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L’Origine

L’Origine
  • Author(s): Lilianne Milgrom
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Erotica, Historical
  • Era(s): From 1866 onwards

The Secret Life of the World’s Most Erotic Masterpiece FIRST PLACE WINNER FOR ADULT FICTION 2021 INDIEREADER DISCOVERY AWARDS   SHORTLISTED FOR US 2021 SELFIES BEST FICTION   FORWARD REVIEWS BEST BOOK PUBLISHED IN 2020 FINALIST   INDIEBRAG MEDALLION...

Lean on Me

Lean on Me
  • Author(s): Serge Joncour
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When a flock of crows invades their apartment block, Parisian neighbours Aurore and Ludovic speak for the first time. Outwardly the fashion designer and debt collector share little in common, but they both lead isolated lives, she in a...

Little

Little
  • Author(s): Edward Carey
  • Location(s): Paris, Bern, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 18th century

“There is a space between life and death: it’s called waxworks” The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals alike, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. In 1761,...

Love is Blind

Love is Blind
  • Author(s): William Boyd
  • Location(s): Paris, Edinburgh, St Petersburg (Leningrad)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 19th & early 20th centuries

This is William Boyd’s sweeping, heart-stopping new novel. Set at the end of the 19th century, it follows the fortunes of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish musician, about to embark on the story of his life. When Brodie is...

Madam, Will You Talk?

Madam, Will You Talk?
  • Author(s): Mary Stewart
  • Location(s): Provence
  • Genre(s): Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): 1950s

A young woman on a holiday in Provence befriends a lonely boy, and is unwittingly drawn into his family’s intrigues. A cat and mouse chase leads from Avignon to Les Baux to Marseille, as she attempts to unravel the...

Margot

Margot
  • Author(s): Lisa De Castro
  • Location(s): Corsica
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Current time

Margot has gifted herself with a vacation to Corsica—the fulfillment of a promise made to herself long ago. And she must admit she’s enjoying the solitude that traveling alone brings, even if the indulgence prompts a guilty twinge or...

Meet Me in Monaco

Meet Me in Monaco
  • Author(s): Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly’s whirlwind romance and glamourous wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader on an evocative sun-drenched journey along...

Paris Echo

Paris Echo
  • Author(s): Sebastian Faulks
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Here is Paris as you have never seen it before – a city in which every building seems to hold the echo of an unacknowledged past, the shadows of Vichy and Algeria. American postdoctoral researcher Hannah and runaway Moroccan...

PARIS NIGHTS MY YEAR AT THE MOULIN ROUGE

PARIS NIGHTS MY YEAR AT THE MOULIN ROUGE
  • Author(s): Cliff Simon, Loren Stephens
  • Location(s): Paris, South Africa, Sweden
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1989-1990

“ holds a loving regard for both Africa and Paris, expounding on the various riches of both lands… the Paris lights and what they bestowed upon the author will mesmerize the reader.” —Manhattan Book Review Little did Cliff...

Quiet Corners of Paris: Unexpected Hideaways, Secret Courtyards, Hidden Gardens

Quiet Corners of Paris: Unexpected Hideaways, Secret Courtyards, Hidden Gardens
  • Author(s): Jean-Christophe Napais
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Quiet Corners of Paris is a beautifully illustrated peek into eighty-one often overlooked, always beautiful, locales: hidden villas, winding lanes, little-known 19th-century passages, serene gardens, and cobblestone courtyards. Some of the places have breathtaking views, others are filled with...

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