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Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table: Book Two

Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table: Book Two
  • Author(s): Carole Bumpus
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Early 2000s

Join Carole Bumpus as she continues the culinary journey of Book One in Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, with her incomparable guide, Josiane, as they head north from Paris to Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Normandy, and Brittany, then...

Second Chances in Brittany

Second Chances in Brittany
  • Author(s): Anne Morenn
  • Location(s): Brittany
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Sarah and James move to Saint-Malo, Sarah expects life to be a second honeymoon. But James has other ideas. Sarah succumbs to a mysterious illness, and afterwards realises that her marriage needs to end. Left alone in a...

Second Destiny

Second Destiny
  • Location(s): Avignon, Agra, London, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Older Generation Broke Them Apart… Lia Abraham gave up everything for her family and culture—art, autonomy and even self-worth. Worst of all was the sacrifice of Bollywood-gorgeous, idealistic Devraj Shah, when Lia caved in to pressure from both...

Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux

Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux
  • Author(s): Samantha Verant
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A disgraced chef rediscovers her passion for food and her roots in this stunning novel rich in culture and full of delectable recipes. French-born American chef Sophie Valroux had one dream: to be part of the 1% of female...

Secrets Between Friends

Secrets Between Friends
  • Author(s): Sheila O'Flanagan
  • Location(s): France, Ireland, Italy
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Ailie, Sybil and Rua can take care of themselves. But when they form an unexpected friendship, they discover new perspectives on old problems. Ailie is recently widowed, and struggling. At least she can cut ties with her toxic Italian...

Secrets of the Chateau

Secrets of the Chateau
  • Author(s): Lynn Forth
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A château in France, with fairy-tale turrets. What’s not to like? Sophie Stewart loves her job. Working for Alex Conroy, who owns an exclusive hotel chain, is a dream – as is the man himself! So why does she...

Sense and French Ability

Sense and French Ability
  • Author(s): Ros Rendle
  • Location(s): Northern France
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Fliss needed to change her life; so did Jean Christophe. Whilst doing that, they could not change the worst weather in living memory but would they each survive? After the death of her mother and full of grief, Fliss...

Sepulchre

Sepulchre
  • Author(s): Kate Mosse
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction

1891. Seventeen-year-old Léonie Vernier and her brother abandon Paris for the sanctuary of their aunt’s isolated country house near Carcassonne, the Domaine de la Cade. But Léonie stumbles across a ruined sepulchre – and a timeless mystery whose traces...

Serotonin

Serotonin
  • Author(s): Michel Houellebecq
  • Location(s): Normandy
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Dissatisfied and discontent, Florent-Claude Labrouste feels he is dying of sadness. His young girlfriend hates him and his career as an engineer at the Ministry of Agriculture is pretty much over. His only relief comes in the form of...

Shadow of the Hawk: 7 (Master of War)

Shadow of the Hawk: 7 (Master of War)
  • Author(s): David Gilman
  • Location(s): France, Spain
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 1300s

Winter, 1364.   The King is dead. Defeated on the field of Poitiers, Jean Le Bon, King of France, honoured his treaty with England until his death. His son and heir, Charles V, has no intention of doing the...

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