The Perfumer's Secret

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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 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 Italy on the Orient Express under the guise of creating five exotic scents with her partner, 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

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.

Stella Penhallam needs a miracle. So, when her estranged great-aunt’s journal lands on her desk, Stella knows that the missing pages hold the answers she seeks so she begins to re-trace the footsteps of the past. 
 
In 1939, as war breaks out across Europe, Iris Penhallam vows to save her friends trapped in Mussolini’s Italy. As a perfumer, she travels to Italy on the Orient Express under the guise of creating five exotic scents with her partner, Alessandro. 
 
But when Iris’s heart becomes intertwined with her mission, she pays the ultimate price to save the man she loves. A secret she will keep for a lifetime. 
 
As Stella discovers what Iris lost, she’s determined to uncover the truth of the perfumer's secret...

Fiona Schneider

One Parisian night, a woman vanishes without a trace, leaving behind the man she loves. Sixty years later, the search begins&hellip; 
 
In 1942, French chef Sylvie is sent to Paris to spy on the enemy, while German soldier Christoph has sold himself to save his sister. 
When they meet the world stops turning. But in a city consumed by war, love is a dangerous affair, and the star-crossed lovers will pay the ultimate price&hellip; 
 
Sixty years later, with Christoph&rsquo;s health declining and his memory fading, his young protégé, Julia, sets out to discover what happened to the woman he never stopped loving. 
 
Can they find the woman who disappeared, or will it be too late?

Fiona Schneider

The Paris Affair

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