Today, I’m part of the Bookouture-Books-On Tour for The American Wife by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger. I am hosting an excerpt from this intriguing book. Thanks to Bookouture for the excerpt to take part.
MAY–DECEMBER 1937
SPRING 1937
A Minnesota winter is like a warrior who falls, gets back up, and keeps on fighting regardless how wounded.
The day before her flight to Tokyo, Kitty Larsson had been certain that spring had arrived for good. But overnight, snowfall had ridden in on the coattails of a late-night storm. As she looked through the long beveled glass at the front entrance of the mansion, the budding trees along Summit Avenue were covered with white powder again. The yard of the Larsson mansion had turned into a surreal world of iridescent green beneath a protective layer of soft snow. In the spring bed that Kitty had planted, white powder balanced on unopened tulip bulbs, had put a mantle on the heads of daisies, and clung like cotton candy to the lilac branches.
A Ford Cabriolet pulled up outside. Kitty considered the woolen ostrich-trim hat on the rack and the leather gloves she’d set aside. They would only take up space in her luggage because where she was going the last signs of winter were long gone. She decided against the hat and spun around to pick up the two travel cases o# the marble floor.
“Sam, my taxi’s here! Are you coming?”
Facing the gleaming wooden staircase, she eyed her mother’s favorite Oriental tapestry hanging on the wall at the top of the landing. It depicted the hanami, the viewing of the cherry blossoms in Japan. Where Kitty would soon be.
A door shut softly above and footsteps sounded on the thick rug in the hallway. Kitty swung the cases at her side until Sam finally appeared. Her little brother was dressed in a suit and tie, grinning at her, a big fat book under his arm. Probably anatomy or organic chemistry, or whatever other tome a medical student had to read.
“You’re not planning on stealing out before saying good‐ bye,” he said, jogging down the stairs.
Kitty set her luggage down again and hugged him tightly. “My plane leaves in two hours. Taxi’s here already. And with this snow…”
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About the Book:
With her heart in her mouth, Kitty let herself into her husband’s private study. She knew where he kept the papers that might save her dearest friend from the Nazis. She just had to steal them…
Vienna, 1937. When beautiful American Kitty becomes engaged to Austrian diplomat Edgar, she finds herself thrown into a very different world in Europe, and soon longs for home. But when the woman designing her wedding dress, Judith, takes Kitty under her wing, she sees the city of Vienna in a new light – a city of culture and music that she can explore with her new friend.
But when the Nazis come, the fact that Judith is Jewish means she is no longer safe. Kitty knows that as a diplomat’s wife she can steal the papers that will allow her closest friend to escape to safety, but will it mean betraying the love of her life?
Except that Edgar has grown distant and secretive since she joined him in Europe and, when war breaks out, Kitty wonders which side her husband is really on. And, as she prepares to betray him, Kitty begins to fear that she doesn’t really know the man she married at all.
Facing an impossible choice between her dearest friend and the man she loves, Kitty knows she must be brave, and do the right thing, no matter the personal cost…
An absolutely heartbreaking, powerful and gripping story about finding love, resilience and friendship in the midst of the darkness of World War 2. Perfect for fans of The Nightingale, My Name is Eva and All the Light We Cannot See.
Author Bio
Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger is a Ukrainian-American who transplanted to Austria.
Born in 1969, she grew up in the culture-rich neighborhood of “Nordeast” Minneapolis and started her writing career with short stories, travel narratives, and worked as a journalist and managing magazine editor, before jumping the desk and pursuing her own writing and traveling.
Her books tackle David-vs.-Goliath themes with strong women battling for the Underdogs against a system, be it political, geographical, or industrial. Sometimes all three. “I enjoy discovering the good, the bad, and the ugly in my characters when they come into conflict,” she says. “And all of my stories have been inspired by injustices I’ve discovered along my travels.”
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