Bøger af Elizabeth Pye

It is 1939 and eighteen-year-old American Paulette Rousseau arrives in Paris to study at the Sorbonne and to pursue an independent and happier future away from her self-absorbed parents. Her prayers appear answered when handsome and charismatic Guy de Laval invites her to join a chemistry study group he tutors. But when Guy asks her to join the French Resistance in May of 1940, she questions whether she can live up to his expectations; but, if she wants to garner his respect and love, she feels she must accept. Her work takes her to the American Hospital to nurse injured Allied airmen, and later to Guy's safe house to harbor injured airmen and others while Guy is gone weeks at a time on secret missions. When she is arrested and imprisoned by the Nazis while he is on one of his mysterious absences-absences he refuses to discuss with her-she begins to question whether he is on her side. She suffers brutal treatment and near starvation until the smitten German Colonel Lorenz Dietrich releases her with a dire warning not to harbor Jews or political fugitives again. He suggests that de Laval is not what he seems and is exploiting her infatuation; rather, he, Lorenz, is the one who cares about her well-being. Is Paulette's love for and instinct to trust Guy enough protection from the dark forces that surround her?

Over two hundred years after the French Revolution, a locket and a diary lure American Claire Bennett back to Paris, the site of her disturbing visions at the infamous Conciergerie prison. Both Queen Marie Antoinette and Claire's ancestor, Marquise Marie de Fleury, were held at the dreaded facility before being sentenced to the guillotine.After the atrocious political murders, an imposter reclaimed Claire's ancestral home on behalf of the de Fleury family. Claire's need to investigate the French records and write the final entry in the diary drives her into a world filled with intrigue and danger. She seeks counsel from a unforgettable, heartbreakingly handsome attorney named Marc-Claude Laval, only to discover he is a cousin of the imposter's descendants. Marc-Claude holds the key for access to Chateau Fleury and may very well assist her-but can she trust him?

Silk or Sugar . . . the story of a love so powerful it defeats the great general, Napoleon Bonaparte. When Janine de Fleury sails from New Orleans in 1803 to reclaim her dead parents' estate-confiscated during the early days of the French Revolution-she discovers an imposter has taken possession of her ancestral home. In an attempt to regain her inheritance, she must rely on someone for whom she holds a deep and secret affection, Etienne Tremeau. Etienne is not of her class. While growing up, he was merely a worker at Chateau Fleury. But when the French Revolution threatened her life, Etienne helped her escape the Reign of Terror. Now he's a soldier in the service of Napoleon, and while he and Janine are emotionally drawn to each other, dark forces may keep them apart. The handsome, sun-bronzed soldier of the French Republican Army opened the cottage door and peered out. Colonel Tremeau's heart hammered against his chest. His long legs almost buckled when he glimpsed the beguiling, gold-flecked eyes of Janine de Fleury-a Royalist.