Ethan Parker - The Hotel Where Nobody Was Innocent
The Hotel Where Nobody Was Innocent
A Historical World War II Tale of the French Resistance, Fake Names, and Secrets Better Left Upstairs
Ethan Parker
Description
THE HOTEL WHERE NOBODY WAS INNOCENTFrance, 1943.The hotel looks respectable from the outside. Inside, everyone is lying.Madame Élodie Vasseur has spent the occupation keeping her small hotel open, serving lukewarm coffee to German officers while quietly sheltering members of the French Resistance beneath the noses of the occupiers.Then a stranger arrives.He gives the name Daniel Moreau, carries papers that appear flawless, and asks for a room that has been empty for months. Élodie knows immediately that something is wrong. What she does not know is whether he is a Resistance courier, a German informant, or something far more dangerous.Before dawn, another guest disappears.A coded message is found behind a loose brick.Someone has been searching the rooms.And suddenly every person in the hotel has a reason to lie.As German patrols tighten their grip on the town, Élodie is forced into an impossible game of deception. The Resistance needs the hotel. The Germans are watching it. And among the frightened guests may be the person secretly betraying them all.But wartime secrets rarely remain buried.As identities unravel and loyalties fracture, Élodie discovers that survival may require trusting the very person she has every reason to fear.In a hotel where names are borrowed, doors are locked, and nobody tells the whole truth, innocence may be the most dangerous disguise of all.The Hotel Where Nobody Was Innocent is a fictional World War II historical tale of the French Resistance, wartime espionage, forged identities, hidden love, betrayal, and the terrible choices people make when every room has a secret.
