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The Bookstore of False Pretenses (2025 Grand Prix for Historical Novels)
The Bookstore of False Pretenses (2025 Grand Prix for Historical Novels)
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- Let me tell you something, Celia Duchesne: you're wrong to put up such barriers. Ordinary people achieve extraordinary things every day. Don't underestimate what they are capable of.
In 1962, the world was on the brink of nuclear war.
Young Celia Duchesne works in a rare and antique bookshop in London, and her future seems already set. Until one day, Septimus, a handsome American, takes an interest in her and opens up unexpected horizons.
However, Celia's world is shaken when family secrets dating back to World War II resurface.
From then on, she has only one anchor: Septimus. But can she love him without fear, when the imminence of a nuclear apocalypse casts a veil of suspicion over everyone?
Unwillingly becoming a cog in the Cold War machine, Celia must outwit the infernal system where enemies, allies, and traitors seem to be one and the same.
The Bookstore of Pretenses is a thrilling narrative, blending espionage and romance, set against the backdrop of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
"A novel with an enchanting atmosphere. A captivating read!" Julia Kelly
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