Kathy Joy La Plante Writing what others won’t say out loud

Rock-bottom, jobless, and out of options, Noel “El” De la Mare is seconds away from losing everything—including the last scraps of her self-worth—when a single letter changes her fate. Fired in a blaze of newsroom fury, haunted by a dishonorable discharge, and trapped in a town that wants her gone, she’s convinced her story is over. Then an elegant envelope arrives from a mysterious great-aunt in France… along with a first-class ticket. Why her? Why now? And what hidden history is waiting across the ocean?