The Perfumer's Secret: A brand new sweeping WW2 historical romance

· Random House
Ebook
400
Pages
Eligible
This book will become available on July 3, 2025. You will not be charged until it is released.

About this ebook

PRE-ORDER THE LATEST, SWEEPING, BREATHTAKING AND HEARTBREAKING HISTORICAL FICTION FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE PARIS AFFAIR


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In order to save her family’s future, Stella Penhallam is forced to uncover the secrets of their past...
With her family’s perfumery in dire straits, Stella Penhallam needs a miracle. So, when her great-aunt’s journal from 1940s Paris lands on her desk, Stella realises that the missing pages could hold the answers she seeks.
In 1939, as war breaks out across Europe, Iris Penhallam is forced into an impossible situation, one that will cause her world to come crashing down.
Paris is no longer safe, and when her mentor’s family in Italy is at risk from Mussolini’s fascist thugs, Iris must find a way to save them. Using her role as a perfumer, she travels to Venice on the Orient Express under the guise of creating five intoxicating scents with her fellow apprentice, Alessandro.
Five scents that are lost to the war along with the man she loves.
As Stella delves deeper into the past, the two lives of these women intertwine in the present and the five lost scents will forge the start of their future...
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PRAISE FOR THE PARIS AFFAIR:


‘A sweeping, and heartfelt tale of love and sacrifice’ Amanda Geard, author of The Moon Gate

‘This is a heart wrenching story of love, bravery, and impossible choices’ Louise Fein, author The London Bookshop Affair

'I loved every page of this gorgeous, transportive, and highly moving tale!’ Jenny Ashcroft, author of Beneath A Burning Sky

‘An epic tale of love and loss.’ Caroline Khoury, author of Still Unwritten

About the author

Fiona Schneider lives in Cambridgeshire with her German husband and three children. She graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in English, and in 2000 moved to Ireland to complete a M. Phil. in Creative Writing at Trinity College, Dublin. The Paris Affair was her English Language debut novel.

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