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The Last Time I Saw Paris

Lynn Sheene
Berkley Trade (2011)
ISBN 9780425240847
Reviewed by Melissa Koltes for Rebecca's Reads (6/11)

Claire Stone is at the top of the social ladder.  Living the good life of the elite in Manhattan as the Germans were marching across Europe, she had it made.  That is until her past caught up with her. 

Claire flees to France, to find a former lover and experience the wonder that is Paris.  She arrives just as the Germans attack France and she is thrust into an uncertain world, trying to make her way to Laurent. 

What she discovers is not what she had expected but the kindness of a flower shop owner changes her life forever.  Over time she comes to call Paris home, even with the occupation.  However, life and love are not always an easy path and she must help the French Resistance in order to keep her new found life. 

She falls in love with an Englishman who is helping the resistance and she is forced to go ever deeper into the SS regime.  She is willing to sacrifice everything she has, including her very life to save those she loves.

"The Last Time I saw Paris"  is gritty at times, heart-wrenching, and beautiful.  Lynn Sheene does a marvelous job of being descriptive without destroying the mood with too much.  The intrigue is perfectly balanced with the storyline and never crosses over to the fantastic.   Her character development is intriguing and I found lost in this moving story.

It has been a long time since I have read such a wonderful novel! 

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