A decades-late letter inspires a young French woman to try to reunite two star-crossed lovers in this novel by the author of The Chateau by the River.
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Middle school teacher by day, romance writer by night, and group knitter on Tuesday evenings, Flavie Richalet leads a fairly uneventful lifeâuntil she receives a long-delayed letter meant for a total stranger. Postmarked 1971, the yellowed envelope, addressed to an AmÊlie Lacombe, holds a fervent message of love and a marriage proposal, signed only with the initial E. Given her own fractured family history, Flavie is dreamily determined to learn what became of the couple . . .
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Flavieâs inquiries lead her to a French seaside innâand to E. himself, a true romantic who never forgot the girl who got away so many years ago. But his protective nephew, B&B owner Romaric, isnât sure that trying to find AmÊlie after all these years is good for his uncle. At odds with the tall, dark, and impossibly passionate Romaric, Flavie must show him, and perhaps herself, that true love is timelessâand always worth waiting for . . .
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Praise for the novels of ChloÊ Duval
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âMagical is the perfect word to describe the writing done by ChloÊ Duval! . . . She really has a talent for putting beauty into words, and I canât wait to see what she writes next!â âLady with a Quill
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âA tribute to love and the beginnings of passions, but also to a true and implacable feeling, which even the longest years can not destroy.â âThe Shelter of Books