Decadent and evocative storytelling at its very best. by NEW YORK TIMES bestseller Beatriz Williams1966 FloridaPepper Schuyler is the kind of woman society loves and loves to talk about - a dazzling being who men watch across crowded smoky rooms and women keep their husbands away from. Yet the legend of Pepper is far from the truth…1935 Côte d’AzurNineteen-year-old ingénue Annabelle de Créouville leaves her father’s crumbling chateau to help a handsome German Jew fleeing from the Nazi regime - and from the other man with whom Annabelle’s future is inextricably entangled. Falling headlong in love as is only possible for the first time Annabelle follows her heart from Antibes to Paris to pre-war Berlin torn between two very different men and two very different endings…In this historical fiction the top romance of Pepper Schuyler's life unfolds in a family setting revealing the complexities of love and relationships. The narrative takes the reader on a journey from Florida to Paris and pre-war Berlin painting a vivid picture of the era.For fans of Lauren Willig (All the Ways We Said Goodbye) Fiona Valpy (Light Through the Vines) Elin Hilderbrand (Troubles in Paradise) Kristin Hannah (The Nightingale) and Lucinda Riley (Atlas).