Blogs in January 1970

Hidden in Paris 1st January 1970

In a tale of friendship, self-discovery and love, three women running away from their lives become unlikely friends in a beautiful house in the heart of Paris. Lost in France, a country she mistrusts, among French people she hardly...

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Encore Valentine 1st January 1970

This is the same book as Brava, Valentine. Meet the Roncalli and Angelini families, artisans of handcrafted shoes in Greenwich Village since 1903. Valentine’s dreams are dashed when her grandmother names her brother and nemesis Alfred her partner at...

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Trade Winds 1st January 1970

The protagonists of the story Jess van Sandt, Killian Kinross and their family and friends are all fictitious. But the story is based around the Swedish East India Company’s first journey to China in 1732

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On the Island 1st January 1970

When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a summer job tutoring T.J. Callahan at his family’s holiday home in the Maldives, she accepts without hesitation: a tropical island beats the library any day. T.J. has no desire to...

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French Lessons 1st January 1970

The only thing that lasts is love, even when it’s gone. Three French tutors meet at a small café that spills out onto the sunny Parisian backstreet of Rue du Paradis. Nico, Philippe and Chantal meet here every Wednesday...

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