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Karen White, author of The Last Night in London

London, 1939. Eva Harlow and her best friend, Precious Dubose, are trying to make their way as fashion models. When Eva falls in love with Graham St. John, an aristocrat and Royal Air Force pilot, she can’t believe her luck. Then the Blitz devastates her world, and Eva finds herself slipping into a web of intrigue, spies and secrets. All it takes is one unwary moment to change their lives forever. London, 2019. American journalist Maddie Warner, whose life has been marked by the tragic loss of her mother, travels to London to interview Precious about her life in pre-WWII London. She finds herself drawn to both Precious and to Colin, her enigmatic surrogate nephew. As Maddie gets closer to her, she begins to unravel Precious’ haunting past.

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Week of February 14, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of February 14th include THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson, an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz --- an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis; NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS, an urgent, genre-defying book from Patricia Lockwood that asks a burning question: Is there life after the internet?; Karen White's THE LAST NIGHT IN LONDON, a captivating story of friendship, love and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day; ASTRID SEES ALL, Natalie Standiford's brilliantly winning novel about a smart, vulnerable young woman taking a deep dive into her dark side in the glittering, decadent downtown club scene of 1980s New York; and THE GOOD AMERICAN by Robert D. Kaplan, a sweeping yet intimate story of the most influential humanitarian you’ve never heard of --- Bob Gersony, who spent four decades in crisis zones around the world.

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