Fiction. Literature. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:A family's entire heritage is threatened by one woman's lies... Pious and convent-bred, Lily Bruisson takes Twenties Paris by storm. Courted by two suitors, a Russian prince in exile, and a handsome American reporter, Lily chooses the prince. When disaster strikes Prince Mikhail Brasilov in the Thirties, he abandons his pretty wife and children for America. As the threat from Germany grows, Lily's world narrows to a fight for her life. A life that changes dramatically after her mother confesses a secret so deadly, it could ruin them all. Lily vows to hide the truth of her mother's past. But secrets aren't meant to be kept, especially in a world of betrayal, when surviving the Occupation, and freedom from the Nazi Regime is as essential as the air they breathe. Lily turns to America reporter Mark MacDonald to save herself and her family when everything points to their eminent demise...all due to her mother's past .