Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin - Reviewed

 

Title: Until Leaves Fall in Paris

Author: Sarah Sundin

Genre: Inspirational historical romantic fiction

When the Nazis march toward Paris, American ballerina Lucie Girard buys her favorite English-language bookstore to allow the Jewish owners to escape. The Germans make it difficult for her to keep Green Leaf Books afloat. And she must keep the store open if she is to continue aiding the resistance by passing secret messages between the pages of her books.

Widower Paul Aubrey wants nothing more than to return to the States with his little girl, but the US Army convinces him to keep his factory running and obtain military information from his German customers. As the war rages on, Paul offers his own resistance by sabotaging his product and hiding British airmen in his factory. But in order to carry out his mission, he must appear to support the occupation—which does not win him any sympathy when he meets Lucie in the bookstore.

In a world turned upside down, will love or duty prevail?

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About Sarah Sundin

Sarah Sundin is the ECPA- and CBA-bestselling author of When Twilight Breaks (February 2021), The Land Beneath Us (2020), The Sky Above Us (2019) and The Sea Before Us (2018), and the Waves of Freedom series, the Wings of the Nightingale series, and the Wings of Glory series, all from Revell. In addition, she has a novella in Where Treetops Glisten (WaterBrook).

Her novels have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal. The Land Beneath Us was a finalist for the 2020 Christy Award, The Sky Above Us won the 2020 Carol Award, and The Sea Before Us received the 2019 Reader’s Choice Award from Faith, Hope and Love. Both When Tides Turn and Through Waters Deep were named to Booklist’s “101 Best Romance Novels of the Last 10 Years,” Through Waters Deep was a 2016 Carol Award finalist and won the 2016 INSPY Award, and her novella “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” in Where Treetops Glisten was a 2015 Carol Award finalist.

A mother of three adult children, Sarah lives in northern California and teaches Sunday school and women’s Bible studies. She enjoys speaking to community, church, and writers’ groups, and has been well received.

She serves as Co-Director for the West Coast Christian Writers Conference, and she belongs to American Christian Fiction Writers and Christian Authors Network.

You can connect with Sarah on her Website || Facebook || Instagram || Twitter

My Thoughts

With each book of Sarah Sundin's, I am guaranteed to travel to a new place and meet wonderful characters, and Until Leaves Fall in Paris took me to Paris and introduced me to Paul, Lucie, and Josie.

Sarah Sundin's research about Nazi-controlled Paris was apparent on each page. Paul and Lucie's slow romance as they struggled with all that was going on in Paris and the resistance with all the drama and suspense. Lucie and Paul's young daughter, Josie, shared a precious relationship. I love kids in books and Josie captured my heart.

The book was everything I have come to love about Sarah Sundin's books.

I highly recommend it!

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book via the publisher. I was not required to write a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.