Book description
A powerful story of grief, hope and an epic love, from the Russian-born
author of internationally bestselling novels, TULLY and ROAD TO PARADISE.
The world at war … two people in love.
Tatiana is eighteen years old and pregnant when she miraculously escapes
war-torn Leningrad to the West, believing herself to be a widow. Her
husband, Major Alexander Belov, a decorated hero of the Soviet Union,
has been arrested by Stalin's infamous secret police and is awaiting
imminent death as a traitor and a spy.
Tatiana begins her new life in America. In wartime New York City she
finds work, friends and a life beyond her dreams. However, her grief is
inescapable and she keeps hearing Alexander calling out to her.
Meanwhile, Alexander faces the greatest danger he's ever known. An
American trapped in Russia since adolescence, he has been serving in the
Red Army and posing as a Soviet citizen to protect himself. For him,
Russia's war is not over, and both victory and defeat will mean certain death.
As the Second World War moves into its spectacular close, Tatiana and
Alexander are surrounded by the ghosts of their past and each other.
They must struggle against destiny and despair as they find themselves
in the fight of their lives. A master of the historical epic, Paullina
Simons takes us on a journey across continents, time, and the entire
breadth of human emotion, to create a heartrendingly beautiful love
story that will live on long after the final page is turned. Praise
for Tatiana and Alexander
'This has everything a romance glutton could wish for: a bold, talented
and dashing hero, a heart-stopping love affair that nourishes its two
protagonists even when they are separated and lost, a long and bitter
military campaign, plus personal excavations into the past. It also has
- thank goodness - a welcome sense of humour and discernible characters
rather than ciphers.' Victoria Moore, Daily Mail
Praise for The Bronze Horseman
'Pulling off the passionate love story embedded in a truly epic
narrative is a difficult thing to do. Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the
Wind remains the blueprint for the genre, while Tolstoy's War and Peace
carries off the literary honours … it's quickly apparent that the
Russian-born author Paullina Simons has the measure of this kind of epic
romantic saga. The power of her descriptive writing, the vividness of
the historical detail and, most of all, the strength of her central
characters mark out her novel as a considerable achievement … she is
able to make some powerful statements about the durability of the human
spirit, but never at the expense of descriptive passages refulgent with
power and beauty' Barry Forshaw, amazon
Praise for Tully
“Pick up this book and prepare to have your emotions wrung so completely
you'll be sobbing your heart out one minute and laughing through your
tears the next.… Read it and weep - literally” Company Paullina Simons
was born in Leningrad in 1963. As a child she emigrated to Queens, New
York, and attended colleges in Long Island. Then she moved to England
and attended Essex University, before returning to America. She lives in
New York with her husband and children.
