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The Dressmaker’s Secret

‘Extraordinary… Brought history alive on the page… Tense and emotional… Sensitive yet brutal…With the most unexpected end that left me breathless. Wow, just wow… Incredible’NetGalley Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

1941, Nazi-occupied Paris: In the glamorous Ritz hotel there is a woman with a dangerous secret…

Coco Chanel’sAdèleBut Adèle has a secret.As assistant, lives side by side with German officers in the splendour of The Ritz hotel. She is working for the resistance, right under the Germans’ noses.

As occupied Paris becomes more and more dangerous, Adèle will have to decide if she can risk everything to save innocent lives and protect the man she loves…

Present day:Chloé’s grandmother has never spoken about the war and avoids questions about the legendary designer she once worked for.

But is she prepared for what she will find? And for the power of her grandmother’s secrets to change her family forever…Now Chloé has come to Paris, to uncover the truth about Adèle’s life.

An absolutely gripping and heartbreaking wartime story of the enduring power of love, for fans of and .The Lost Girls of ParisThe Nightingale

WOWOutstandingly brilliant and extremely poignant from beginning to end‘… ’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

My emotions ran the full course in this bookTHE ENDING. I cried my eyes out‘Just absolute perfection… … , I was a blubbering mess trying to quickly explain the entire book to my husband while crying’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Your heart will be in your mouth reading this bookI loved the ending‘… I cried… ’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

It made me cry tears of happiness at the end‘… Fantastic’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I absolutely loved this story!‘… A MUST read. Grab some tissues before you dive in’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

It kept me reading into the small hours‘A tale of deception, love and endurance… ’ Glynis Peters, author ofThe Secret Orphan

Had me up way later than I plannedI couldn’t put it down‘… ’ NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

ThrillingI couldn't put it down‘… ’ Adrienne Chinn, author ofThe English Wife

Readers love :The Dressmaker’s Secret


Author:

  • Lorna Cook

Narrator:

  • Imogen Wilde

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 13 h 34 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Fiction
  • Contemporary fiction
  • Historic and folklore novels
  • Historic novels
  • Romance
  • Historic romance

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    LORNA COOK is the author of the Kindle #1 bestseller The Forgotten Village. It was her debut novel and the recipient of both the Romantic Novelists’ Association Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award and the Joan Hessayon Award for New Writers. Lorna lives in coastal South East England with her husband, daughters and a Staffy named Socks. A former journalist and publicist, she owns more cookery books than one woman should, but barely gets time to cook.

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