With Kisses from Cécile - Armistead, Anne

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Résumé :
A STORY OF LOVE AND REDEMPTION, DRAWN FROM REAL-LIFE Visiting Paris to find out more about her great-grandmother's World-War-I-era pen pal C?cile, a forlorn Maggie, reeling from discovering her husband's infidelity, learns of devastating one-hundred-year-old secrets involving loss and forgiveness. Revelations about her family's past challenge Maggie's decision to face her future alone. Maggie Ruth Mitchell's failed reconciliation with her unfaithful husband leaves her heartbroken--and pregnant. She accepts her family's invitation to Paris to pay homage to C?cile, whose World War I era pen pal letters to Maggie's great-grandmother Ruth are cherished family mementoes. Through reading C?cile's letters and learning about Ruth's tragic past, will Maggie find the strength to forgive and love again? In the year 1919 following World War I, Ruth and C?cile begin corresponding through an American-French pen pal program. C?cile is fighting against consumption, a life-threatening illness. Ruth is hiding the truth about a tragic death that has torn her family apart. She draws strength to face what fate brings from her pen pal's inspiring letters, each signed With Kisses from C?cile.

Biographie:
ANNE ARMISTEAD earned her English literature degree from the University of Georgia and her MFA in Creative Writing from Spalding University and is a member of the Georgia Writers of Romance (GRW), Atlanta Writers Club (AWC), and Historical Novel Society (HNS). Her historical romances include Dangerous Conjurings and With Kisses from C?cile. Her sweet contemporary romance is A Christmas Cannoli Kiss. Her time travel, A Tryst in Paris - Book One of The Carousel Time Traveler historical-fantasy romance series, introduces Mirabelle Montgomery as a time traveler in 1900 Paris and Jacques Thibaut, a dangerously sexy French rogue who steals her heart. Learn more about Anne at annearmisteadauthor.com...

Sommaire:
AWARD-WINNING STORY OF LOVE, LOSS, AND REDEMPTION, INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS 2020 Georgia Independent Author of the Year - Historical Fiction Three women. Three generations. One legacy of forgiveness and second chances. When Maggie Ruth Mitchell travels to Paris with her grandmother, she carries the weight of a broken marriage and an unspoken secret. On the flight, her grandmother entrusts her with a packet of century-old letters written by C?cile, a young Frenchwoman who survived the aftermath of World War I in Paris. The letters, addressed to Maggie's great-grandmother Ruth, were part of an American-French pen-pal exchange. As she reads them, Maggie feels the echo of emotions that mirror her own. Through C?cile's tender words-written as she fights a life-threatening illness-Maggie learns of the tragic circumstances in Ruth's life that send her on a journey toward forgiveness. As Ruth in her time struggles to reconcile her shattered family, Maggie in the present seeks the courage to face her own hard truth-that only forgiveness and second chances can restore what once seemed lost. Spanning generations and continents, With Kisses from C?cile is a moving dual-timeline women's fiction novel that blends historical fiction about Paris with timeless themes of women's friendship, redemption, and healing from the trauma of betrayal. Perfect for readers who treasure women's friendship historical fiction and stories that celebrate the enduring power of love, forgiveness, and hope. By Anne Armistead, award-winning author of A Tryst in Paris....