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REVIEW: The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn
Dear Kate Clayborn,I knew as soon as I started reading The Paris Match I would be in for a treat. Nothing about that feeling changed as I continued to read. It is a beautifully written, evocative and...
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“We’re All Going to Go Sometime” Reading List by Jayne
What to Expect When You’re Dead: An Ancient Tour of Death and the Afterlife by Robert Garland An entertaining and enlightening book about how ancient peoples dealt with death—and what we might learn...
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REVIEW: Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World’s...
A former New York Times Paris bureau chief explores the Louvre, offering an intimate journey of discovery and revelation. The Louvre is the most famous museum in the world, attracting millions of...
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REVIEW: V13: Chronicle of a Trial by Emmanuel Carrère
A moving, hard-hitting account of the Paris attacks trial by France’s leading nonfiction writer. Nearly every day for ten months, from September 2021 to June 2022, life on the Île de la Cité in...
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Jayne’s Recent Reading List
Ancient Egypt: A Photographic History by Nigel Fletcher-Jones First appearing around the mighty River Nile in the fourth millennium BC, Ancient Egypt is one of the great wellsprings of human...
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REVIEW: I Don’t Really Need You: A very French romantic comedy by Marie Vareille
The best selling romance by France’s answer to Sophie Kinsella finally available in English Chloe is the perfect Parisian: she’s too skinny, smokes too much, and drinks too much. She also has the bad...
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REVIEW: Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s...
The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling...
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REVIEW: The Green Gallant by Jane Hunt (aka Dinah Dean)
Brilliant soldier Major Vladimir Karachev, of the Imperial Russian Army, is fighting for his life. Stuck serving under an incompentent Colonel and defending his homeland against the mighty and...
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REVIEW: A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera
Paris, 1889 The Exposition Universelle is underway, drawing merchants from every corner of the globe…including Luz Alana Heith-Benzan, heiress to the Caña Brava rum empire. Luz Alana set sail from...
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REVIEW: The Brightest Star in Paris by Diana Biller
Dear Diana Biller,Last year, your debut book, The Widow of Rose House was on my top reads list so I was excited to read your latest, which again features the eccentric Moore family – this time...
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REVIEW: Anthony and the Gargoyle by Jo Ellen Bogart, illustrated by Maja...
A boy befriends a baby gargoyle in this magical wordless story in graphic-novel style from award-winning creators Jo Ellen Bogart and Maja Kastelic. Anthony’s house is full of family photos — of his...
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What Jayne is reading and watching Spring 2020
The Right Sort of Man: A Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery by Allison Montclair In a London slowly recovering from World War II, two very different women join forces to launch a business venture in the...
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REVIEW: Honeymoon Alone by Nicole Macaulay
Just how reliable are psychics – specifically psychics hired by your sister for wedding entertainment? When irrepressibly romantic Lucy Gray is ditched at said wedding by her date in front of her...
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REVIEW: Kissing Adrien by Siri Mitchell
Claire Le Noyer, 29, wants a do-over. She wants the life where she majors in history, not accounting. Where she takes two-hour lunches, not ten minutes in front of her computer. Where her pastor...
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REVIEW – Paris – and My Love – Now in digital!
Marianne was young, she was in Paris – that perfect setting for romance-and she was in love with Nat. The only snag was that she was not at all sure of Nat’s feelings for her. Did he have any more...
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REVIEW: Paris – and My Love by Mary Burchell
Marianne was young, she was in Paris – that perfect setting for romance-and she was in love with Nat. The only snag was that she was not at all sure of Nat’s feelings for her. Did he have any more...
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REVIEW: The Artist Who Loved Cats: The Inspiring Tale of Theophile Steinlen...
The Artist Who Loved Cats: The Inspiring Tale of Theophile Alexandre Steinlen is a picture book biography of the artist who created the iconic Le Chat Noir cabaret posters. Steinlen moved to Paris in...
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REVIEW: Mr. Finchley Goes to Paris by Victor Canning
Book 2 of the classic trilogy of humorous adventures An ebullient Mr Finchley is about to propose marriage to a lady he had rescued from mishap, when he is sent to Paris by his firm. There he manages...
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REVIEW: The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
Dear Ms. Chokshi, A YA fantasy about a heist set in Belle Epoque Paris sounded like exactly my cup of tea, so I happily requested an ARC of The Gilded Wolves after hearing about it. The novel, set in...
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REVIEW: Under the Stars of Paris by Mary Burchell
Yes, I’m reposting this review I originally did in early 2017 because – yippee! – Endeavour Press has now released this book. I think the earlier one was a bootleg edition but this one is legit. And I...
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