Lucie Girard, though American by birth, has studied as a ballet dancer in Paris since she was ten years old. When Nazi's descend on Paris, she makes the difficult decision to leave her position in the ballet and buy her Jewish friends' bookstore so they will have enough money to flee the country. She is initially charmed by a wealthy American industrialist who brings his daughter to the bookstore's weekly story time, especially when she finds out he is a widower. Then she discovers that his factory has agreed to make delivery trucks for the Germans. Lucie dislikes the invasion of the Germans so much she agrees to allow her bookstore to be a "mail drop" for the resistance movement. After mourning his wife for two years, Paul Aubrey is surprised with the growing interest he feels in the petite American who owns the bookstore. She has made her feelings about his collaboration with the Germans abundantly clear, and he is unable to tell her that his cooperation with them is only a front to cover his own resistance activities. Can their mutual love for Paul's creative four-year-old daughter overcome the distrust they feel for each other? As tensions between the French and the Germans rise, they can no longer deny that God has brought them together for a reason.
Here is a new Christian historical romance writer I decided to try out. I am impressed, but I want to read one more book by her before I add her to my coveted "Clean Romance Writers" list. The story had good plotting and quite a bit of suspense near the end. The characters are charming and Sundin does a good job showing how the stress of working in secret for the resistance wears on them. The book wasn't based on any real story, and doesn't, I think, quite have the historical detail that other of the WWII novels I have read, but Sundin has a nice light touch with the religious elements. It is good enough that I am eager to try something else written by this author. (2022, 416 p)
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