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The Time of Cherries

The Time of Cherries
  • Author(s): Michael S Hollington
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1870s, Franco-Prussian War, Paris Commune

Christine ‘Kiki’ Vellay, the daughter of vineyard workers, is forced to marry an older man in exchange for a piece of land. He abuses her. Seduced by a young naval cadet she plots to run away. When her husband...

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
  • Author(s): Josie Silver
  • Location(s): Paris, Croatia, London, Los Angeles, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They’d been together for more than a decade, and Lydia thought their love was indestructible. But she was wrong. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. So now it’s just...

The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre

The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre
  • Author(s): Clare Povey
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1922

The open door felt like an invitation, or a trap. Bastien wasn’t sure which, but with no other choice, he stepped inside…and hoped he’d make it out again alive. Bastien Bonlivre is a boy with a big imagination, determined...

The Unexpected Tale of the Bad Brothers

The Unexpected Tale of the Bad Brothers
  • Author(s): Clare Povey
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Bastien Bonlivre is in trouble again. His sworn enemy, Olivier Odieux, has escaped jail and is after Bastien once more. Meanwhile, trouble is also brewing in Paris. Fires are burning, and danger lurks at every corner. Who could be...

The Unwanted Dead

The Unwanted Dead
  • Author(s): Chris Lloyd
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Political
  • Era(s): WW2

Paris, Friday 14th June 1940. The day the Nazis march into Paris, making headlines around the globe. Paris police detective Eddie Giral – a survivor of the last World War – watches helplessly on as his world changes forever....

The Unwanted Dead: The Shocking End of Zorba’s Heretical Author

The Unwanted Dead: The Shocking End of Zorba’s Heretical Author
  • Author(s): Yorgos Pratanos
  • Location(s): Athens, Crete, France
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): late 1950s

A WIDOW with the heartbreaking duty of escorting her husband’s body to his motherland, the last wish of a dying man. The HERETIC, who rose to prominence with his fierce and unyielding books, praised and beloved by an entire...

The Valentine House

The Valentine House
  • Author(s): Emma Henderson
  • Location(s): French Alps, Geneva
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1914 - 1976

In 1914, Sir Anthony Valentine builds a chalet high up in the French Alps and every summer les rosbifs arrive, to the benefit of the curious locals who work for them. For Mathilde, one of the domestic ‘uglies’ chosen...

The Value of Nothing

The Value of Nothing
  • Author(s): John Tagholm
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Youssef Tigha lives in a makeshift camp in the centre of Paris. He’s twelve years old. An Arab. Michael Finistere is a financier with several homes. Chance, or fate, brings the migrant and the multi-millionaire together. For one of...

The View Was Exhausting

The View Was Exhausting
  • Author(s): Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta
  • Location(s): St Tropez (Saint-Tropez)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The epic love story of the summer. Whitman ‘Win’ Tagore and Leo Milanowski are the greatest love story of our time. International movie star meets the beautiful son of a millionaire. Their kisses write headlines and their fights break...

The Viking Hostage

The Viking Hostage
  • Author(s): Tracey Warr
  • Location(s): France, Wales
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 10th century

The Viking Hostage is set in late 10th century France and Wales, and tells the stories of three women living through turbulent power struggles across Europe, Viking raids, and fears of The End of Time. Sigrid is a Norwegian...

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