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My mother was born in raised in Germany and lived there throughout World War II. It changed her in many ways and she lived through many horrors that she never spoke of other than to my father. It was an interesting time in history not only for the military action that occurred but also for the lives that it impacted both during the war itself and in the years following.
I read the first book in The Wedding Tree series and I thoroughly enjoyed the way the author went about telling her story. It was a five-star read for me. So when book two was slated to come out and I saw it would be involving story having to do with wartime, I knew it was one I couldn’t miss.
The French War Bride by Robin Wells
Series: Wedding Tree (Book 2)
Publisher: Berkley (August 2, 2016)
ISBN-13: 978-0425282441
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 assisted living center in Wedding Tree, Louisiana, ninety-three-year-old Amélie O’Connor is in the habit of leaving her door open for friends. One day she receives an unexpected visitor—Kat Thompson, 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 officer’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 Amélie stole Jack’s heart will—she thinks—finally bring her peace. As Amélie recalls the dark days of the Nazi occupation of Paris, The French War Bride reveals how history shapes the courses of our lives. . .for better or for worse.
My Thoughts on The French War Bride by Robin Wells
There are some people who are natural storytellers. My husband been happens to be one of them. I am not. However, Robin Wells is a beautiful story teller and has taken this series to a new level with her beautiful stories of old.
Reaching into the history and the memories of our older generation is a wonderful way to tell a story that is rich with memories and the history of the time. Reading one of Robin’s books is like listening to the story that your grandmother or grandfather would tell you. Stories about family, love, struggle, loss, and even survival. This is what The French War Bride is about.
A beautifully written story that draws you right into the lives of the characters so you can feel what they felt and endured throughout their long life.
This book is not one that you’re going to just run through in an evening. You better make a date for several nights of reading when you sit down and crack the cover of this book. This is definitely a book that will give you major feels and leave you a little sad at the end but also leave you with a warm and fuzzy feeling as well.
Not one to be missed if you love a wonderful women’s fiction story loaded with historical facts.
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9 thoughts on “The French War Bride by Robin Wells”
Learned the author Robin Wells is also the author of The Wedding Tree
I would love to read The Wedding Tree.
Between the Sheets sounds fun too
I learned that Robin has written 17 novels.
I would also enjoy The Wedding Tree.
I would also enjoy reading the book Have Honeymoon, Need Husband.
Would love to also read, “Still The One”!!~
I learned that World War II Paris serves as the backdrop of this story.
I learned that the author lives in Texas.