About What Remains of Love
If you enjoyed The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles, or Letters from Paris by Juliet Blackwell, you’ll fall in love with this unforgettable story of love and legacy. When Kate’s beloved father passes away, she expects grief—but not betrayal. At the reading of his will, she learns of a secret love affair that began in Nazi-occupied France and lasted a lifetime in silence.
During World War II, her father fell deeply in love with Émilie, a young French artist whose courage and passion changed him forever. Decades later, Émilie’s daughter sends Kate a box of her mother’s keepsakes—a faded photograph, a pressed flower, two smooth stones, and a worn train ticket—each one a fragment of a forbidden love story that defied the darkness of war. As Kate unravels the mystery behind these mementos, she uncovers a hidden memoir revealing the heartbreaking truth about her father’s choices—the woman he could not forget, the duty that bound him to another, and the sacrifice he made to live an honorable life.
From the gray shores of Maine to the sun-drenched vineyards and coastal villages of southern France, Kate follows the echoes of the past on a journey of forgiveness, redemption, and unexpected healing.