the Nazi occupation in World War IIfrom fashion houses to the city streetscomes a story of two courageous women who risked everything to fight an evil they couldnt abide.

Paris, 1939.Maison Chanel has closed, thrustinghaute couturedressmaker Lila de Laurent out of the world of high fashion as Nazi soldiers invade the streets and the City of Lights slips into darkness. Lilas life is now a series of rations, brutal restrictions, and carefully controlled propaganda while Paris is cut off from the rest of the world. Yet in hidden corners of the city, the faithful pledge to resist. Lila is drawn toLa Resistanceand is soon using her skills as a dressmaker to infiltrate the Nazi elite. She takes their measurements and designs masterpieces, all while collecting secrets in the glamorous Htel Ritzthe heart of the Nazis Parisian headquarters.But when dashing Ren Touliard suddenly reenters her world, Lila finds her heart tangled between determination to help save his Jewish family and bolstering the fight for liberation.

Paris, 1943.Sandrine Paquets job is to catalog the priceless works of art bound for the Fhrers Berlin, masterpieces stolen from prominent Jewish families. But behind closed doors, she secretly forages for information from the underground resistance. Beneath her compliant faade lies a woman bent on uncovering the fate of her missing husband . . . but at what cost As Hitlers regime crumbles, Sandrine is drawn in deeper when she uncrates an exquisite blush Chanel gown concealing a cryptic message that may reveal the fate of a dressmaker who vanished from within the fashion elite.

Told across the span of the Nazi occupation,The Paris Dressmakerhighlights the brave women who used everything in their power to resist darkness and restore light to their world.

Praise forThe Paris Dressmaker:

Unimaginable heartache, unforgettable romance, and cheering defiance against the oppression the Nazis inflicted on Paris; readers will be swept away into a story where battle-scarred good at last rings victory over evil. Jnell Ciesielski, author ofThe Socialite

Stunning. With as much skill and care as the titles namesake possesses,The Paris Dressmakerweaves together the stories of two heroines who boldly defy the darkness that descends on the City of Light. Jocelyn Green, Christy Award-winning author ofShadows of the White City

With real life historical details woven in with her fictional tale, the story popped off the page. Readers will be thinking of this book long after they've read the last word. Rachel Hauck,New York Timesbestselling author

• Stand-alone World War II historical fiction
• Full-length novel, approximately 115,000 words
• Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Author Bio

Kristy Cambron is an award-winning author of historical fiction, including her bestselling debut The Butterfly and the Violin, and an author of Bible studies, including the Verse Mapping series. She's a Women's Ministry Leader at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY, and a passionate storyteller who travels to speak at events across the country, encouraging women to experience a deeper life in the Word through verse mapping. Her work has been named to Publishers Weekly Religion & Spirituality TOP 10, Library Journal Reviews' Best Books, RT Reviewers' Choice Awards, and received 2015 & 2017 INSPY Award nominations. Kristy holds a degree in Art History/Research Writing, and has 15 years of experience in education and leadership development for a Fortune-100 Corporation, working with such companies as the Disney Institute, IBM/Kenexa, and Gallup. She lives in Indiana with her husband and three sons, and can probably be bribed with a coconut mocha latte and a good read.