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The Secrets We Hide

The Secrets We Hide
  • Author(s): Patricia Sands
  • Location(s): Japan, Corsica, Hawai'i, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950 - 2012

The deep traditions and values of Kaito Tanaka’s Japanese heritage are severely tested when he returns home to Honolulu from duty in Vietnam to find his wife Hana in the grip of progressive mental health challenges. As Hana’s condition...

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 Vineyard

The Vineyard
  • Author(s): Karen Aldous
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi), Kent
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It’s been five years, and Lizzie Lambert has decided it’s time to try to make things right with her estranged mother. She’s made a success of things in Cannes, she’s bringing up a lovely little boy on her own,...

The Wedding Night

The Wedding Night
  • Author(s): Harriet Walker
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Lizzie calls off her wedding in the south of France only a week before the big day, not even her closest friends know why. But since the chateau is already paid for, they figure it’s the perfect place...

Three O’Clock in the Morning

Three O’Clock in the Morning
  • Author(s): Gianrico Carofiglio
  • Location(s): Marseilles (Marseille)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

A coming-of-age novel—a heady union of Before Sunrise and Beautiful Ruins—about a father and his teenage son who are forced to spend two sleepless nights exploring the city of Marseilles, a journey of unexpected adventure and profound discovery that...

Total Chaos

Total Chaos
  • Author(s): Jean-Claude Izzo, Howard Curtis (Translator)
  • Location(s): Marseilles (Marseille)
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction, Noir
  • Era(s): Contemporary

(Marseilles Trilogy, 1) Fabio Montale is the perfect protagonist in this city of melancholy beauty. A disenchanted cop with an inimitable talent for living who turns his back on a police force marred by corruption and racism and, in...

Under a Riviera Moon

Under a Riviera Moon
  • Author(s): Helen McGinn
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur), New York City (NYC), Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemorary

When a heartsick Maggie is sent on an errand by her mother to Cannes, she is keen to get it over with as quickly as possible. She has been tasked with collecting a treasured box of photos from her...

Vianne

Vianne
  • Author(s): Joanne Harris
  • Location(s): Marseilles (Marseille), France, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Secrets. Chocolate. A touch of magic… On the evening of July 4th, Sylviane Rochas scatters her mother’s ashes in New York and lets the changing wind blow her to the French seaside town of Marseille. For the first time...

Villa of Second Chances

Villa of Second Chances
  • Author(s): Jennifer Bohnet
  • Location(s): Antibes
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Run by sisters Rebecca and Delphine, Villa Sesame is a popular venue for small intimate weddings on the sparkling French Riviera. Beautiful terraces and a horizon pool overlook the Mediterranean, a setting where dreams come true. When recently widowed...

Villa of Sun and Secrets

Villa of Sun and Secrets
  • Author(s): Jennifer Bohnet
  • Location(s): Antibes
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Carla Sullivan’s 50th birthday is fast approaching when her whole world is turned upside down. Discovering her feckless husband is having yet another affair and following her mother’s death, she is in need of an escape. Finding an envelope...

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