The Dressmaker’s Secret, 9780008379094
Paperback
Paris, secrets, and sacrifice: a dressmaker’s wartime choice will change everything.

The Dressmaker’s Secret

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    29 August 2023

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Summary

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

As Coco Chanel’s assistant, Adèle lives side by side with German officers in the splendour of The Ritz hotel. But Adèle has a secret. 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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780008379094
ISBN-10:0008379092
Author:Lorna Cook
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:AVON, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:29 August 2023
Weight:270g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 24mm
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Critics Review

Praise for The Dressmaker’s Secret:

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

A thrilling story of intrigue, love, and the secrets shadowing two disparate women… I couldn’t put it down’ Adrienne Chinn, author of The English Wife

StunningI was completely hooked… and the twist ending was totally satisfying’ Kathleen McGurl, author of The Girl from Bletchley Park

Had me turning the pages late into the night… The historical detail is astounding… It’s the warmth and strength of the grandmother and granddaughter at the heart of this brilliant book that made me fall in love with it’ Louise Douglas, author of The House by the Sea

A page-turning story of choices made in Occupied Paris’ Gill Paul, author of The Secret Wife

‘I was gripped from start to finish… Wonderful, unputdownable, historical fiction’ Jenny Ashcroft, author of Under the Golden Sun

Utterly gripping, this is an emotional rollercoaster that had me living and breathing WW2 Paris. I was absolutely hooked’ Laura Jane Williams, author of Our Stop

I loved it. It’s an intricately, beautifully threaded story that pulls at the heartstrings’ Liz Fenwick, author of The River Between Us

Vivid and beautifulKept me hooked right from the beginning through to the cleverly twisty ending. Make sure you have tissues handy!’ Nikola Scott, author of The Orchard Girls

Evocative, gripping and emotional. I absolutely loved it’ Eleanor Ray, author of Everything is Beautiful

An insightful, gripping and poignant depiction of the perils and heartbreak of war. A deftly-told story of love, legacy and loss, this is one novel you won’t want to miss’ Holly Miller, author of The Sight of You

About The Author

Lorna Cook

Lorna Cook is the author of the Kindle #1 bestseller The Forgotten Village. It was her debut novel and the recipient of the Romantic Novelists’ Association 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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