"Fans of historical fiction will devour this page-turner. A wonderful book to curl up with - you won't be able to put it down."
Better Reading
"Dramatic and tumultuous... These women will have you both weeping and laughing... You will be on the edge of your seat fretting over the fate of the cast."
Mrs B's Book Reviews
"Marvellously colourful characters in a tale with so many twists and turns make The Heart of the Ritz a real page-turner"
J. R. Lonie, bestselling author of The Woman From Saint Germain
"A fabulous book!"
Beauty & Lace Book Club
Four women join forces to survive the invasion of Paris with conviction, courage… and style.
France, April 1940. Orphan Polly Hartford has been sent across oceans to her Aunt Marjorie, known only from letters. When Marjorie dies in suspicious circumstances, Polly is left with her aunt’s loaded pistol in a beautiful Hermès handbag... and to the care of Marjorie’s three closest friends: an elegant Comtesse, a gutter-born film star, and a big-hearted American heiress.
Polly is taken to live at the Hôtel Ritz, where staff and guests believe wealth and prestige protect them from war… But when the Nazis invade, the illusion is shattered.
As Paris deteriorates, Polly and her guardians face the horrors of the Occupation with daring, humour and style – even romance – and despite their dangerous secrets, disastrous under the Nazis, they discover just what they are capable of.
As the Liberation approaches, those who survive at the Ritz must face a day of reckoning, but one truth stands tall: at the heart of the Ritz is the soul of resistance.
A sweeping, dramatic story about conviction and courage, drawn from real characters and extraordinary events.
Read more about The Heart of the Ritz here.
