The French Kitchen

USA TODAY Bestselling Historical Romance Set in WWII France, Post-War Paris, and the World of Julia Child

De: Kristy Cambron

Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld

A USA TODAY bestselling novel!

As Paris rebuilds in the aftermath of World War II, Kat Fontaine never expected the skills she learned in a French chateau kitchen to be the key that unlocks the secrets swirling in her new post-war life.

"Balancing action-packed scenes with entertaining appearances from Julia Child and mouthwatering descriptions of French cuisine" (Publishers Weekly), The French Kitchen is perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Ariel Lawhon.

Paris, 1952--Still haunted by the years she spent serving in the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII, ex-pat Kat Fontaine, now living in Paris, finds a simple cookery class led by indomitable chef Julia Child unearths the tangle of gut-wrenching memories of war. Determined to find her brother who went missing during the war and is presumed dead, Kat questions everything, especially her high-ranking society husband whose past is as murky as her own. But when the puzzle pieces start to come together--and her carefully crafted Paris world begins to fall apart--Kat must confront her own secrets against the mounting suspicions of the husband she thought she knew . . .

Rue, 1943--Deep in the heart of Nazi-controlled northern France, Manon Altier shifts between working for the enemy by day--as a French chef at the famous Chateau du Broutel, where names like Himmler, Rommel, and Goebbels frequent the guest list--and running with underground networks against the Vichy regime at night. Working undercover to filter critical information to agents within the burgeoning OSS presence in France, Manon digs deep into the glitz and glamour of a Nazi stronghold that has her teetering on the edge of being discovered at any turn. But when an intriguing stranger appears at the chateau claiming to work with the French Resistance, Manon must lean on her instincts to judge whether to run and hide or stand firm--even as a terrifying discovery tests her resolve to continue the fight.

From the heights of culinary cuisine in 1950s Paris society to the underbelly of a WWII spy network embedded deep within Nazi-controlled Vichy France--and the spy backstory of the world's most famous would-be French chef, Julia Child--The French Kitchen turns up the heat on the pasts of women whose worlds collide, and forces each to question what she thought she'd planned for a perfect future.

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'Be prepared to get swept away by this gripping, meticulously researched, and sumptuous story. Such a feast for the senses. Cambron writes with her whole heart and soul. I adored THE FRENCH KITCHEN.'

'In THE FRENCH KITCHEN, award-winning author Kristy Cambron weaves multiple characters and storylines into a tapestry of secrets, betrayals, and redemption. Full of mouthwatering culinary scenes and peppered with several appearances from famed chef Julia Child, who worked in intelligence during World War II, this story of spies and lovers zips between the coast of northern France during the war and Paris in the early 1950s as a former American intelligence operative desperately searches for answers about a loved one lost during the war--and in the process, finds the possibility of love where she least expects it. Delicious!'

'In this energetic historical, Cambron (THE ITALIAN BALLERINA) whisks readers along on a woman's harrowing quest to track down her soldier brother in WWII France . . . Cambron paints a textured portrait of wartime France, balancing action-packed scenes with entertaining appearances from Julia Child and mouthwatering descriptions of French cuisine. The author's fans are sure to savor this.'

'Kat Harris is an unforgettable character readers will root for. This novel has appeal for a broad range of historical-fiction readers, including those who liked Diana R. Chambers' THE SECRET WAR OF JULIA CHILD (2024).'

Kept me thinking & guessing!

Cameron has done it again! Such an interesting and intriguing read. Need to make sure I haven’t missed any of her earlier work!

Enjoyable but “choppy”

It was an enjoyable story, but quite confusing for the first part of the book. Although I do not mind jumping back and forth in time, and I do appreciate many characters involved, I felt the connection between these periods of time was not easily understood at first, and transitions were not smooth, kind of choppy. I loved the narrator! I think Saskia was the one that made it into a marvelous story.

audio vs reading.

I liked the story overall. I was unable to read the book and stay with the time frame. I listened to it on audio book and I was able to comprehend the story much better and keep up. I would suggest audio book read for this book to anyone reading it.