Raised on a vast Australian sheep farm, the beautiful Grace Woods is compelled to travel to tumultuous, postwar Paris in order to start a new life. While working as a glamorous model for Christian Dior, Grace mixes with counts and...
Paris
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Author:Joel, AlexandraSummary: - Author:Bowen, KellySummary:
Paris, 1942. The Germans may occupy the City of Lights, but glamorous Estelle Allard flourishes in a world separate from the hardships of war. Yet when the Nazis come for her friends, Estelle doesn't hesitate to help those she...
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Author:McCullough, David G.Summary:Through this inspiring history, McCullough offers an account of ambitious Americans who traveled to Paris between 1830 and 1900 to make their greatest accomplishments.
- Author:Little, JuditheSummary:
Antoinette and Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel set out with a determination to prove themselves. Their journey propels them out of poverty and into extravagance. But when World War I breaks out, their lives are irrevocably changed,...
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Author:Jenoff, PamSummary:Paris, 1919. The world's leaders have gathered to rebuild from the ashes of the Great War. But for one woman, the City of Light harbors dark secrets and dangerous liaisons, for which many could pay dearly. Brought to the peace...
- Author:Luckett, Jacqueline E.Summary:
Nicole-Marie has loved all things French since she was a child. After the death of her best friend, determined to get out of her rut, she goes to Paris, leaving behind a marriage proposal. While there, Nicole chances upon an old photo...
- Author:Black, CaraSummary:
Cara Black has earned a devoted international following for her gripping mysteries set in France and starring the indomitable Aimée Leduc. Here, Aimée faces her greatest challenge when she assumes guardianship of an abandoned infant all...
- Author:Black, CaraSummary:
Set in 1994 Paris, Aimée Leduc fears that a 1960s Communist gang is on the loose--and her long-lost mother just may be one of them.
- Author:Black, CaraSummary:
When her ex-lover returns from Egypt, Aimée accepts his marriage proposal. The next day he's found dead, and she begins tracking clues pointing toward an international conspiracy.
- Author:Black, CaraSummary:
When suspicion falls on Aimée Leduc after her partner is shot, the beleaguered sleuth must race to prevent more violence.
- Author:Black, CaraSummary:
Private investigator Aimée Leduc must decrypt a digitized photo from the 1940s. But when Aimée visits the historic Jewish quarter of Paris to deliver the picture, she finds its intended recipient murdered--and with a swastika carved in...
- Author:Black, CaraSummary:
Aimée Leduc is surprised by Mireille, a Haitian immigrant who claims to be her sister. But before Aimée can learn more, Mireille disappears, leaving only a note behind. Following up on the note, Aimée soon becomes wrapped up in a...
- Author:Black, CaraSummary:
Aimée Leduc is all dressed up in her new Chinese silk jacket, supposedly an "exclusive," for dinner with a difficult client at an elegant restaurant in the Bastille district. She is chagrined to see that the woman seated at the very...
- Author:Black, CaraSummary:
Aimée Leduc is faced with her most daunting challenge yet. Her godfather and mentor Commissaire Morbier is accused of murder, and it's up to Aimée to clear his name. But as she investigates, she uncovers a terrifying conspiracy...
- Author:Black, CaraSummary:
A childhood friend of Aimée, now a policewoman, is accused of shooting her partner. In order to clear her friend of the charges against her, Aimée must confront Corsican separatist terrorists, Montmarte prostitutes, a surrealist painter...
- Author:Black, CaraSummary:
Tension runs high in this working-class neighborhood as a hunger strike to protest strict immigration laws escalates among the Algerian immigrants. Aimée barely escapes death in a car bombing in this tale of terrorism and greed in the...
- Author:Furst, AlanSummary:
Arriving in Paris on the eve of the Munich Appeasement in 1938, Hollywood star Frederic Stahl is unwittingly entangled in the region's shifting political currents when he discovers that his latest film is linked to the destinies of...
- Author:Johnson, DianeSummary:
American writer Tim Nolinger pursues his journalism career in Paris while proper Frenchwoman Anne-Marie plans their wedding. When Tim covers the theft of a valuable manuscript, the story leads the couple into the midst of a murder...
- Author:Gallico, PaulSummary:
Mrs. 'Arris goes to Paris: Mrs Harris is a London charlady. One day, she sees a Dior dress belonging to one of her clients, and falls desperately in love with it. Then a miracle occurs, and she wins a hundred pounds on the football...
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Author:Carmichael, JodiSummary:While on a family vacation, three cousins discover their Great-Grandad's memories and hidden messages throughout the streets of Paris.
