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French Coast

French Coast
  • Author(s): Anita Hughes
  • Location(s): Cannes
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Serena has the job she’s always dreamed of and Chase, the man her heart never dared to. As a new editor at Vogue, she bags the biggest interview of the year with Yvette Renault, the infamous former editor of...

French Illusions: My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley

French Illusions: My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley
  • Author(s): Linda Kovic-Skow
  • Location(s): Loire Valley (Vallée de la Loire)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Late 20th century

***Bronze Medal Winner in the Non-Fiction – Travel category at the 2014 Readers’ Favorite Book Award Contest*** Most lies are told with the expectation that no one will uncover them. When I was twenty-one I told a monumental and...

House on the Bridge: Ten Turbulent Years with Diego Rivera

House on the Bridge: Ten Turbulent Years with Diego Rivera
  • Author(s): Sharon Upp
  • Location(s): London, Paris, Spain
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1910s

This is story of Diego Rivera’s first wife, Angeline Beloff, an artist from pre-revolutionary Russia and her relationship with him in, part set in Belle Époque Paris.

How to Keep Well in Wartime

How to Keep Well in Wartime
  • Author(s): Jody Cooksley
  • Location(s): Norfolk, France, London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1915 to 1993

Emily needs friends. Outwardly successful, about to get married, inside she is scared and grieving. When an accident reveals a relative she never knew existed, everything changes. Jim has buried his life in a mundane job at the Ministry...

I’ll Keep You Safe

I’ll Keep You Safe
  • Author(s): Peter May
  • Location(s): Isle of Lewis, Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A stunning standalone thriller from Peter May, alternating between the glamorous fashion world of Paris and the rugged beauty of the Isle of Harris. WHATEVER HAPPENS Niamh and Ruairidh Macfarlane co-own the Hebridean company Ranish Tweed. On a business...

In Foreign Fields: How Not To Move To France

In Foreign Fields: How Not To Move To France
  • Author(s): Susie Kelly
  • Location(s): South West France
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

Susie and Terry dream of living in France. The dream comes true, but not in the way they had imagined. Yes, the countryside is spacious and peaceful. On summer nights the stars skim the rooftops, the owls hoot and...

Isabelle in the Afternoon

Isabelle in the Afternoon
  • Author(s): Douglas Kennedy
  • Location(s): Paris, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Later 20th Century

Before Isabelle I knew nothing of sex. Before Isabelle I knew nothing of freedom. Before Isabelle I knew nothing of life. Paris in the early Seventies. Sam, an American student, meets a woman in a bookshop. Isabelle is enigmatic,...

Jacquot and the Waterman

Jacquot and the Waterman
  • Author(s): Martin O'Brien
  • Location(s): Marseilles (Marseille)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Set in the South of France, the first in the Jacquot series follows Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot’s investigation into a series of disturbing killings, where the female victims are always left submerged in water. Ex-French National Rugby Squad player...

Last Chance in the Pyrenees

Last Chance in the Pyrenees
  • Author(s): Julia Stagg
  • Location(s): The Pyrenees
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

No 5 in the Fogas series When tragedy strikes the small mountain village of Fogas in the French Pyrenees, the residents must once more rally round to protect their precious way of life – and this time the stakes...

Love Among the Recipes

Love Among the Recipes
  • Author(s): Carol M Cram
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2017

Paris may be for lovers, but cookbook author Genna McGraw is definitely not looking for love. She’s looking for escape and she’s looking for a good runny Brie to pair with a smooth Bordeaux. Where better than Paris? In...

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