I love Sarah Morgan and she did not fail to disappoint with her latest novel.
One summer in Paris tells the story from the perspective of two strangers who unexpectedly become friends . Grace is reeling from discovering her husbands affair on the night of their 25th wedding anniversary and Audrey is escaping from her alcoholic mother.
A beautiful story with plenty of twists and turns, an easy read with great characters and a happily ever after. I’m hoping we are treated to a follow up!

The story begins with Grace who is getting ready to celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary with her husband David. Instead, he tells he he is having an affair and wants a divorce. She decides to go to Paris (the holiday she had booked for the two of them) on her own which is very out of character. In Paris she meets Aubrey, a young girl who is spending the summer in Paris to get away from her alcoholic mother and the pressure of exams, made worse by her dyslexia. The two women meet and find they have a lot in common. Grace helps Aubrey to learn French and to open up about her life and try to trust other people, Aubrey helps Grace to be more spontaneous and to feel confident on her own. Grace reunites with an old fling and Aubrey meets Etienne, a young Frenchman. The romance is quite sweet but it’s actually the relationship between the two women that is the glue of the book. I enjoyed this book and it was a nice Sunday evening read.
Thanks to Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book confused me because i am 100% convinced i have read it before. I am not sure why, but i knew almost line by line what was going to happen. I looked up Sarah's previous books of which i have read all of them but i cannot see it listed previously which makes my experience stranger. Maybe in another life?

It was a good read though, set in Paris, it is the tale of Audie, a 17 year old girl from London whose mother is an alcoholic, and Grace, a 47 year old woman from America who finds out her husband is having an affair and walks out on her.

Both women want a new start, and both go to Paris looking for something better, not only do they find each other, but both of their lives are changed for the better because of it.

The book is written from the perspective of two women, of different ages and very different backgrounds. Each chapter written by either Grace or Audrey.

Grace has organised a month’s holiday to Paris with her husband, but is shocked when he tells her that he is having an affair. She decides to go on the holiday alone to get away from familiar surroundings and look to the future. Audrey, a much younger girl from a very different background, also tries to escape her past from her alcoholic mother, by going to work in a bookshop in Paris.

The two women meet when Audrey rescues Grace from having her bag snatched in the Parisienne streets, and they immediately strike up a friendly rapport, helping each other and offering advice. The book explores friendships and Audrey’s problem with Dyslexia, also shows how abusive alcoholism can be within families. Both characters are well drawn, and problems of dyslexia are well-researched, giving insight and understanding into what is a real problem with some.

Due to Audrey’s past, she has little self-confidence or belief in her own worth. Grace has always been very organised, neat and tidy, and the book is about the journey the two women are taking into a (hopefully) better future for them both. A surprising twist when some aspects of Grace’s past are similar to that of Audrey. There is lots of subtle humour and warmth, making the book very readable and enjoyable. I will be looking out for more books by this talented, skilled author and highly recommend.

I’m late to the party that is a Sarah Morgan book - only discovering her work last year but I’m so thrilled she’s firmly on my radar now - this book is another triumph... Aspirational locations, relatable characters and a story that brings both laughter and tears... A little bereft to turn the last page of this beautiful book. A summer treat.

Sarah Morgan never disappoints. I absolutely loved this latest novel about three generations and their loves, all played out against the background of romantic Paris. Sarah crafts her stories so brilliantly that the reader has an idea of how they are going to end but never sure how she will actually get there. So enjoyable that the characters remained in my thoughts for a long time after I finished reading. Highly recommended.. A must read!

My thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins for an ARC of this novel in return for an honest review. Having read some of Sarah Morgan’s work before I approached this with great expectation. After a slow start to establish the characters and their backgrounds, I found this book hard to put down. It’s a tale of one month in Paris for two very different friends who had never met before but who were to become firm friends, confidants and supports for each other. Grace, aged forty-seven who comes from a small town in America and Audrey, eighteen, who comes from London. They couldn’t be more different in every way. The book is written with alternate chapters for these two characters with an occasional chapter for Mimi, Grace’s ninety-year-old grandmother, who has an important if more minor role to play. There are three major male characters and they are all, as one would expect, incredibly good looking, but with slightly flawed personalities.

This is another warm, comforting read from Sarah Morgan, but as we expect from her, some thought behind the cosy story. The Principal characters have problems in their lives, the sort of dilemmas that can confront us all. Yes, some of it is a bit unbelievable, but don’t we want it all to be true. I really need to get back to Paris and find that book shop. If you’re feeling a bit down, or even if not, this book is a real pick me up. I just didn’t want it all to end and you can’t get a better recommendation than that.

I loved this book! Audrey and Grace seem unlikely to be friends, but one chance encounter (a bag rescue) starts the beginning of a beautiful relationship. I loved the fact that both characters enriched and changed each other's life in unpredictable ways.. The atmosphere in the bookshop feels as though you are watching from the sidelines.

I would highly recommend this book but need tissues towards the end. The twists in the end were the best.

Must read and great insight to local life in Paris!

This is the second book I have read by Sarah Morgan and I just love her style. Its book had lovely lovely character's and the friendship between Grace and Audrey was just beautiful. Thank you for letting me read an early copy.

Although I enjoyed this book I did find the friendship between Audrey and Grace a bit improbable. An entertaining lighthearted summer read.

I really enjoyed this book, great characters and a lovely story, I would recommend this as a good holiday read.

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<p>There's a treat coming next month (April!)- because Sarah Morgan's latest book is OUT! Author of 85 books, Sarah Morgan is one of my favourite writers and I couldn't wait to get stuck into this one. </p>
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<p>Sarah Morgan’s third trade title charts the unlikely friendship that develops between a newly single forty-something woman, embarking solo on the holiday of a lifetime to Paris, and the rebellious teenage neighbor she takes under her wing. It follows the heart-warming (and heart-rending!) ups and downs of their relationship as they teach each other about family, love, sex and self-confidence.</p>
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<p>I would never <em>not</em> give Sarah Morgan's books a go and this is by no means an awful book to read but towards the end the predictability of how it would finish grew and grew until it was the perfect Hallmark Movie finale.. Which is not a bad thing! I love Hallmark Movie's - but I felt that the main characters were really starting to find themselves and discover new lives when all of a sudden everything reverted back to how it was before. </p>
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<p>Until around 80% through, this book was a definite five stars for me. Strength, honesty, first loves, new loves, a book shop... all settled against a beautifully written Parisian backdrop...perfect. That's why I do really endorse this book because Morgan's magic is woven across the pages once again. </p>
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Grace loves to have everything planned and organised to the last detail which is why she is so shocked to find that her husband doesn’t agree to her carefully laid plan to celebrate their anniversary with a romantic trip to Paris. Audrey manages to get to Paris despite a series of setbacks where she hopes to escape from everything that tied her down. An unexpected friendship arises between the two of them where they learn to support each other. I totally loved this atmospheric story and was moved to emotional tears which hasn’t happened in a while. I always enjoy Sarah’s writing but this one’s a gem. Highly recommended. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I have always enjoyed Sarah Morgan's writing, and this book did not disappoint me.
It was so interesting to see the different challenges of age, with Grace, an older lady, and Audrey, a teenager. Could they ever have been friends? They each had something to give the other, and that is why it worked so well, though at times I did find Audrey a bit irritating.
Did I feel that Gerace should have gone back to the cheating husband? Not one bit. She had become a strong resourceful woman without him. Why take him on again?
I loved Mimi, and think we need to know more about her.
Thanks NetGalley for a review copy of this delightful book.

I was determined to savour this book, enjoy it slowly.....but no. Again I got sucked into the characters lives by brilliant writing and interesting scenarios. I honestly wanted to stay up all night and finish it in one go. No spoilers but what happened to Mimi?
Grace and David have been married for 25 years, but whilst out celebrating David is rushed to hospital. Forced to take a holiday alone, Grace returns to Paris, a place with memories of when she was a teenager. Here she meets Audrey, a teenager who has problems of her own..
This is a great read with family life stretched to the limit, new friendships forged, old relationships tested and secrets finally revealed.

This is perfect holiday reading.

Grace is celebrating her 25th wedding anniversary when her husband drops a bombshell - their marriage is over. The anniversary trip she had planned to Paris is booked and paid for so Grace decides to go by herself.

18 year old Audrey is heading to Paris for a summer of excitement, escaping her family life and looking for fun in the city of love.

Grace and Audrey are an unlikely friendship, but as the story develops they have so much in common and they both blossom. Each of the women is on their own journey to find out who they are and what they really want from life. Grace teaches Audrey French, and Audrey helps Grace out of a fashion rut.

This is ultimately a book about love - in all its forms.

I really enjoyed this book and can see it being a popular read this summer. It makes you want to head off to Paris for adventures of your own.

Thank you Netgalley for the advanced copy in return for a review.

This book is a bit different to most other Sarah Morgan books in that one of the main characters is middle -aged, ( a new theme started in her previous book The Christmas Sisters?) while the other is young. I love this development in her writing and I could identify so closely with Grace, that at times I felt she was writing about me.
Audrey, the younger character, had a life full of challenges but she tackled them head on. The relationships between the women in the book - including the irrepressible Mimi, were wonderful and what made me love this book.
I’ve read all of Sarah Morgan’s books and she is one of my favourite authors. This story, and the more nuanced characters, was fab and as usual I read it much too quickly. I’ll continue to wait impatiently for her next book- she can’t write fast enough for me!

Oh, how I want to be Sarah Morgan when I grow up. I've loved every step in her writing journey, from the Scottish island medical romances, her sexy and poignant Presents (if you you don't like M&B/Harlequin, read Doukakis's Apprentice with Polly and her tights and you will change your mind instantly. Promise.) to her US set romantic series, to her latest books, women's fiction with a strong romantic element. One Summer In Paris doesn't disappoint, an emotional, romantic, gorgeous read.

Grace loves her life - her job, her grandmother, her small Connecticut town, the order and organisation she thrives upon, and, of course, her husband and daughter, In fact she can't wait to celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary by giving David a very special present, a month in Paris. Only he tells her that what he wants is a divorce, she stifles him and he's having an affair...

Meanwhile, in London, Audrey is dreaming of escape. Escape from her alcoholic mother's chaos, from her exams and the frustration of her dyslexia. She can't speak French and she hates books thanks to her inability to read them, but a job in a Parisian bookshop comes with accommodation and she's used to muddling through. What's she got to lose?

Wounded and humiliated Grace retreats to Paris, to the holiday she was supposed to share with her husband, only to meet Audrey under unusual circumstances. Slowly a deep friendship grows between the prickly eighteen year old and the repressed forty something, a friendship that makes them both reexamine all their conceptions and sense of self.

This is a lovely book. A book which will make you want to head to Paris immediately for bread, wine and love. See you there - bags me the job in the bookshop!

I thoroughly enjoyed this romantic novel and read it in a day on holiday. When I put it down I just wanted to get back to it. It has the feel good factor of good relationships and how tested these may be at times..

Sarah Morgan is the author of the Snow Crystal Trilogy, a series of books that I read every Christmas because they are just such heartwarming fab reads. When I saw that One Summer in Paris was coming out I thought I’d give it a go, see if her summer offering was as good as the festive fayre I favour from her.

This review contains spoilers, so be warned, don’t read ahead if you don’t want to know a pretty big plot point….
Up until about 80% I would probably have given this book a solid 4 – 4.5 stars. It has good character building, a plausible plot, and relatable family dynamics. And then something happened that just completely ruined it for me.

Grace is a 47 year old teacher, with a loving husband of 25 years and a teenage daughter, who is about to depart for college. They live in America, in their small town, where every one knows every one else, and things have been the same forever.

One day Grace’s husband David, drops the bombshell that he is having an affair and leaving her. Not only does he drop his news on Valentines day, it is also their 25 year anniversary. Grace had planned a summer holiday to Paris for the two of them as an anniversary present, but now has to face the reality of either going alone or giving up the tickets. So first plus point for Grace is that she decides to go alone – hurrah!

Audrey is a teenager from England, who needs to get away from her alcoholic mother and the home situation that puts her in. She is a carer for her mother, cleaning up after her, making excuses for her. Her mother, Linda, has no time for Audrey as she is so wrapped up in herself. Audrey finally manages to save enough money for a summer trip to Paris, only for Linda to inadvertently throw it out. After much distress and angst, Audrey’s work pals buy her a ticket and she is on her way.

Grace and Audrey meet, they become firm friends, and we follow their summer in Paris.

Now, I was really enjoying this story. Grace was a super organised, pre-plan woman who fixes everything, always had a plan of action and generally had herself and her life put together. I enjoyed reading about her character and was appalled at David for ruining what they had with a stupid fling with a girl his daughter’s age. Audrey thought the same as me. So we were at lest at this point on the same wavelength.

Grace changes her looks and her personality in Paris, then just as she’s getting a bit of lovin’ from her ex-love Phillipe, David shows up and wants them to get back together. NO. Do not do this Grace. I knew where this was headed as soon as he arrived. In fact before he arrived, because Mimi came with him.

Mimi is Grace’s grandmother who effectively raised Grace after her parents were killed in a car crash. She’s vivacious, funny, outspoken, lively... and about 90 years old!

I was soooo hoping that Grace would surprise me and not go back to David, but in the end that is what happened, and that is why I changed my rating for this book from 4 stars to 3.5, rounded down!!

I was absolutely gutted. She even started saying that she could understand why he did it, and she was partly responsible for letting their marriage get so predictable. NO.... so I got angry  this could have ended on a high note where Grace realises she is better off without any bloke at all – she doesn’t need a cheater like David or a flake like Phillippe. She could have just been happy with herself. But nah, she couldn’t possibly handle being alone, she needs a man to be complete....?!

Audrey, I felt, completely changed from when she was home in London, to when she was in Paris. I felt like I was reading two different characters. Not just the progression of the character, but it was like a completely new character. She sounded down trodden in London, being caring and looking after her mum, but then in Paris she was sarcastic and rude. I struggled to like her when she was being obnoxious, but as she softened during her time with Grace, I found her a bit more appealing.

So overall, I did enjoy the majority of this book. It was only the ending that I had a particular problem with – but it coloured my take on the whole thing unfortunately. I will definitely read more Sarah Morgan though – this doesn’t change how much I love her other books! :)