Lost Roses is about the unbreakable bonds of women's friendship. It is set a generation earlier than The Lilac Girls and also inspired by true events. It features Caroline's mother, Eliza, and follows three women (Eliza, Sofya and Varinka) from St. Petersburg to Paris under the shadow of World War I. Sofya Streshnayva is a cousin of the Romanovs. Kelly explores the fate of the next tier of the aristocracy and how they fared during the revolution. Varinka is the local fortune-teller's daughter. She is a poor girl from the Russian countryside and brings danger into their household. If you enjoyed Lilac Girls and love historical fiction, you will enjoy this book. I am awaiting Kelly's next book from the time of the Civil War with Caroline's great-grandmother's story.

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