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    Paris Mends Broken Hearts
    Paris Mends Broken Hearts
    Paris Mends Broken Hearts
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    Paris Mends Broken Hearts

    By Kaya Quinsey

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    Gwendoline Delacroix finds herself fleeing Paris in a desperate attempt to escape the memories that haunt her in her French countryside chateau. Following the aftermath of WWII, she had become a widower and desperately missing her husband, Jean. Although her loyal and quirky staff do their best to keep her afloat, Gwendoline eventually takes charge and in a quick turn of events, finds herself at the Hotel de la Belle Paix - the hotel run by her brother and sister-in-law in the Latin Quarter in Paris.

    Over the summer, Gwendoline finds work at an animal sanctuary run by an eccentric aristocrat. With new friends, an elderly cat, and a glass of wine in hand, Gwendoline proves to herself and everyone else that there is life after lost love.

    Entertaining? Of course! Joyful? Undoubtedly. Champagne? Bien sur! In Paris, nothing is predictable, and everything is extraordinary.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks To Go Now
    Release dateDec 17, 2018
    ISBN9781386323051
    Paris Mends Broken Hearts

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      Paris Mends Broken Hearts - Kaya Quinsey

      Dedication:

      For my Oma Colette and Tante Laura... and all of the strong, wonderful women in my family.

      Excerpt from Paris Mends Broken Hearts

      And on that windy August afternoon, both families had all come together to witness their matrimony. At that same church, Gwendoline said, I do in a simple white dress. She had never looked happier, and even Jean had become misty-eyed. After the ceremony, the guests gathered at a nearby seaside chateau. Gwendoline had gasped when she first laid eyes on it, as she took in the site of their reception.

      "It is magnifique!" she had cried, kissing her new husband on the cheek and hugging him tightly. His eyes flickered.

      It has eight bedrooms, a large kitchen for staff, and the grounds are stunning. I mean, can you believe that it looks out onto the Atlantic Ocean on one side, and forests and greenery on the other? Plus, it has a large pantry, a cottage located way down on the other end of the property... Jean had told her, looking eager to hear her response.

      "Jean, it is parfait. I cannot believe that it is ours for the day!" Gwendoline had continued to survey the magnificent grounds in awe.

      Jean had looked more delighted by the second, nearly bursting with contained excitement. "What if I told you that it isn’t just ours for an evening. What if I told you that it is ours?"

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      Paris Mends Broken Hearts

      A Books to Go Now Publication

      Copyright © Kaya Quinsey

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      Prologue

      La Rochelle, France (1938)

      It was a blustery summer in La Rochelle, a coastal community in southwestern France. The ocean waves had seemed particularly large in those months. The leaves in the trees had rustled constantly. And perhaps it had been something in the air, but that summer Gwendoline was marrying the love of her life, Jean Delacroix, in the same church where they’d met a few months earlier.

      Back when he had proposed at the beginning of the summer, Gwendoline had been in a state, trying to plan it all immediately. But Jean had reassured her.

      I have it all planned, Jean had insisted, casting a mischievous grin. Not that she was fussy. She wasn’t. Her only insistence was that it took place at the Église La Rochelle. She could still barely believe that this was her life. It was almost too good to be true.

      "Parfait," her mother had dubbed the union.

      "Parfait," her father had agreed.

      "It will be parfait indeed." Gwendoline beamed in delight.

      And on that windy August afternoon, both families had all come together to witness their matrimony. At that same church, Gwendoline said, I do in a simple white dress. She had never looked happier, and even Jean had become misty-eyed. After the ceremony, the guests gathered at a nearby seaside chateau. Gwendoline had gasped when she first laid eyes on it, as she took in the site of their reception.

      "It is magnifique!" she had cried, kissing her new husband on the cheek and hugging him tightly. His eyes flickered.

      "It has eight bedrooms, a large kitchen for staff,

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