I couldn't put this book down and finished it within 48 hours. I have read several WWII historical fiction works and I enjoyed the premise of this one. The Riviera setting is one that I haven't experienced before and I found it fascinating. The main character, Lana, was one that you want to cheer for. The novel had the right balance of action/war related adventures and moments where the characters needed to have normalcy. I did feel that the end was a bit rushed and compressed - maybe that's because I didn't want the story to end. However, I did like how it turned out.

I thought this novel was well researched with a great plot. I love the time period and had never read a WWII book set in the French Riviera. I wish the writing and the emotions had gone deeper though. I wasn't as pulled in as I wanted to be. I also didn't really buy the ending.

Thank you to Atria Books and NetGalley for access to this ARC.

Despite Hitler's occupation of Paris and the lack of money and food, Lana is thrilled to tell her husband she is pregnant. Arriving at the convent where he is teaching music, she is just in time to see his shot by Nazi officers for hiding Jewish children. In her grief she miscarries the baby. She is listless and uncaring until someone comes to her and asks her to join the resistance use her background as the daughter of displaced Russian nobility to get information out of the Nazis that have recently taken over the Rivera. Moving in with a Swiss businessman and posing as his mistress puts her heart in danger, and the actions she takes as part of the resistance working to save the Jewish people in the area puts her life in danger, but she willingly risks both.

I loved how this book was written, the premise was fresh and unique and the characters were very well done. The glamour of the parties contrasted starkly with the life of the everyday people. I wish there had been slightly more depth of emotion described, I wanted the complexity of the character's emotions to be given more time. I also felt like the ending was a bit abrupt and there were many hanging threads that didn't tie up. I felt that the story built and built and then cut off before it properly reached the climax. I would really love it if this book became part of a series!