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A Perfect Vintage

A Perfect Vintage
  • Author(s): Chelsea Fagan
  • Location(s): Loire Valley (Vallée de la Loire)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lea Mortimer has everything under control. As a highly sought-after consultant specializing in transforming dilapidated French country estates into boutique hotels, she relishes her freedom as a single, childfree woman. And her life is full, occupied as much by...

A Pilgrimage to Eternity

A Pilgrimage to Eternity
  • Author(s): Timothy Egan
  • Location(s): England, France, Italy, Switzerland
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

At a time when Britain, America, and much of Europe have never been so secular, Timothy Egan sets out on a thousand-mile pilgrimage along an ancient route, through the theological cradle of Christianity, to explore one of the biggest...

A Place in the World

A Place in the World
  • Author(s): Amy Maroney
  • Location(s): The Pyrenees, Amsterdam, Aragon, Paris, Switzerland, The Basque Country
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Sixteenth century and modern day (dual timeline)

The secrets of the past are treacherous…and irresistible. A Renaissance-era female artist and an American scholar. Linked by a centuries-old mystery… 1505: Pregnant and reunited with the love of her life, artist Mira survives a harrowing journey to the...

A Place of Greater Safety

A Place of Greater Safety
  • Author(s): Hilary Mantel
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 19th Century

From the double Man Booker prize-winner comes an extraordinary work of historical imagination – this is Hilary Mantel’s epic novel of the French Revolution. Georges-Jacques Danton: zealous, energetic and debt-ridden. Maximilien Robespierre: small, diligent and terrified of violence. And...

A Rose Petal Summer

A Rose Petal Summer
  • Author(s): Katie Fforde
  • Location(s): Scottish Highlands, London, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The brand new heart-warming romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Country Escape and A Secret Garden. IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO FALL IN LOVE…Caro Swanson has taken a job in a remote part of Scotland. She’s...

A Season of Surprises at the Villa des Violettes

A Season of Surprises at the Villa des Violettes
  • Author(s): Patricia Sands
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur), Corsica, Provence
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

The Love in Provence characters are celebrating a glorious spring on the Côte d’Azur. There are sweet-smelling blossoms, buds bursting into bloom, explosions of golden mimosa, dazzling sunshine, a shimmering sea … and a worrying disappearance! A hidden past...

A Small Cheese in Provence

A Small Cheese in Provence
  • Author(s): Jean Gill
  • Location(s): Provence
  • Genre(s): Travelogue, Food and Drink
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Cooking with Goat Cheese ‘If I were to currently recommend a cheese book to you, I would choose this one… the photography is beautiful and there is passion in the recipes. It makes a fantastic gift.’ Samantha Milner recipes.com...

A Springtime to Remember

A Springtime to Remember
  • Author(s): Lucy Coleman
  • Location(s): Paris, Versailles
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Paris and the Palace of Versailles have always meant a lot to TV producer Lexie. Her grandma Viv spent a year there, but her adventures and memories were never discussed, and Lexie has long wondered why they were a...

A Stranger in Paris

A Stranger in Paris
  • Author(s): Karen Webb
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1990

Aberystwyth University, 1986 – and another year of torrential rain. Bad hair days and a rugby-fanatic fiancé are part of her drab existence so who can blame Karen for falling into the arms of a handsome Parisian? Hastening across...

A Summer on the Riviera

A Summer on the Riviera
  • Author(s): Rachel Barnett
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

They’re from different worlds, but for one summer their lives will suddenly collide… Bella Mason always dreamed of a life beyond her small town but never had the opportunity – until now. When she lands a job as chief...

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