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Little Culinary Triumphs

Little Culinary Triumphs
  • Author(s): Pascal Pujol
  • Location(s): Montmartre
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Sandrine Cordier works in an office, but her daily routine is in no way as dull. Sandrine is a volcanic woman, full of ideas and energy, and a world-class cook who wants to open her own restaurant. An opportunity...

Luncheon of the Boating Party

Luncheon of the Boating Party
  • Author(s): Susan Vreeland
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th Century

This is the story set in the days of Renoir, based on the painting by him, of the same name as the title of the book. Renoir struggles with poverty and recognition of his work. All this bound into...

Marie

Marie
  • Author(s): Madeleine Bourdouxhe
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur), Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

A sensual and joyful story of desire and independence in 1930s Paris. Set among the bustling train stations and narrow rues of 1930s Paris, where the threat of war already hangs in the air, Marie is a hypnotically powerful novel about...

Mastering the Art of French Eating

Mastering the Art of French Eating
  • Author(s): Ann Mah
  • Location(s): France, Paris
  • Era(s): Modern

Mastering the Art of French Eating The memoir of a young diplomat’s wife who must reinvent her dream of living in Paris–one dish at a time. When journalist Ann Mah’s diplomat husband’s given a three-year assignment in Paris, Ann’s...

Mata Hari

Mata Hari
  • Author(s): Michelle Moran
  • Location(s): Europe, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

From the international bestselling author of Nefertiti comes a captivating novel about the infamous Mata Hari, exotic dancer, adored courtesan, and, possibly, infamous spy. Paris, 1917. The notorious dancer Mata Hari sits in a cold cell awaiting freedom . . ....

Meet Me in Paris

Meet Me in Paris
  • Author(s): Juliette Sobanet
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

What does a romance novelist do when she loses her own happily ever after? Take a lover and travel to Paris, obviously. Or at least this is what Juliette Sobanet did upon making the bold, heart-wrenching decision to divorce...

Men Don’t Cry

Men Don’t Cry
  • Author(s): Faïza Guène, Sarah Ardizzone (Translator)
  • Location(s): Paris, Nice
  • Genre(s): Coming of Age, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Is it possible to make your own path in the world while upholding your family legacy? That’s the question at the heart of this tender and poignant coming-of-age story from the widely-acclaimed author of Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow. Born in...

Murder in Pigalle

Murder in Pigalle
  • Author(s): Cara Black
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Private Investigator Aime Leduc has been trying to slow down her hectic lifestyle, take on only computer security assignments and maybe try to learn how to cook (quelle catastrophe!). She’s vowed not to let herself get involved in any...

Murder in the Latin Quarter

Murder in the Latin Quarter
  • Author(s): Cara Black
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

A Haitian woman arrives at the office of Leduc Detective and announces that she is Aimée’s sister, her father’s illegitimate daughter. Aimée is thrilled. A virtual orphan since her mother’s disappearance and her father’s death, she has always wanted...

Murder in the Palais Royal

Murder in the Palais Royal
  • Author(s): Cara Black
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Just as Aime is about to leave for New York City to follow up on a lead about a man who might be her brother, her partner in Leduc Detective, Ren Friant, is wounded by a near-fatal gunshot. Eyewitnesses...

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