We meet Hazel, who is normally a homebody, but goes out one night to play the piano at a party. It's 1917, which means WWI is currently happening in full force. She seeks to answer the age-old question: Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another? But her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music and reveals that War is no match for the power of Love." Thirty years after these four lovers' fates collide, the Greek goddess Aphrodite tells their stories to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. But that's before he meets Colette Fournier, a Belgian chanteuse who's already survived unspeakable tragedy at the hands of the Germans. A gifted musician who's played Carnegie Hall, he's a member of the 15th New York Infantry, an all-African-American regiment being sent to Europe to help end the Great War. Aubrey Edwards is also headed toward the trenches. When they fall in love, it's immediate and deep-and cut short when James is shipped off to the killing fields. She's a shy and talented pianist he's a newly minted soldier with dreams of becoming an architect. Goodreads says, " It's 1917, and World War I is at its zenith when Hazel and James first catch sight of each other at a London party.
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