Chateau of Secrets: A Novel

Chateau of Secrets: A Novel

A courageous young noblewoman risks her life to hide French resistance fighters; seventy years later, her granddaughter visits the familyâ€™s abandoned chateau and uncovers shocking secrets from the past.

GisÃ¨le Duchant guards a secret that could cost her life. Tunnels snake through the hill under her familyâ€™s medieval chateau in Normandy. Now, with Hitlerâ€™s army bearing down, her brother and several friends are hiding in the tunnels, resisting the German occupation of France.

But when German soldiers take over the familyâ€™s chÃ¢teau, GisÃ¨le is forced to host them as wellâ€”while harboring the resistance fighters right below their feet. Taking in a Jewish friendâ€™s baby, she convinces the Nazis that it is her child, ultimately risking everything for the future of the child. When the German officers begin to suspect her deception, an unlikely hero rescues both her and the child.

A present day story weaves through the past one as Chloe Sauver, GisÃ¨leâ€™s granddaughter, arrives in Normandy. After calling off her engagement with a political candidate, Chloe pays a visit to the chateau to escape publicity and work with a documentary filmmaker, Riley, who has uncovered a fascinating story about Jews serving in Hitlerâ€™s army. Riley wants to research Chloeâ€™s family history and the lives that were saved in the tunnels under their house in Normandy. Chloe is flooredâ€”her family isnâ€™t Jewish, for one thing, and she doesnâ€™t know anything about tunnels or the history of the house. But as she begins to explore the dark and winding passageways beneath the chateau, nothing can prepare her for the shock of what she and Riley discoverâ€¦

With emotion and intrigue, Melanie Dobson brings World War II France to life in this beautiful novel about war, family, sacrifice, and the secrets of the past.
Country USA
Manufacturer Howard Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-05-13
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Howard Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-05-13
Format	Kindle eBook

Chateau of Secrets: A Novel

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