France et Moi with author Carrie Parker

Welcome to ‘France et Moi’ where this week as part of the Brook Cottage Books virtual tour for her novel A Château for Sale, I am talking to author Carrie Parker about what France means to her. You can read my review of A Château for Sale here.

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Carrie Parker

Born in Yorkshire, Carrie graduated from the University of London with a degree in chemistry and no idea of a career.  An extended road trip across Europe and as far east as Iran convinced her that the career had to involve travelling the world.  After a brief spell as a sub editor in London, she was off on her travels again, this time to New Zealand.  Returning to the UK a few years later, via south-east Asia, she began a career in overseas development which lasted for over 20 years and took her all over the world.  On the first of many working trips to India she met her husband and in the late 1990s they moved to south west France. After returning to the UK they settled in East Sussex, for several years splitting their time between East Sussex and Crete. 

An avid reader from childhood, writing has always been an important part of her work.  Whilst in Crete she started to write fiction.  Her first novel 'A Château for Sale' was published in early 2017.  Her second novel is set in New Zealand and Crete and she is aiming to publish it early in 2018.

Firstly, I think France is a special place and it is famed for many things including its cheese, wine and diverse holiday locations plus, dare I say it strikes and dog poo littered streets. What do you think makes France so very unique and ‘French’?

Carrie: To me what makes France unique is no one thing but the whole package: the beautiful countryside; the outdoor markets, particularly the wonderful fruit and veg; the charming villages and small towns; the cafés, all with their terrasse.  Drive through any village and you'll see (and smell) the boulangerie and almost always see a couple of gentlemen of a certain age (often wearing blue overalls and berets!) in animated conversation, gesticulating enthusiastically, baguette under one arm…..I could go on!

2) What is your favourite memory of a trip to France?

Carrie: My best memory of a trip to France is driving out of Caen at 5am on our first house-hunting trip.  We'd come over on the ferry the previous evening, arriving quite late at night to stay in a hotel to get some rest before the long drive south.  But we were just too excited and as soon as it was light we were in the car and on our way.  Driving through the silent, sleeping, villages and countryside in the early dawn was pure magic and the feeling of excitement and anticipation of life in France will stay with us both forever.

A Chateau for Sale

3) You lived in south west France, where your novel A Château For Sale is set, what was the best thing about being immersed in French life and the scariest thing?

Carrie: The best thing about being immersed in French life was just that - feeling truly part of rural France, not just a tourist.  The scariest thing, certainly in the early months of living there, was receiving a telephone call from a rapid French speaker!

4) Can you tell us how living in France inspired writing A Château For Sale?

Carrie: The inspiration for my writing tends to come from places that I know well.  I love the French countryside and its beautiful buildings, from the smallest cottages to the most sumptuous of châteaux.  The château in 'A Château for Sale' is a real place, as are the villages of Fromac and St Geniès.  In common with most authors, I enjoy observing people, and, although all my characters are fictitious, they are inspired by people I met whilst living in France.

5) If money and commitments were no object would you be tempted to buy a château in France to renovate? Where in France would it be?

Carrie: Yes, definitely!  It would be an old, isolated Cathar castle on a hilltop in the deep south.

6) Every region in France has it’s own culinary specialty, do you have a favourite regional dish?

Carrie: As a vegetarian, the savoury regional dishes of the south west were a bit of a challenge!  However, I think my favourite dish is the lovely walnut tart - tarte aux noix de Quercy.  (Or maybe a glass of the black wine of Cahors!).

7) What is your favourite thing to buy in a Boulangerie/Patisserie?

Carrie: Still definitely the classics - pain au chocolat and a baguette or a ficelle.

8) France has many different cheeses, a silly question, but which French cheese are you? A hard and mature Tome, a soft, fresh and lively goat cheese, the creamy and rich Camembert or maybe the salty and serious Roquefort?

Carrie: I can agree if you are suggesting my novel is a bit cheesey in parts…..for myself, I'd say Saint Agur….quite soft and smooth but with a subtle bit of sharpness and spice!

9) Imagine you are sitting outside a French café at 10.00am on a sunny morning watching the world go by, what do you order from the waiter?

Carrie: I'm a traditionalist.  It would be un café:  black, strong, and served in a proper white porcelain cup and saucer.

10) I’m a big fan of the French apero habit; can you describe your perfect French apero for us, including the drink, the nibbles, the location and the company?

Carrie: Warm summer evening, on the terrasse with the neighbours, cold rosé wine, pain de campagne, caviar d'aubergines, olives, some tiny cornichons, a few slivers of Tomme, Comté……would you like to join us?

Yes please, I’m on my way. Thank you for taking the time to answer some questions about France and you. I really enjoyed A Château for Sale (see my review here) and best of luck with your new novel too.

You can follow Carrie on her Facebook page here and find her on Goodreads here. A Château for Sale is available in paperback and ebook format and if you are looking for something a little bit different for your summer reading, this book is for you. Links to Amazon can be found below.




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Book review and giveaway of Honeymoon in Paris by Juliette Sobanet

Today I am taking part in a virtual book tour and giveaway via France Book Tours for Juliette Sobanet’s latest novel Honeymoon in Paris (A Paris Romance) and I am delighted to have two ebook copies of this book to giveaway anywhere in the world. To enter just email Frenchvillagediaries@gmail.com with Honeymoon in Paris as the email subject before 14^th January. Good luck. PLEASE NOTE THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW FINISHED

Synopsis: The sassy heroine of Sleeping with Paris is back! And this time, chocolate-covered French wedding bells are in the air . . .
It’s only been a month since Charlotte Summers reunited with her sexy French boyfriend, Luc Olivier, and he has already made her the proposal of a lifetime: a mad dash to the altar in the fairytale town of Annecy. Without hesitation, Charlotte says au revoir to single life and oui to a lifetime of chocolate in bed with Luc. She’s madly in love, and Luc is clearly the one, so what could possibly go wrong?
 As it turns out, quite a lot . . .
On the heels of their drama-filled nuptials in the French Alps, Luc whisks Charlotte away to Paris for a luxurious honeymoon. But just as they are settling into a sheet-ripping, chocolate-induced haze, a surprise appearance by Luc’s drop-dead gorgeous ex-wife brings the festivities to a halt. Luc never told Charlotte that his ex was a famous French actress, or that she was still in love with him. Add to that Charlotte’s new role as step-mom to Luc’s tantrum-throwing daughter, a humiliating debacle in the French tabloids, and the threat of losing her coveted position at the language school—and Charlotte fears she may have tied the French knot a little too quickly.

Determined to keep her independence and her sanity, Charlotte seeks out a position at Bella magazine’s new France office while working on a sassy guidebook to French marriage. But when Luc’s secret past threatens Charlotte’s career and their future together, Charlotte must take matters into her own hands. Armed with chocolate, French wine, and a few fabulous girlfriends by her side, Charlotte navigates the tricky waters of marriage, secrets, ex-wives, and a demanding career all in a foreign country where she quickly realizes, she never truly learned the rules.

My review

Charlotte Summers, the heroine of the delicious chick lit novel Sleeping with Paris, is back and has been whisked down the aisle and married her Half-Naked French Hottie, Luc. We join them enjoying the life of luxury on honeymoon in Paris before they return to Lyon to take up teaching positions and settle into married life. However all is not the wedded bliss she thought it would be as she begins to discover secrets Luc has kept from her, including the identity of his ex-wife and Mother of his four-year-old daughter. She realises she doesn’t actually know much about Luc’s past and at each turn she seems to bump into high-profile, shady characters Luc is unwilling to discuss with her. Having led her best friends into a scandal and desperate for answers to put things right, she is left to turn detective alone. Has Charlotte just made the biggest mistake of her life? Is her new husband all she thought he was? Is her new life going to be at all how she thought it would be?

Anyone who has read any of Juliette’s other novels will recognise her unique style, her mouth-watering pastry descriptions and fun twists, turns and surprises. There were times when Charlottes over-explaining of her reasons annoyed me a little, but this was just a minor niggle in an otherwise exciting novel that had some nail-biting moments. It was lovely to be back in one of Juliette's novels and yet again she leaves me wanting a visit to Lyon, complete with chocolate croissants, chocolate fondant and chocolates. Although I recommend reading Sleeping with Paris, it isn’t necessary to have read it to enjoy this book.

Juliette Sobanet

About the author

Juliette Sobanet earned a B.A. from Georgetown University and an M.A. from New York University in France, living and studying in both Lyon and Paris. She worked as a French professor before turning a new page in her career, penning romantic women’s fiction with a French twist. She is the author of Sleeping with Paris (A Paris Romance) , Kissed in Paris (A Paris Romance) , Midnight Train to Paris (A Paris Time Travel Romance) , Dancing with Paris (A Paris Time Travel Romance) , and Honeymoon in Paris (A Paris Romance) . Today she lives in San Diego, where she devotes her time to writing and dreaming about her next trip to France.

You can read my reviews of Sleeping with Paris here, Kissed in Paris here and Dancing with Paris here. Also my France et Moi interview with Juliette here and her guest post for me here. 

You can also find Juliette at her website here, on Facebook here and on Twitter here.

This book is published by Amazon Publishing/Montlake Romance and is available from Amazon worldwide and the link to Amazon UK is below.

http://francebooktours.com/2013/11/25/juliette-sobanet-on-tour-honeymoon-in-paris/

Book review and giveaway of Taking Root in Provence

Taking Root in Provence

Today I am taking part in a virtual tour and giveaway in association with France Book Tours for the novel Taking Root in Provence by Anne-Marie Simmons. To enter the giveaway for a paperback copy of this book please email frenchvillagediaries@gmail.com with Taking Root in Provence as the email subject. This is a worldwide giveaway open to anyone. The winner will be the first name drawn on 3^rd December 2013, good luck.

Synopsis:

Two expatriates left Washington DC in search of the ideal place to retire where climate, culture, accessibility and natural beauty all had a role to play. Curious about the vaunted quality of life in the south of France, they traveled the length and width of Provence where, preferring the city to the countryside, they decided to settle in the ancient town of Aix-en-Provence. That was in 1998 and Taking Root in Provence is the story of their slow integration into the French mainstream — both easier and more difficult than expected but ultimately successful.

In a series of vignettes Anne-Marie Simons gives us a warts-and-all picture of life among the French and with warmth and humor shares her lessons learned. Contrary to most publications about Provence, this book focuses on life in the city rather than the quiet countryside, and promises to be both informative and revealing to those who want to spend more than a passing holiday here.

My Review:

I have to admit to becoming totally absorbed in this gentle read that draws you into discovering a new life in Provence. I have new places I now want to visit and certainly fêtes and festivals I want to experience. Who knew there were so many fêtes to be celebrated in one smallish area of France? It was great to have an insider guide to so many cultural events and shows just how well Anne-Marie and her husband have integrated into the area. I did feel that my little corner of Poitou-Charentes is most definitely lacking in the fête department. 

This book is not just an exploration of a beautiful part of France, but a thoughtful look at the people they meet too, whether new friends and neigbours or market traders happy to share a recipe or advice on cooking the produce. France, the French and some of their unique characteristics are explained with a touch of humour from the author’s perspective in this book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading.

I also loved the recipes from her husband Oscar, which include some real Provancal delicacies, and I will be giving the pissaladière a try, as it is one of my favourites. This book really does have a little bit of everything from food, to people, to discovering an area and it’s traditions.

Anne-Marie Simons

About the author:

Anne-Marie Simons has worked as a translator, teacher, journalist, sportswriter (covering Formula 1 races), and director of corporate communications.

Her Argentine husband, Oscar, left a career in international development banking to become an expert on Provençal cooking and other local pleasures. You can find Anne-Marie at her website, blog, Facebook and Goodreads. Taking Root in Provence is published by Distinction Press and is available in paperback and ebook format. Links to Amazon are below. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway to be in with a chance of winning your own paperback copy of this book.

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Book review of Dancing With Paris by Juliette Sobanet

This week for Book Worm Wednesday I am taking part in a virtual book tour and giveaway via France Book Tours for Juliette Sobanet’s latest novel Dancing with Paris (A Paris Time Travel Romance) and I am delighted to have three ebook copies of this book to giveaway. To enter just email Frenchvillagediaries@gmail.com with Dancing with Paris as the email subject before 14^th August. Good luck. THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW FINISHED

Dancing with Paris Synopsis

In Paris, a past life promises a second chance at love.

Straitlaced marriage therapist Claudia Davis had a plan—and it definitely did not involve getting pregnant from a one-night stand or falling for a gorgeous French actor. She thinks her life can’t possibly get more complicated. But when Claudia takes a tumble in her grandmother’s San Diego dance studio, she awakens in 1950s Paris in the body of Ruby Kerrigan, the glamorous star of a risqué cabaret—and the number-one suspect in the gruesome murder of a fellow dancer. As past lives go, it’s a doozy…especially when an encounter with a handsome and mysterious French doctor ignites a fire in Claudia’s sinfully beautiful new body.

But time, for all its twists and turns, is not on her side: Claudia has just five days to unmask the true killer, clear Ruby’s name, and return to the twenty-first century. To do so, she must make an impossible choice, one that will change the course of both of her lives forever.

-Amount of sex/violence: This book is a romance novel with time travel and murder mystery elements. There are two sex scenes and a few light murder scenes in the novel. There is a great deal of description of 1950s Paris as well.

            

My review

Life for Claudia in modern day Los Angeles is complex. Her father was killed when she was a child, an event she will never get over and one her mother still seems to blame her for. She discovers the father of her unborn child is already married, then that her sexy dance partner (with whom sparks fly) has also just got engaged. After a fall she wakes up to find life is about to get more complex than ever. Claudia finds herself in Paris, in 1959, and in the body of a dancer called Ruby, who is a past life version of herself. She has been given the task to put right some wrongs, but the consequences of her actions will have a lasting impact on Ruby’s life, Claudia’s life and the lives of those around her. With a foggy memory of events and little guidance, can she make better decisions this time around?

This is one of those books that keeps leading you in different directions so you have no idea where it will be when it ends, although happily ever after is what you keep hoping for, but is that possible for both Ruby and for Claudia? I loved Juliette’s descriptions of Paris and as in her previous novels her love of the city shines through. Time travel and romance entwined across the ages is not an easy subject to write about and make it seem believable, but from the beginning I was intrigued enough to keep reading and it worked for me. Juliette never fails to deliver on the girlie romance side of things.

Juliette Sobanet earned a B.A. from Georgetown University and an M.A. from New York University in France, living and studying in both Lyon and Paris. She worked as a French professor before turning a new page in her career, penning romantic women’s fiction with a French twist. She is the author of Sleeping with Paris (A Paris Romance) , Kissed in Paris (A Paris Romance) , Midnight Train to Paris (A Paris Time Travel Romance) , Dancing with Paris (A Paris Time Travel Romance)  and the upcoming Honeymoon in Paris (A Paris Romance) . Today she lives with her husband and two cats in San Diego, where she devotes her time to writing and dreaming about her next trip to France. You can read my reviews of Juliette’s first two books here and here and my France et Moi interview with her here.

This book is published by Amazon Publishing/Montlake Romance and is available from Amazon worldwide and the link to Amazon UK is below.

Website: www.juliettesobanet.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJulietteSobanet

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JulietteSobanet

Book review and giveaway of The Promise of Provence by Patricia Sands

This week sees the Tour de France arrive in Nice and begin making their way through Provence towards the Pyrenees, a beautiful part of France. It is therefore a fantastic coincidence I am taking part in a virtual book tour via France Book Tours for the novel The Promise of Provence by Patricia Sands. What is even more of a coincidence is that cycling is a passion for the main character Katherine and the book contains some lovely descriptive passages of cycling in Provence – this book was a dream!

The Promise of Provence Synopsis

June in Provence is full of promise when Katherine arrives from Canada, eager to feel renewed by her surroundings. Endless rows of lavender prepare to burst into pink and purple blooms. Fields of sunflowers flow in golden waves among vineyards and olive groves overlooked by ancient hilltop villages. It’s the postcard setting she envisioned, but is that all she needs?

After a year of heartbreak, Katherine has impulsively agreed to a home exchange in the south of France. Colorful locals, a yellow lab named Picasso, and the inspiring beauty of the countryside breathe new life into her days.

Seeking to shed the pain of betrayal and loss, she struggles to recapture her joie de vivre and searches for the answer to a haunting question: is it too late to begin again?

My review

I found this book had quite a bleak, dark start with lots of hurt and unhappiness both in Katherine's life and in the discoveries she made of her parents lives before they arrived in Canada. I normally like my books to lift my spirit from the off, although as I found the little side story with its snippet of World War II history quite fascinating all was forgiven.

This book really takes off when Katherine arrives in Provence on what was to become a voyage of rediscovering herself. Patricia takes you to the south of France with it’s hint of romance and her descriptions of the area, the markets and food were superb and I found she really brought Provence to life for me. The passion in this book, of Katherine’s love of cycling, photography and France were really strong features and the story lingered in my mind after I finished reading it. Patricia has also given me a few more locations to add to my Must See list. I really wasn’t ready to put it down when it finished so I’m very glad to hear there will be a sequel.

This book is published through CreateSpace and is available from Amazon worldwide and the link to Amazon UK is below.

I am really pleased that Patricia will be talking about her love of France for my France et Moi feature this week, so please do join us again on Friday.

The winner of the giveaway for THE SUMMER OF FRANCE picked out over aperos by my Mum last night, was Marika. To enter this weeks giveaway to win an ebook copy of The Promise of Provence just email FrenchVillageDiaries@gmail.com with the subject of The Promise of Provence and one lucky winner will be picked out by my Dad next Wednesday evening, over aperos for their last night with us.

France et Moi with author Paulita Kincer

The Summer of France

Welcome to ‘France et Moi’ where this week I’m taking part in a virtual book tour organized by FranceBookTours to help give a shout out to THE SUMMER OF FRANCE by Paulita Kincer. I read this novel set in Provence earlier in the year and really enjoyed it, and you can read my review here. If you would like to enter a giveaway to win an ebook copy of this great summer read just email FrenchVillageDiaries@gmail.com with The Summer of France as the email subject. The winner will be the first name pulled out of a hat by my Mum over evening aperos on Tuedsay 2^nd July (when she arrives here on holiday).

Paulita Kincer

Today I’m talking to Paulita about what France means to her. Paulita has an M.A. in journalism from American University, has traveled to France 10 times, and still finds more to lure her back. She currently teaches college English and lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her three teenagers, two cats and one husband.

Firstly, I think France is a special place and it is famed for many things including its cheese, wine and diverse holiday locations plus, dare I say it strikes and dog poo littered streets. What do you think makes France so very unique and ‘French’?

Paulita: I’ve traveled to many different parts of France, and everywhere I go I fall for the lifestyle. I feel like I’m living in the moment when I’m in France, that each second is important: every sip of wine, every bite of food, every vivid-blue sky – not to mention the quintessential architecture and the depth of history in those charming cobblestones.

2) What is your first memory of a trip to France?

Paulita: Well, things didn’t work out so well on my first trip. I went on a college tour, one of those on a bus that visits 21 countries in 14 days, or 14 countries in 21 days. We arrived in Paris after Rome, and I had a bit of tummy trouble in Rome. I even missed the Pope!

So the first day in Paris, we went to Notre Dame and the Rome revenge continued. I had to find a bathroom – quick! The bathroom I found was a Turkish one. I stood with my feet on either side of the hole thinking, seriously? I began to believe France was not for me if the country couldn’t even provide civilized bathrooms. Luckily, experiences after that swayed me to give France another try. The next time I returned to France as an au pair for three months – one month in Corsica, another month in a country manor near Bourges and finally a month in an apartment outside Paris. Tough life, but…that trip won me over.

3) What is your favourite holiday location in France?

Paulita: I’m totally besotted by Aix en Provence. The minute I bicycle or drive into town, I feel all tension leave my body. I think I’d be content to sit in a café in Aix en Provence forever.

4) Do you speak French? If so at what level would you say you were?

Paulita: At one point, I was quite good at speaking French. I minored in it at university and, after my time as an au pair when I spent three months speaking French, I was fairly confident. I could understand and make myself understood. But now, years later, I’m barely passable. My French kicks in after a couple of days in the country, but French shopkeepers still quickly switch to English when they hear me speak. 

5) France has many different cheeses, a silly question, but which French cheese are you? A hard and mature Tome, a soft, fresh and lively goat cheese, the creamy and rich Camembert or maybe the salty and serious Roquefort?

Paulita: I like to think I’m a creamy and rich Camembert with nuances yet to be discovered, but too often I’m distracted and turn into the fresh and lively goat cheese, frolicking here and there.

6) How does France inspire your writing?

Paulita: I’ve completed three novels (only one is published at this point) and in two of them, the characters run away to France. So obviously I’m obsessed with the country. Since I’d like to run away to France, that’s where my characters go. I truly believe that the French lifestyle helps people straighten priorities. When I returned from my extended trip to France, I decided to attend graduate school. When my daughter was unsure about her college major, I sent her to France for three months. I feel like it’s almost a pilgrimage that many people could benefit from. That’s why my characters head to France to solve their life dilemmas. Plus, there’s always an opportunity to add some charming French men to the plot. 

7) In your book THE SUMMER OF FRANCE the main character Fia arrives in Provence to spend the summer running a B&B for her uncle, is this something you would like to do?

Paulita: Yes, I would love to live in France, and running a B&B seems like a viable option. My dream would be to have a writer’s retreat in the South of France.

8) Can you describe your perfect French apero for us; the drink, the nibbles, the location and the company?

Paulita: Just one? I have to say that the little restaurants along Paris’ Rue Mouffetard draw me in with their friendly owners who tempt us with free drinks if we’ll only occupy those outdoor tables, but one of my favorite meals ever happened in Equilles, France en route to Aix en Provence. So that is where I would return. The views over Provence with the rolling hills and the vineyards were spectacular. I’d want to share my apero with my husband and our French friends from Nantes who always know the history of everything in France. To drink, I’d choose a Kir Royal – champagne and crème de cassis. For nibbles, I’ve eaten something as exotic as baguette sliced into rounds, buttered and topped with caviar that burst like little bubbles in my mouth, but I’ll take a simple slice of baguette topped with a black olive or tomato tapenade.

9) If money and commitments were no object where in France would you like to own a property and what sort of place would it be?

Paulita: I’d love to live in the midst of a vineyard or olive grove near a small village outside of Aix en Provence. I picture a stone house with wide French doors that open out to a patio with a pool and a hound dog lounging nearby. My desk would face those open doors and I’d write novels while my husband walked into the village for our daily baguette before we both took a dip in the pool.

Finally do you have any current projects you would like to tell my readers about?

Paulita: I’m working on a sequel to The Summer of France, which I’m calling Autumn in Aix. But before Autumn in Aix hits the bookshelves, expect to see I See London, I See France, a women’s fiction novel about a mother who sells her minivan and uses the money to travel overseas with her three young children. She hopes to find the love of her youth, a Frenchman, bien sûr, to see how her life might have turned out differently. 

Thank you for taking the time to answer some questions about France and you.

Paulita: Thanks, Jacqui, for the interview. Such fun questions that really made me think. I hope everyone who dreams of traveling to France considers taking a trip through my novel first.

Bisous.

Paulita

You can find Paulita on her website, blog and on Facebook.  For more posts on this virtual book tour see here. To whet your appetite here is a synopsis of THE SUMMER OF FRANCE :

When Fia Jennings loses her job at the local newspaper, she dreams of bonding with her teenage twins. As she realizes she may be too late to pull her family closer, her husband pressures her to find another job to pay the increasing bills. Relief comes with a phone call from Fia’s great Uncle Martin who runs a bed and breakfast in Provence. Uncle Martin wants Fia to venture to France to run the B&B so he and his wife Lucie can travel. He doesn’t tell Fia about the secret he hid in the house after fighting in World War II, and he doesn’t mention the people who are tapping his phone and following him, hoping to find the secret.

After much cajoling, Fia whisks her family to France and is stunned when Uncle Marin and Aunt Lucie leave the same day for a Greek cruise. She’s thrown into the minutiae of running the B&B without the benefit of speaking the language. Her dreams of family bonding time fade as her teenagers make French friends. Fia’s husband Grayson begins touring the countryside with a sophisticated French woman, and Fia resists the distractions of Christophe, a fetching French man. Why the whirlwind of French welcome, Fia wonders after she comes home from a day at the beach in Nice to find someone has ransacked the B&B.

Fia analyzes Uncle Martin’s obscure phone calls, trying to figure out this WW II hero’s secret. Can she uncover the secret and relieve Uncle Martin’s guilt while building the family she’s always dreamed of?

(No violence. No graphic sex, some sexual situations.)

Publication Date: October 2012

230 Pages, Oblique Presse ISBN-10 1300257334, ISBN-13 978-1300257332 Available in ebook and paperback, Amazon link below.

Thanks to Paulita and France Book Tours for organising the tour and giveaway - don’t forget to email me at FrenchVillageDiaries@gmail.com if you would like to enter.