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They chose separate paths, never imagining fate would offer them a second chance.Amy Bridwell reluctantly accompanies her family on a Grand Tour of the Continent--the very trip her former sweetheart proposed they take as newlyweds. Receiving no suitable marriage offer in the six years since, and with her heart still guarded by regret, Amy has no choice but to go along with her widower father and younger sisters to ensure their travels go smoothly.James Fletcher is building his practice as a physician in the fashionable resort town of Spa. Though he came with a wounded heart, seeking distance from Amy's rejection, he's managed to build a respectable life and is now engaged to a woman who will ensure his professional future. If only he could be sure that his betrothed's heart is truly his.When the Bridwells arrive at their first destination, Amy is stunned to encounter James again and to find him promised to another. As old feelings resurface, Amy must confront the choice she made six years ago and face the possibility that her heart has never truly moved on. Bestselling historical romance author Jennie Goutet weaves a story of second chances, forbidden love, and the one that got away against the atmospheric backdrop of Georgian-era Europe. Fans of Jane Austen's Persuasion, Mimi Matthews, Julianne Donaldson, Georgette Heyer, and no-spice romance will savor this delightful read.

Friendship wasn't enough. April promised her dying father she would study painting in Paris, but friends are few, her budget is tight, and her landlord increasingly won't take "e;no"e; for an answer. Then she meets Victor.Victor is as chivalrous as he is wealthy, and if it weren't for him, April would have already left the City of Light behind. Too bad Victor still has eyes for his ex-girlfriend, who is now back on the scene and wants to get married.Although April and Victor swore to remain just friends, magical Paris seems to weave a different spell. The more their connection deepens, the more it becomes difficult to keep a proper distance. Or to remember why they should. Trigger warning: while this book is free of sexual content, there are details of an attack that contains sexual menace. It is stopped before it goes too far.

Nicholas Cranleigh suspects his meddlesome sister is up to something when she invites him to stay at Cothill Manor at the same time as Miss Dresden. He's on his guard, but it's hard to resist a woman with luminous eyes who's in need of a savior.Lavinia Dresden is ready to sacrifice herself to save her family from financial ruin in the only path open to a woman of gentle breeding. But she hadn't counted the cost of her sacrifice until Lord Cranleigh came into her life—a man she knew to be her ideal.There remain only five days until the Christmas ball when Miss Dresden's fate will be decided, and it soon becomes apparent to Nicholas that the question is not whether he wants to save Lavinia, but whether he is able.

Wealthy French aristocrats don't date single moms… do they?Is there such a thing as Prince Charming? Chastity didn't take a teaching job in France to find hers, but a woman can dream, n'est-ce pas? If the widowed father of one of her students—the Viscount Charles Jean Anne Monorie de Brase—is the best local example of princes, Charming or Otherwise, Chastity is ready to put aside any thought of falling in love again. She's had enough of his arrogance and would prefer him to keep his distance, yet it seems there is no avoiding each other. With the ongoing pressure of a repentant ex-boyfriend, a nefarious drug dealer, and an art heist that spans the decades, Chastity and the viscount are thrown together by circumstances she would soon rather forget.As the bond between Charles and Chastity grows, they must decide if their love is enough to bridge the gap between their disparate worlds, and if happily ever after can exist outside of fairy tales.NB: While this book is free of sexual content, there is (non-glorified) drug use among minors and off-the-page violence.

At seventeen, Jennie Goutet has a dream that she will one day marry a French man and sets off to Avignon in search of him. Though her dream eludes her, she lives boldly—teaching in Asia, studying in Paris, working and traveling for an advertising firm in New York.When God calls her, she answers reluctantly, and must first come to grips with depression, crippling loss, and addiction before being restored. Providence takes her by the hand as she marries her French husband, works with him in a humanitarian effort in East Africa, before settling down in France and building a family.Told with honesty and strength, Stars Upside Down is a brave, heart-stopping story of love, grief, faith, depression, sunshine piercing the gray clouds—and hope that stays in your heart long after it's finished.

They chose separate paths, never imagining fate would offer them a second chance.Amy Bridwell reluctantly accompanies her family on a Grand Tour of the Continent--the very trip her former sweetheart proposed they take as newlyweds. Receiving no suitable marriage offer in the six years since, and with her heart still guarded by regret, Amy has no choice but to go along with her widower father and younger sisters to ensure their travels go smoothly.James Fletcher is building his practice as a physician in the fashionable resort town of Spa. Though he came with a wounded heart, seeking distance from Amy's rejection, he's managed to build a respectable life and is now engaged to a woman who will ensure his professional future. If only he could be sure that his betrothed's heart is truly his.When the Bridwells arrive at their first destination, Amy is stunned to encounter James again and to find him promised to another. As old feelings resurface, Amy must confront the choice she made six years ago and face the possibility that her heart has never truly moved on. Bestselling historical romance author Jennie Goutet weaves a story of second chances, forbidden love, and the one that got away against the atmospheric backdrop of Georgian-era Europe. Fans of Jane Austen's Persuasion, Mimi Matthews, Julianne Donaldson, Georgette Heyer, and no-spice romance will savor this delightful read.