Paris 1940 The City of Light has fallen under German Occupation Among patriotic Parisians the pursuit of art culture and jazz have become bold acts of defiance So has forbidden romance for talented and spirited Jewish teenager Annette Zelman and dashing young Catholic poet Jean Jausion Despite their devout families vehement opposition the young couple finds acceptance at the famed Caf de Flore whose habitues include Simone de Beauvoir JeanPaul Sartre Pablo Picasso Django Reinhardt and other luminaries of the Latin Quarters creative world

For a time Annette and Jean feel they have eluded the brute might of the relentless Nazisand more immediately their parents threats and demands But as restrictions on the Jewish community escalate to arrests and deportations the maleficent forces gathering around the young lovers set them on divergent and tragically inevitable paths

Drawn from neverbeforepublished family letters and other treasures as well as archival sources and exclusive interviews StarCrossed offers us precious insight into the Holocaust and the lives French people bravely led under the Hitler regime This breathtaking true story of beauty art liberation and the transformative power of love resonates with an intimate story of undying devotion seen through the prism of history