Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Can't Wait Wednesday: The Paris Dressmaker by Kristy Cambron

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings that spotlights and discusses the books we're excited about that we've yet to read. Generally, they're books that are yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

This week I'm featuring The Paris Dressmaker by Kristy Cambron releasing February 16, 2021.

About the Book
Based on true accounts of how Parisiennes resisted the Nazi occupation in World War II—from fashion houses to the city streets—comes a story of two courageous women who risked everything to fight an evil they couldn’t abide.

Paris, 1939. Maison Chanel has closed, thrusting haute couture dressmaker Lila de Laurent out of the world of high fashion as Nazi soldiers invade the streets and the City of Lights slips into darkness. Lila’s life is now a series of rations, brutal restrictions, and carefully controlled propaganda while Paris is cut off from the rest of the world. Yet in hidden corners of the city, the faithful pledge to resist. Lila is drawn to La Resistance and is soon using her skills as a dressmaker to infiltrate the Nazi elite. She takes their measurements and designs masterpieces, all while collecting secrets in the glamorous Hôtel Ritz—the heart of the Nazis’ Parisian headquarters. But when dashing René Touliard suddenly reenters her world, Lila finds her heart tangled between determination to help save his Jewish family and bolstering the fight for liberation.

Paris, 1943. Sandrine Paquet’s job is to catalog the priceless works of art bound for the Führer’s Berlin, masterpieces stolen from prominent Jewish families. But behind closed doors, she secretly forages for information from the underground resistance. Beneath her compliant façade lies a woman bent on uncovering the fate of her missing husband . . . but at what cost? As Hitler’s regime crumbles, Sandrine is drawn in deeper when she uncrates an exquisite blush Chanel gown concealing a cryptic message that may reveal the fate of a dressmaker who vanished from within the fashion elite.

Told across the span of the Nazi occupation, The Paris Dressmaker highlights the brave women who used everything in their power to resist darkness and restore light to their world.


What upcoming release are you eagerly anticipating?

12 comments:

  1. Oooh, I do love historical fiction and Christian fiction! Adding this one to my TBR pile. I'd love it if you'd stop by my blog to see what I'm looking forward to! https://theplainspokenpen.com/cant-wait-wednesday-the-broken-spine-by-dorothy-st-james/

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    1. Thanks for coming by, Lisa! The book you're waiting on sounds so good! :)

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  2. Paris during World War II is always an interesting time to dive into. This sounds right up my alley too. I hope you love it when you read it, Ashley. I'll have to watch for your review if you read it so I know whether to add it to my TBR pile. :-) Happy Reading!

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    1. Thanks so much! It's always so interesting reading about what life was like during WWII.

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  3. Omg this looks so good!!! Here is my post-https://paigesofbook.blogspot.com/2021/01/cant-wait-wednesday-everybody-has.html

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  4. Wow, this sounds like a fun read!

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    1. I'm so excited to dive into it. Thanks for visiting! :)

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  5. I'll take any book that's set in Paris! And that cover! So beautiful. :D

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    1. It's so fun "visiting" Paris in these kinds of books. Thanks for coming by, Lark! :)

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  6. Oooh! I love the look of this book! Great pick!

    Here’s my WoW!

    Ronyell @ Rabbit Ears Book Blog

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