The Promise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley is an emotionally resonant and thought-provoking novel that raises profound questions about life, death, faith, and medicine, and gracefully illuminates the power of love to hurt and to heal.

The Promise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley is an emotionally resonant and thought-provoking novel that raises profound questions about life, death, faith, and medicine, and gracefully illuminates the power of love to hurt and to heal.

The Promise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley is an emotionally resonant and thought-provoking novel that raises profound questions about life, death, faith, and medicine, and gracefully illuminates the power of love to hurt and to heal.

Matt Beaulieu and Elle McClure share a lifelong love, but after an accident leaves her with severe brain damage and no hope of recovery, he agrees to take her off life support until he finds out that she is pregnant. Not everyone believes it is possible to save the baby Elle’s carrying, and some believe it is morally wrong to keep her on the ventilator because she has an advanced health care directive that states that she would never want extraordinary measures taken to extend her life. Matt still wants to try.

Against the backdrop of one of the most significant events of the century, a delicate web of lies obscures the line between the casualties of war and of the heart, making trust a luxury that no one can afford.

Against the backdrop of one of the most significant events of the century, a delicate web of lies obscures the line between the casualties of war and of the heart, making trust a luxury that no one can afford.

Paris, 1919.

The world’s leaders have gathered to rebuild from the ashes of the Great War.

But for one woman, the City of Light harbors dark secrets and dangerous liaisons, for which many could pay dearly.

Brought to the peace conference by her father, a German diplomat, Margot Rosenthal initially resents being trapped in the congested French capital, where she is still looked upon as the enemy. But as she contemplates returning to Berlin and a life with Stefan, the wounded fiancé she hardly knows anymore, she decides that being in Paris is not so bad after all.

Bored and torn between duty and the desire to be free, Margot strikes up unlikely alliances: with Krysia, an  accomplished musician with radical acquaintances and a secret to protect; and with Georg, the handsome, damaged naval officer who gives Margot a job—and also a reason to question everything she thought she knew about where her true loyalties should lie.

Against the backdrop of one of the most significant events of the century, a delicate web of lies obscures the line between the casualties of war and of the heart, making trust a luxury that no one can afford.