Judith Raine Baroody

Casablanca Blue Judith Raine Baroody

Revenge, romance and riches. These are the motives that drive the characters you'll meet in Casablanca Blue. Consider moving into the most fabulous mansion in Paris to find love and treasure, but also to encounter ghosts with ancient scores to settle. Get inside Hollywood to meet a movie star so desperate to land a role she'll ask her best friend to do the unthinkable to get what she wants. A trip to the Andes Mountains will take you to a city on the side of a volcano with three young friends who find that even the most idyllic settings can be deadly. The title story takes you back to the days of World War II, when the French Resistance used all means necessary to stop the Nazis in Casablanca. Two generations later, unfinished business from the North Africa Campaign leads a young man on a mission to retrieve a fortune in rare blue diamonds, hidden all these years in plain sight. These ten stories take place around the world, from the paradise of a Mediterranean island to the ravaged war zone of Baghdad. Along the way, you'll meet characters you'll never forget, such as two sisters whose rivalry leads to a shocking reversal of fortune, and two brothers who take their partners on a romantic vacation only to end up in the worst hotel in the world. Lighthearted, humorous, full of passion and intrigue, Casablanca Blue will lead you on a journey of love lost and found, new beginnings and good old-fashioned treachery.