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Growing up an orphan in the care of the Benedictine Sisters in post World War II Germany, Lina clings to the simplicity of her sheltered life, even as she longs for a taste of adventure and an identity of her own. As a college student, on a trip to the Louvre in Paris, she becomes transfixed- haunted even- by a 17th century Spanish painting by Bartolome Esteban Murillo. Lefebvre captures the hurt and deception as seen through the eyes of an intrepid college student. Stumbling upon art crimes perpetuated by the Nazis and their cohorts, the novel’s heroine refuses to turn a blind eye to the...

Lefebvre’s novel pivots around the Catalina Baseball Camp, but it’s not limited to ballgames or campfires. It’s about a time we’ve all passed through – some with ease, some dramatically complicated – but in the end a time that had a profound impact on the rest of our lives. Benny and Virginia Lefebvre had an idea to get their boys off the streets of Los Angeles: Start the Catalina Baseball Camp in Catalina’s remote Isthmus. It became so popular in the ‘50s and ‘60s that thousands of boys experienced the best summers of their lives there. From its alumni came prominent ...

A true tale of individual triumph on the gridiron of the University of Southern California (USC) campus in the early 1900s-a story with as much heart as Notre Dame's beloved Rudy's.

This suspenseful story, wrapped in romance, takes the reader from the tragedies of Vietnam to the sunny beaches of romantic Catalina Island. At the heart of the story is a love that spanned decades and illuminated the challenges that defined a generation. While Lefebvre's novel pivots around the Vietnam conflict of the '60s, it is neither a book about politics nor war. In the present day, a forensic investigation threatens to undermine a prestigious family's military legacy as well as the sanity of the lead investigator, Captain Melanie Clarke. A cast of characters, all grappling with their...