The French War Bride (Wedding Tree)

World War II Paris serves as the backdrop of a story of compassion, betrayal, and forgiveness from the national bestselling author of "The Wedding Tree" . . . " I never knew what he saw in you. " At her retirement home in Wedding Tree, Louisiana, ninety-one-year-old Amelie O Connor is in the habit of leaving her door open for friends. One day she receives an unexpected visitor Kat Morgan, the ex-fiancee of her late husband, Jack. Kat and Jack were high school sweethearts who planned to marry when Jack returned from France after World War II. But in a cruel twist of fate, their plans were irrevocably derailed when a desperate French girl overheard an American GI s confession in a Parisian church. . . Now, Kat wants to know the truth behind a story that s haunted her whole life. Finding out how Amelie stole Jack s heart will she thinks finally bring her peace. As Amelie recalls the dark days of the Nazi occupation of Paris, "The French War Bride" reveals how history shapes the courses of our lives. . .for better or for worse."