Marie-Axelle de La Rochefoucauld Books

A promise to stay together. An unbreakable bond. A fierce will to survive. From international bestselling author Heather Morris comes the breathtaking conclusion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz trilogy. As girls, Cibi, Magda, and Livia vow to their father to remain united, no matter the circumstances. Years later, 15-year-old Livia is taken to Auschwitz by the Nazis. Cibi, just 19, recalls their promise and follows Livia, determined to protect her sister at all costs. Meanwhile, 17-year-old Magda hides in their Slovakian hometown, but she is soon captured and sent to Auschwitz. The sisters reunite in the horrific death camp, traumatized yet together. They make a new promise: to survive. Their struggle takes them from Auschwitz to a harrowing death march across war-torn Europe and finally back to Slovakia, now under Communist rule. Resolute in starting anew, they embark on a journey to Israel, the new Jewish homeland. Rich in vivid detail and beautifully told, this story will break your heart yet uplift you with the courage and love of three sisters whose bond kept them alive. Today, two of the sisters live in Israel, surrounded by family and friends, and have chosen Heather Morris to reimagine their remarkable story.

When a white servant girl violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that exposes the worst and best in the people she has come to call her family. Orphaned while onboard ship from Ireland, seven-year-old Lavinia arrives on the steps of a tobacco plantation where she is to live and work with the slaves of the kitchen house. Under the care of Belle, the master's illegitimate daughter, Lavinia becomes deeply bonded to her adopted family, though she is set apart from them by her white skin. Eventually, Lavinia is accepted into the world of the big house, where the master is absent and the mistress battles opium addiction. Lavinia finds herself perilously straddling two very different worlds. When she is forced to make a choice, loyalties are brought into question, dangerous truths are laid bare, and lives are put at risk.

Rosanna Menici is just a girl when she meets Roberto Rossini, the man who will change her life forever. In the years to come, their destinies are bound together by their extraordinary talents as opera singers and by their enduring but obsessive love for each other - a love that will ultimately affect the lives of all those closest to them. For, as Rosanna slowly discovers, their union is haunted by powerful secrets from the past . . . Rosanna's journey takes her from humble beginnings in the back streets of Naples to the glittering stages of the world's most prestigious opera houses. Set against a dazzling backdrop of evocative locations, The Italian Girl unfolds into a poignant and unforgettable tale of love, betrayal and self-discovery.From the international bestselling author of Hothouse Flower and The Midnight Rose comes The Italian Girl. *This novel was first published as Aria under the name Lucinda Edmonds*