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The Italian Teacher

The Italian Teacher
  • Author(s): Tom Rachman
  • Location(s): Rome, London, New York City (NYC), The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1955

Rome, 1955 The artists are gathering together for a photograph. In one of Rome’s historic villas, a party glitters with socialites and patrons. Bear Bavinsky, creator of vast, masculine, meaty canvases, is their god. He is at the centre...

The Light Behind the Window

The Light Behind the Window
  • Author(s): Lucinda Riley
  • Location(s): Paris, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s, WW2

This novel is the same book as The Lavender Garden The present: Emilie de la Martiniéres has always fought against her aristocratic background, but after the death of her glamorous, distant mother, she finds herself alone in the world...

The Mysteries of Udolpho

The Mysteries of Udolpho
  • Author(s): Ann Radcliffe
  • Location(s): The Appenines, The Pyrenees
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): Late 1950s

`Her present life appeared like the dream of a distempered imagination, or like one of those frightful fictions, in which the wild genius of the poets sometimes delighted. Rreflections brought only regret, and anticipation terror.’ Such is the state...

The Olive Farm

The Olive Farm
  • Author(s): Carol Drinkwater
  • Location(s): Le Cannet, Provence
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

“All my life, I have dreamed of acquiring a crumbling, shabby-chic house overlooking the sea. In my mind’s eye, I have pictured a corner of paradise where friends can gather to swim, relax, debate, eat fresh fruits picked directly...

The Riviera House Swap

The Riviera House Swap
  • Author(s): Gillian Harvey
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Nina has always played it safe. But when her divorce papers come through on her fortieth birthday she decides enough is enough. She’s always chosen the sensible route, staying in her stable job and marrying her rather boring ex....

The Silent Land

The Silent Land
  • Author(s): Graham Joyce
  • Location(s): The Pyrenees
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Science Fiction/Future
  • Era(s): Modern

Jake and Zoe, two people deeply in love are on a skiing holiday in the beautiful village of Saint Bernard en Haut in the French Pyrenees when they are suddenly engulfed in a avalanche. What follows is utterly disconcerting...

The St. Tropez Lonely Hearts Club

The St. Tropez Lonely Hearts Club
  • Author(s): Joan Collins
  • Location(s): St Tropez (Saint-Tropez)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Contessa Carlotta di Ponti, stunningly beautiful and filthy rich, has finally escaped her abusive marriage and is looking to find true love in St. Tropez. The party season kicks off with a spectacular bash at billionaire Harry Silver’s palatial...

The Winner Stands Alone

The Winner Stands Alone
  • Author(s): Paulo Coelho
  • Location(s): Cannes
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

The Winner Stands Alone is the enthralling new novel by the incomparable Paulo Coelho. The story is set during the Cannes International Film Festival and the entire action plays out over 24 hours. Igor is a wealthy Russian businessman....

The Winter Ghosts

The Winter Ghosts
  • Author(s): Kate Mosse
  • Location(s): The Pyrenees
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1920s onwards

1928 – Frederick Watson crashes his car in a snowstorm in the foothills of the Pyrenees. He believes he hears a woman’s voice: ‘The Winter Ghosts’. He abandons his car and walks down the hillside path to the small...

There’s Something About St Tropez

There’s Something About St Tropez
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Adler
  • Location(s): St Tropez (Saint-Tropez)
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Sunny Alvarez’s life is looking decidedly bleak. For what seems like the umpteenth time, her perennial fiance, TV celebrity detective Mac Reilly, has postponed their wedding in favor of a demanding case. Tired of playing second banana to Mac’s...

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