My Review
Three generations of women all working hard to bring their vineyard into the future in Champagne, France. These women are widows and all are strong in mind and body. Their family has worked the vineyards through good times and bad for over 200 years. Champagne runs through their veins, they will do anything to protect the family’s vineyards.
The women, a grandmother,her daughter-in law and the granddaughter live comfortably well off.
Their home has been requisitioned by the Germans who give them the “courtesy” of allowing them to stay in their own home.
With their best vintages hidden behind a fake wall in the basement will the enemy be able to find it to satisfy the unquenchable thirst the Third Reich’s has for the finest champagne?
The family matriarch with her slipping memory is fighting the hardest battle of her life.
The women all carry secrets, one that would mean instant death for the family .
These family will carry on through sheer determination to keep things running showing courage in the face of fire.
Excellent book and I hope to see more like it by the author!
Pub Date 27 Jul 2021
I was given a complimentary copy of this book. Thank you.
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For readers of Lilac Girls and The Lost Girls of Paris comes a captivating novel of resilience, as three generations of women battle to save their family’s vineyard during WWII.
Champagne, 1939
Gabrielle Leblanc Dupree is taking her family’s future into her hands. While she should be preparing for a lavish party to celebrate two centuries of champagne making, she secretly hides Chateau Fouché-Leblanc’s most precious vintages behind a fake wall in the cellar in preparation for the looming war. But when she joins the resistance, the coveted champagne isn’t the most dangerous secret her cellar must conceal…
A former Parisian socialite, Gabrielle’s mother, Hélène, lost her husband to another war. Now her home has been requisitioned by the Germans, who pillage vineyards to satisfy the Third Reich’s thirst for the finest champagne. There’s even more at stake than Hélène dares admit. She has kept her heritage a secret…and no one is safe in Nazi-occupied France.
Josephine, the family matriarch, watches as her beloved vineyard faces its most difficult harvest yet. As her daughter-in-law and granddaughters contend with the enemies and unexpected allies in their midst, Josephine’s deep faith leads to her own path of resistance.
Across years and continents, the Leblanc women will draw on their courage and wits, determined against all odds to preserve their lives, their freedom and their legacy
About the Author
Bornin Atlantic Beach, FL, The United States
Websitehttp://www.reneeryan.com
Twitterreneeryanbooks
GenreHistorical Fiction, Suspense, Mystery
Renee Ryan grew up in a small Florida beach town. Surfing didn’t work for her, but that didn’t keep her from watching others tackle the waves. To entertain herself during those countless hours of “laying-out”, she read many of the classics. It wasn’t until the summer between her sophomore and junior years at Florida State University that she read her first romance novel. Hooked from page one, she spent hours consuming one book after another while working on the best (and last!) tan of her life.
Two years later, armed with a degree in Economics and Religion, she explored various career opportunities, including stints at a Florida theme park, a modeling agency, and a cosmetic conglomerate. She went on to teach high school Economics, American Government and Latin in between coaching award-winning cheerleading teams. Several years later, with an eclectic cast of characters swimming around in her head, she began seriously pursuing a writing career. What better excuse to avoid housework and ignore clocks?
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