Maddie finds herself drawn to both Precious and to Colin, her enigmatic surrogate nephew.

Maddie has been careful to close herself off to others, but in Precious she recognizes someone whose grief rivals her own–but unlike Maddie, Precious hasn’t allowed it to crush her. American journalist Maddie Warner, whose life has been marked by the tragic loss of her mother, travels to London to interview Precious about her life in pre-WWII London.

As Eva struggles to protect her friendship with Precious and everything she holds dear, all it takes is one unwary moment to change their lives forever… Then the Blitz devastates her world, and Eva finds herself slipping into a web of intrigue, spies, and secrets. John, an aristocrat and Royal Air Force pilot, she can’t believe her luck–she’s getting everything she ever wanted. London, 1939. Beautiful and ambitious Eva Harlow and her American best friend, Precious Dubose, are trying to make their way as fashion models. You can read my reviews of those if you’d like to: The Glass Ocean, All the Ways We Said Goodbye I have read two of the three books she has co-authored with Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. You can read my review here: The Sound of Glass. The Sound of Glass by the same author is one of the very first books I reviewed when I started blogging. Finally, I have got around to reading it and it was worth the wait. As Maddie gets closer to her, she begins to unravel Precious’s haunting past-a story of friendship, betrayal, and the unremembered acts of kindness and of love.As you might be able to guess from my tinselly photo above, I got Karen White’s The Last Night in London for my Christmas.

Maddie has been careful to close herself off to others, but in Precious she recognizes someone whose grief rivals her own-but unlike Maddie, Precious hasn’t allowed it to crush her. John, an aristocrat and Royal Air Force pilot, she can’t believe her luck-she’s getting everything she ever wanted. Beautiful and ambitious Eva Harlow and her American best friend, Precious Dubose, are trying to make their way as fashion models. New York Times bestselling author Karen White weaves a captivating story of friendship, love, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day.

The last night in london by karen white