The coast of Southern France sparkles in this sexy, mature, and engaging debut novel.
Lily has come to southern France in search of a new perspective, hoping that the sunβs soft rays and the fragrant sea breezes will provide a relaxing respite from the demands of her lively daughter and her familyβs Idaho cattle ranch. Two years after her husbandβs sudden death, in the house thatβs been in his family for generations, she finally finds some stolen weeks to make sense of the past.
To Madame Olivettiβher cranky old manual typewriterβLily entrusts all her secrets, pounding out the story of the men she loved, the betrayals she endured, the losses she still regrets. And with the companionship of Yves, the seductive handyman who comes by to make repairs, Lily comes closer to understanding her exhilarating pastβand to discovering she has a new story to tellβone about the delights of starting over.
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