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# Ella Carey

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- [Journal](https://www.ellacarey.com/journal/)
- [Book club questions for The Paris Maid](https://www.ellacarey.com/book-club/the-paris-maid/book-club-questions-for-the-paris-maid/) - Huge thanks to the readers who have emailed in asking for book club questions for The Paris Maid. Here they are for you! Did this book affect the way you see Paris? Do you think you will feel differently going there from now on if you travel to France, knowing the history of what the
- [](https://www.ellacarey.com/from-a-paris-balcony/461/) - I'm delighted to let you all know that a new, gorgeous edition of From A Paris Balcony has been published in the US today! The book is available from all good bookstores and leading retailers. I think the cover is absolutely gorgeous, and I'm honoured to have this beautiful new edition out in the world.
- [The Joys of Binge Reading with Jenny Wheeler](https://www.ellacarey.com/on-writing/the-joys-of-binge-reading-with-jenny-wheeler/) - I had such a terrific conversation with Jenny Wheeler on her podcast, The Joys of Binge Reading. We talked about my career, The Girl from Paris, and many things writing. I could have chatted with Jenny for hours, and I highly recommend her podcast as she interviews some terrific authors. Jenny is a journalist turned
- [The Lost Girl of Berlin publishes today!](https://www.ellacarey.com/the-lost-girl-of-berlin/the-lost-girl-of-berlin-publishes-today/) - I'm over the moon to let you all know that The Lost Girl of Berlin has published today! This book is so close to my heart, and is set amongst the ruins of Berlin in the aftermath of the Second World War, and in glamorous post war New York. I'm incredibly excited to hear what
- [Print editions of A New York Secret](https://www.ellacarey.com/uncategorised/a-new-york-secret/print-editions-of-a-new-york-secret/) - Look at the bedside reading that arrived at my house today! So utterly delighted to hold the first editions of A New York Secret in my hands! There is nothing like the love you feel for this! Can't wait to share more about this with you all tomorrow! xxx
- [From a Paris Balcony cover reveal](https://www.ellacarey.com/uncategorised/from-a-paris-balcony-cover-reveal/) - Hello, I hope everyone is staying well. I'm writing this from a much happier Melbourne, Australia, as we have finally emerged from a long, long lockdown, and are now able to get out and about again. I was especially happy and grateful to be able to walk along the beach on the weekend for the
- [Weekly highlights... and Paris Time Capsule cover reveal!](https://www.ellacarey.com/paris-time-capsule/weekly-highlights-and-paris-time-capsule-cover-reveal/) - Dear Readers, I hope everyone is well. I'm writing this on a beautiful spring morning here in Melbourne. I truly feel like the blossom on the trees has to bode for better days for the world. I am thinking of all of my readers, no matter where you are. I love hearing from you, and
- [Beyond the Horizon releasing August 26th, 2020](https://www.ellacarey.com/uncategorised/beyond-the-horizon-releasing-august-26th-2020/) - I'm absolutely delighted to share the cover of the new Bookouture edition of my book, Beyond the Horizon. This book is deeply personal for me, as my mother was in the Women's Australian Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War, and Beyond the Horizon is set around the incredible Women's Air Force Service Pilots
- [Polish edition of Paris Time Capsule](https://www.ellacarey.com/uncategorised/polish-edition-of-paris-time-capsule/) - I'm completely delighted to share the cover of the new Polish edition of Paris Time Capsule, that has just released with my Polish publishers, Prószyński, one of the major publishers in Poland, who publish much women's commercial fiction. I'm in love with the gorgeous cover design, and I hope that this is something cheerful and beautiful
- [Paris Time Capsule - book club questions](https://www.ellacarey.com/paris-time-capsule/paris-time-capsule-book-club-questions/) - 1. What would you do if you inherited an apartment in Paris just as Cat did? Would you go to great lengths to put things right? 2. Do you think people do look in the mirror each day and pretend to themselves that everything is fine, when it is not? Why would they do such
- [A Belle Epoque Courtesan, a Bloomsbury artist and a patron of Australian art?](https://www.ellacarey.com/inspiration/a-belle-epoque-courtesan-a-bloomsbury-artist-and-a-patron-of-australian-art/) - As I'm editing my sixth novel, which has nothing to do with anything in the title above, I find myself asking, what is it that the three women who inspired my first five novels have in common with each other, if anything at all? Martha de Florian was a Belle Epoque courtesan whose apartment in
- [The genesis of Emma's Bohemian Circle in The Things We Don't Say](https://www.ellacarey.com/the-things-we-dont-say/the-genesis-of-emmas-bohemian-circle-in-the-things-we-dont-say/) - In The Things We Don't Say, Emma Temple grows up in the late nineteenth, early twentieth century London in a tall house near Kensington Gardens. Stifled by the atmosphere in the Victorian household, yet blessed with a curious upbringing in which her father, a literary biographer and scholar believes in the education of women, but only
- [THE THINGS WE DON'T SAY](https://www.ellacarey.com/the-things-we-dont-say/276/) - My novels are becoming such profound journeys. Each of them is set in a place, in a time that inspires me. I find myself overwhelmed by the true stories that incite the books. It's a case of becoming so immersed in what really happened, in the people and their worlds, that I start to wonder
- [Louisa's Vermachtnis](https://www.ellacarey.com/from-a-paris-balcony/louisas-vermachtnis/) - So thrilled to share the release this week of the German translation of FROM A PARIS BALCONY. It is called LOUISA'S VERMACHTNIS. Thank you to the publishers, translator and to everyone who put in such a tremendous effort to get this story into Germany. I appreciate it. xx
- [Book launch SECRET SHORES](https://www.ellacarey.com/secret-shores/book-launch-secret-shores/) - I am delighted to let you all know that I'll be launching SECRET SHORES at the Melbourne Writer's Festival. I'll be in conversation with the lovely Gabrielle Ryan from Melbourne's Wheeler Centre on August 27th at 1pm. There will be a signing afterwards... I can't wait to introduce you to this new novel and will
- [Italian edition of THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE](https://www.ellacarey.com/the-house-by-the-lake/italian-edition-of-the-house-by-the-lake/) - I'm thrilled to share that the Italian edition of THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE is now available in bookstores in Italy. Thank you to the publishers of that edition, Newton Compton, for putting together such a beautiful edition of the book. I am delighted that Anna, Max, Wil and Isabelle will be travelling to Italy-
- [Book club questions- From a Paris Balcony](https://www.ellacarey.com/book-club/book-club-questions-from-a-paris-balcony/) - Sharing some book club questions for From a Paris Balcony, as requested by a reader today... Parisian courtesans during the Belle Epoque are generally accepted to have been some of the first women to have management of their own lives. The issue of courtesans also highlighted the dual attitudes toward women at the time, and
- [Slovak Edition of The House by the Lake](https://www.ellacarey.com/inspiration/slovak-edition-of-the-house-by-the-lake/) - I am thrilled to share the first of the foreign editions of my books; this was a beautiful parcel to receive in the post the other day! Here are the Slovak editions of THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE. Haven't Fortuna Libri, the publishing house, produced a lovely edition of the book! I was quite moved
- [Cover reveal- Secret Shores](https://www.ellacarey.com/uncategorised/cover-reveal-secret-shores/) - I'm completely delighted to share the cover of my new novel, Secret Shores. It is releasing September 5th and is available for pre-order now! The book is inspired by a true story and a beguiling group of Bohemian modernists- so excited to show you the cover here. Thank you to everyone for your lovely emails.
- [February update...](https://www.ellacarey.com/the-house-by-the-lake/february-update/) - I have been appreciating the warm summer weather here enormously while having breaks from an intense round of edits of SECRET SHORES- my fourth novel due for release in September with Lake Union Publishing. We are about to look at cover designs which is exciting and I'm delighted to be talking a bit more about
- [Happy 2017!](https://www.ellacarey.com/inspiration/happy-2017/) - After a big interstate move, I'm ready to get back into writing! Delighted to announce that my fourth novel, which so far has a working title, will be released with Lake Union Publishing in Fall, 2017. It's in the editing process now and I'm about to go into lockdown with it in the next few
- [Thank you!](https://www.ellacarey.com/uncategorised/thank-you/) - Thank you everyone for such a wonderful launch of FROM A PARIS BALCONY over the past few days. I appreciate your emails, messages on my Facebook page and lovely comments- I will reply when I can! Busy editing book four- in my old jeans, old jumper. It's funny! I'm in lockdown with it. Will send
- [Giveaway of my Paris novels!](https://www.ellacarey.com/uncategorised/giveaway-of-my-paris-novels/) - In celebration of the release of my third novel, FROM A PARIS BALCONY on October 11th, 2016 with the lovely Lake Union publishing, and to thank my wonderful readers for all their support, I am giving away five bundles of books- signed first edition copies of all three of my Paris novels, wrapped in silk
- [Spring Update](https://www.ellacarey.com/uncategorised/spring-update/) - While spring declares its first tentative blushes outside, I have been busy, busy, busy! Much travelling- a conference, a writer's festival, a research trip. Book four is now with the publishers and my study is brimming with gorgeousness. The box of advance copies of FROM A PARIS BALCONY have arrived, along with audio books and
- [A True Story...](https://www.ellacarey.com/uncategorised/a-true-story/) - I want to share a true story with you today, because it resonated with me so much when I heard about it. I can still see the train, shimmering through the cold, foggy winter morning, appearing, ghostlike on the track... The young girl in this photo is Isa. She was the daughter of the family
- [Cover reveal for From a Paris Balcony](https://www.ellacarey.com/inspiration/cover-reveal-for-from-a-paris-balcony/) - How fast the year is flying! It seems that it is all happening, and one of the nicest things of all is that we have the cover design for From a Paris Balcony, my third novel, to share with you here. The book is set partly in Paris during the late nineteenth century's Belle Epoque,
- [Winter writing](https://www.ellacarey.com/paris-time-capsule/winter-writing/) - As I sit here, writing my fourth novel, snow has left dappled white patches on top of our local mountain. It almost seems as if this is a present, something that is atop everything else, and slightly beyond us, down here in the valley carved out by the river below. It almost suggests that there
- [Why World War Two?](https://www.ellacarey.com/the-house-by-the-lake/why-world-war-two/) - Why is is that we are drawn to stories about the Second World War? What is it about this tragic event that changed the course of the lives of a generation that makes us want to read about it? I would argue that reading novels give us the chance to get inside the head of
- [](https://www.ellacarey.com/inspiration/170/) - Back from a fascinating research trip for book four. The setting grew on me while I was there- kind of crept up and is lingering with me still. The owners were incredibly generous with their time, stories, kindness and beautiful food, and I have more stories, breath-taking history and mysterious ghost stories than I can
- [Harlequin cover design for Paris Time Capsule](https://www.ellacarey.com/paris-time-capsule/harlequin-cover-design-for-paris-time-capsule/) - For the most part, a writer's life is made up of working away at a computer- and in terms of writing about Paris, all the glamour only exists in your head! But today I have something special to share with you-a little enchantment to take you back to Paris if you like. This is the
- [Book Club Questions for The House By The Lake](https://www.ellacarey.com/the-house-by-the-lake/book-club-questions-for-the-house-by-the-lake/) - I have been asked by several readers for book club questions for The House By The Lake. What I'm interested in when researching and writing these novels is the idea of secret histories- stories of families and people who have largely been forgotten, whose histories may have been overlooked as not important enough to be
- [Writing updates...](https://www.ellacarey.com/inspiration/writing-updates/) - Thank you to all my readers for your messages on Facebook, on the website and on twitter. I do read them all, love hearing from you and I do reply! I have just written my first newsletter, which will be sent out soon. It contains some background information about the real Schloss that inspired The
- [FROM A PARIS BALCONY](https://www.ellacarey.com/from-a-paris-balcony/from-a-paris-balcony/) - Delighted to share the title of my third novel with you. It is going to be called FROM A PARIS BALCONY and will be released with Lake Union Publishing in October 2016. Having the title in place is a gorgeous thing- next will be cover designs. I adore all the creative aspects of producing a
- [New print version of Paris Time Capsule](https://www.ellacarey.com/paris-time-capsule/new-print-version-of-paris-time-capsule/) - I have some lovely news today. Harlequin Australia have bought subsidiary rights to Paris Time Capsule and will be releasing a new print version of the book in September. The book will have another new and very beautiful cover design, which is exciting. I have such admiration for cover designers. To be able to capture
- [](https://www.ellacarey.com/inspiration/152/) - I am thrilled to announce that my third novel will be released in the northern hemisphere fall. I am taking a break from being completely immersed in editing it to do a research trip for book four this week. Looking at all sorts of things, from costumes to settings to characters...I have been getting goosebumps.
- [Thank you to Romance University](https://www.ellacarey.com/on-writing/thank-you-to-romance-university/) - This is probably a post that is aimed more towards writers of all levels than readers, but Romance University have some great posts that might be of interest on writing craft. I've written today about setting and the romantic novel and I hope you enjoy having a look around this site as much as I
- [Thank you for such a wonderful launch!](https://www.ellacarey.com/uncategorised/thank-you-for-such-a-wonderful-launch/) - Thank you so much to everyone involved for such a wonderful first two release days for The House by the Lake! I am so thrilled that the story is resonating with people- as as writer, that’s exactly what I want to do. Thank you to everyone who read and reviewed The House by the Lake
- [Parisian Courtesans](https://www.ellacarey.com/paris-time-capsule/parisian-courtesans/) - Les Courtesans were celebrities during Paris’ Belle Époque. Their taste dictated fashion, they were the ultimate Parisian women and yet they were the trophy companions of powerful men. Courtesans held great power themselves, and yet, in many ways they did not. The duality of their role was extraordinary- these were les demimondaines, the courtesans of
- [Giovanni Boldini and the Belle Époque](https://www.ellacarey.com/paris-time-capsule/giovanni-boldini-and-the-belle-epoque/) - Giovanni Boldini painted Marthe de Florian at the age of twenty-four in 1888. He was described in a 1933 article in Time Magazine as the “master of swish.” The painting of Marthe de Florian certainly involves a certain amount of ‘swish.’ But who was Boldini? You could be forgiven for not having heard of him-
- [Italian Delis in San Francisco](https://www.ellacarey.com/the-house-by-the-lake/italian-delis-in-san-francisco/) - In The House By The Lake, Anna is the proud owner of the Italian Cafe in Chestnut Street. San Fransisco has quite a history associated with its Italian delis and Anna is a keen perpetrator of the city’s long standing traditions. Once, San Francisco was known as ‘delicatessan heaven,’ but now, there are only a
- [Life in 1930s Germany](https://www.ellacarey.com/the-house-by-the-lake/life-in-1930s-germany/) - I find every aspect of writing a novel most enjoyable, but carrying out research is an especially pleasing part of my work. When researching The House By The Lake, I became utterly drawn into life in 1930’s Germany. Of course, for the majority of the population, things were simply tough. The great depression, the fallout
- [Marthe de Florian’s abandoned apartment in Paris](https://www.ellacarey.com/inspiration/marthe-de-florians-abandoned-apartment-in-paris/) - Paris Time Capsule isn’t inspired by one true story- it’s inspired by three. Three stories that are inextricably linked to one fascinating apartment in the ninth arrondissement of Paris. But let’s work backwards for a moment. Let’s start in 2010. In 2010, a woman died in the South of France. All we know is that
- [Isabelle de Florian](https://www.ellacarey.com/the-house-by-the-lake/isabelle-de-florian/) - Creating characters is an odd thing. For me, it is intuitive and not intellectual at all. Something needs to resonate between me and a character, and then they begin to form themselves into something quite real in my head. After writing Paris Time Capsule, my fictional character Isabelle de Florian stayed with me- I wanted
- [The House by the Lake – Inspiration](https://www.ellacarey.com/the-house-by-the-lake/the-house-by-the-lake-inspiration/) - The House By The Lake is a very special book to me. Like Paris Time Capsule, it is inspired by a true story- this time of an old Schloss in the former East Germany. A friend of mine has these beautiful photos in her house of what to me, clearly looked like a palace. Of

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- [Home](https://www.ellacarey.com/) - Welcome to my Website! It's lovely to see you here. Please have a browse around my website- I will be adding so much more in the coming months- new blog posts, newsletters out to my readers, giveaways and just a whole lot of information about the true stories and the adventures that I have had
- [An Italian Secret](https://www.ellacarey.com/library/an-italian-secret/) - Tuscany, 1944. Did she fight for the resistance or betray her people? When the Nazis storm into northern Italy, Contessa Evelina Messina, the owner of the beautiful Villa Rosa, welcomes the Germans to her valley. In a dazzling rose silk dress, she entertains soldiers with priceless wine from her ancient cellars. Privately, she tells the
- [About Ella](https://www.ellacarey.com/about-ella/) - Ella Carey is the internationally best selling author of Paris Time Capsule, The House by the Lake, From a Paris Balcony, Secret Shores, The Things We Don't Say, Beyond the Horizon, A New York Secret, The Lost Girl of Berlin, The Girl from Paris, The Lost Sister of Fifth Avenue, The Paris Maid, and The
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- [From A Paris Balcony](https://www.ellacarey.com/library/from-a-paris-balcony/) - The small green chest was concealed at the back of her father’s wardrobe. Its hinges were made of brass that must once have shone, but now the surface was roughened and dull. As she opened the lock, there was only thing inside: a letter, postmarked 1895, Paris. England, 1895. Louisa West, a young beauty from Boston, looks
- [The Paris Maid](https://www.ellacarey.com/library/the-paris-maid/) - London, present day. I open my phone to find a message from my aunt: a black-and-white photograph with the caption “Paris, 1944”. A young woman stares up at me, her head shaved and a swastika painted onto her forehead. As I try to take in what I’m seeing, my heart begins to race. Could this
- [The Lost Sister of Fifth Avenue](https://www.ellacarey.com/library/the-lost-sister-of-fifth-avenue/) - Martha pulled the front door of her Fifth Avenue apartment closed and stood stock still, clutching the telegram, her heart thumping. Her beloved sister Charlotte was in France and the news told daily of the growing threat of the Nazis. Fearing what the telegram might contain, Martha hardly dared open it. But she knew she
- [The Girl From Paris](https://www.ellacarey.com/library/the-girl-from-paris/) - Paris, 1918. The end of war is in sight, and young seamstress Vianne Pascal is longing for the day when she can stop sewing military uniforms and start creating the beautiful dresses that she has been dreaming up in her head. But just when it seems like peace is within reach, Vianne’s mother and sister
- [The Lost Girl of Berlin](https://www.ellacarey.com/library/the-lost-girl-of-berlin/) - The truck stopped for a moment in the freezing, bombed-out street and Kate caught sight of a little girl in a ragged dress on the steps of a once-beautiful mansion. The child’s eyes were startling blue, a pair of endless pools, drawing Kate towards her… 1946, Berlin. War correspondent Kate Mancini is in Germany, reporting
- [A New York Secret](https://www.ellacarey.com/library/a-new-york-secret/) - A heartbreaking and unforgettable World War 2 historical novel War forces to her choose a side… 1942, New York. As war rages in Europe, Lily Rose is grateful for her perfect life: a wealthy family who love her and a dream job working uptown as a restaurant chef. Times are changing for women and Lily is determined
- [The Things We Don't Say](https://www.ellacarey.com/library/the-things-we-dont-say-2/) - What happens when the truths you have built your life on start to crumble? Emma Temple sits looking out of the window in her beautiful apartment in the heart of London, surrounded by memories of her younger years as one of England’s most influential artists. Nearly ninety, it would be easy to overlook her as
- [Secret Shores](https://www.ellacarey.com/library/secret-shores/) - From bestselling author Ella Carey comes an utterly gripping and sweeping historical novel about terrible choices and heartbreaking family mysteries. The past holds more secrets than we can ever imagine… 1946.Young, beautiful artist Rebecca survived the devastating war that claimed the lives of so many of the men and women she grew up with. Her friends
- [The House by the Lake](https://www.ellacarey.com/library/the-house-by-the-lake/) - The House by the Lake (Secrets of Paris Book 2.) Gripping and emotional World War 2 Fiction, by Ella Carey. The cobbled streets were dark as Isabelle hurried through the shadows, dodging in and out of doorways, constantly looking back. She worried the sound of her loudly thumping heart would give her away, as she
- [Beyond the Horizon](https://www.ellacarey.com/library/beyond-the-horizon/) - Suddenly, it became hard to breathe and the sound of the engine throbbed in Eva’s head. The plane crashed and skidded. She heard the wail of sirens. The last thing she remembered was pulling her body across the tarmac an inch at a time—before her world went black. Sweetwater, Texas, 1943. Eva has always wanted to fly
- [Paris Time Capsule](https://www.ellacarey.com/library/paris-time-capsule/) - The parcel arrived on an ordinary morning in the mailbox of her New York apartment, postmarked Paris. It was wrapped in brown paper and tied with a silk ribbon. Little did she know that the old brass key and letter it contained were about to turn her life upside down… 1940, Paris. Life is getting
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