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Mistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin

This novel, based on a real-life story, features a woman who worked for the French Resistance during World War II, all the while playing hostess to invading Germans at the Hotel Ritz in Paris. Working with her husband and dedicated staff, Blanche Auzello must maintain the façade that nothing bad can ever happen at the Ritz while battling evil both inside and outside the famed and iconic hotel.

Pem McNerney, Living Editor, Shore Publishing