AustLit

'Paris, 1940: While working at the Louvre, Éliane Dufort falls for handsome painter Xavier. But when the Nazis occupy Paris, Xavier leaves for England and Éliane must send her sisters to the country. A broken-hearted Éliane finds herself working with Rose Valland on a dangerous secret mission for the French Resistance: to uncover what the Nazi’s plan to do with the artworks that they have been stealing from museums and Jewish families.

'French Riviera, 2015: Remy Lang has come to a private house at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in part for her vintage fashion business, and in part to leave her grief behind. When she finds a catalogue of the artworks stolen by the Germans during World War II, Remy is shocked to see a painting that has hung on her bedroom wall since she was a child. This discovery sets her on a quest to understand her connection to this painting and to the brave women who worked against the Nazis.

'The Riviera House is a heartbreaking and unforgettable story from the New York Times bestselling author of The French Photographer and The Paris Secret.' (Publication summary)