Alexandra Joel - A párizsi model

After a shocking family discovery, Grace Wood leaves sleepy rural Australia and travels to Paris after her special beauty and a lucky twist land a tempting offer from Christian Dior himself.
Post-World War II Paris sweeps him away and captivates him. Grace happily throws herself into her new life, so that not only her cherished childhood dream can come true, but she can also find the path to herself.
While working as a model in the Dior empire, Grace mingles with counts and princesses, writers and artists, diplomats and politicians. But when she falls in love with the handsome Philippe Boyer, she doesn't know that he is leading a double life, nor that his past has terrible consequences for her. Grace becomes embroiled in Philippe's dangerous espionage operations and discovers the shocking truth behind her origins, while realizing that her life is in grave danger.
Set in Paris in the second half of the 1940s, the novel was inspired by a true story.