Serena Woods has the perfect life - a fabulous career working for Vogue in San Francisco, amazing parents, and a successful boyfriend who adores her. And things just seem to be getting even better.

Chase, who is on the political fast track, proposes, and she gets a huge opportunity at work - the chance to help Yvette Renault, the woman in charge of French Vogue, write her memoirs in the South of France. Although Serena is a little sceptical of the timing of Chases proposal, she is happy to be swept along with the engagement plans, and heads off on her new assignment. But Serena will soon discover that things are not always as they seem.

Arriving in Cannes, things quickly unravel for Serena. Forced to share a suite with an unusual girl, Zoe, due to a mix up, it soon becomes clear that Zoe is hiding something. A scandal from the past is about to hit the headlines, and it centres on her parents. Her amazing Fiance does not love her as deeply as she believed, and the only shining light is her work.

Yvette's memoirs are interesting, emotional and jump off the page, but has Yvette got an ulterior motive for her actions. Throw in a handsome sailor and his family, and Serena's life is turned upside down. Will she ever be able to make sense of all that has occurred and fight for what she wants? Or will taking a chance and learning to trust again, be too difficult for Serena?

FRENCH COAST by Anita Hughes is an entertaining contemporary romance, set against the beautiful backdrop of the South of France. Serena is a likeable character who handles herself admirably as each part of her life slowly disintegrates around her. With new friendships, old mysteries, secret affairs, and Yvette's tales from her past, this novel flows effortlessly from beginning to end. Completely drawn in by the plot, I finished FRENCH COAST by Anita Hughes in one sitting. If you like interesting characters, stunning scenery, and love in all of its many guises, then FRENCH COAST by Anita Hughes is for you.