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It’s not love, It’s just Paris

It’s not love, It’s just Paris
  • Author(s): Patricia Engel
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Lita finds herself in Paris to continue her education. New money versus old money and love! Lita is an outsider from an originally poor background who is trying to find her way in.

Jackdaws

Jackdaws
  • Author(s): Ken Follett
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): End of WW2

Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance attacks a chateau containing a telephone exchange vital to German communications – but the building is heavily guarded and the attack fails disastrously. Flick Clairet, a young British secret agent, proposes a...

Jigsaw

Jigsaw
  • Author(s): Sybille Bedford
  • Location(s): Europe, French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): WW1 - WW2

This book describes the childhood of Billi, a girl growing up in Europe between the wars. When her father dies, she swaps life in a run-down German chateau for an exhilarating existence with her beautiful, talented and unreliable mother...

Just a Little Dinner

Just a Little Dinner
  • Author(s): Cécile Tlili, Katherine Gregor (translator)
  • Location(s): Paris, Tunisia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Parisians behaving badly: a dinner party implodes in this darkly compelling tale, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Day. In tired, hot Paris at the end of August, a group of friends, who’d rather still be at the sea, meet...

Just for the Holidays

Just for the Holidays
  • Author(s): Sue Moorcroft
  • Location(s): Alsace
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The #1 bestselling author returns for summer! Grab your sun hat, a cool glass of wine, and the only book you need on holiday… In theory, nothing could be better than a summer spent basking in the French sun....

Kill Shot

Kill Shot
  • Author(s): Vince Flynn
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

For months, Mitch Rapp has been steadily working his way through a list of the men responsible for the slaughter of 270 civilians including his own girlfriend in the Pan Am Lockerbie bombing – bullet by bullet. His next...

L’Auberge

L’Auberge
  • Author(s): Julia Stagg
  • Location(s): The Pyrenees
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
  • Era(s): Modern

The small commune of Fogas in the French Pyrenees has been thrown into turmoil by the revelation that the Auberge des Deux Vallées has been bought by an English couple and not by the Mayor’s brother-in-law as had been...

Lady at the Lodge

Lady at the Lodge
  • Author(s): Graham Ley
  • Location(s): Brittany
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): Napoleonic

This is the third novel in the saga of the Wentworth family. Rumours of a planned French invasion of Britain in 1796 have reached the British government. Amid the uncertainty, the Anglo-Breton Wentworth family continue to move forward with...

Lessons in French

Lessons in French
  • Author(s): Hilary Reyl
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Late 1980s

First love: first heartbreak. First job: first nightmare boss. A seductive coming-of-age tale set in the most romantic city on earth. Fresh out of university and determined to dream big, Kate can hardly believe her luck when she lands...

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...

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