In
1937, love was not so easily expressed.
Many women were frustratingly subordinate to the men in their lives.
Evie,
a young twenties lady, didn’t want to end up like her mother in that respect
while she grew up in a privileged family.
Rather, Evie relished the idea of meeting her grandmother, who lived in
Paris and had randomly sent Evie suggestions on being her own woman through the
arts.
After
college, Evie escaped her family and flew to Paris. Finally, she’d meet her estranged
grandmother, find out why her grandmother is excluded from the family, and
maybe start her own career!
This
isn’t giving away the story, but grandma’s dead when Evie arrives. Grandma left a request for Evie, and that’s
to find a man from grandma’s past.
Evie
researches and travels to unravel why a man named Zhenya is so important. Grandma is connected with the White Russians
and the story gets more complex as Evie accepts the help of a taxi driver to
find Zhenya.
Jean
drives taxi to help with the family economy and is well versed in the
connection between the White Russians and the office Grandma had set up for
them.
The
close contact between Evie and Jean leads to their own growing relationship, and
it couldn’t be any more romantic than the friends that become lovers.
The
story of the grandmother’s illicit past and Evie’s beginning on her own are
tied together in an intriguing plot of affairs, secrets, and pre- WW1 forgotten
history.
Happy Reading,
Dawn
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