When Jess gets offered to be a ghost writer for a worlds famous artist who now resides in Paris. She thought her life was on the up she was not expecting to the artist to be so difficult….

Both the main characters, Jess and Adalaide are too busy burying their secrets to actually realise what is in front of them.

A good book by Lucy Diamond.

A wonderful story of a woman reclaiming her life and gaining some lovely new friends alone the way. Loved the jumps back and forth in time as the story unfolded. A great book.

Moving, Heartfelt..
When a writing assignment takes Jess Bright to Paris, it may well be the assignment that is to change her life. Her subject is an iconic artist, now in her eighties, whose life was heavily laced with scandal. As both women face up to their respective pasts, they may realise how it impacts their present. A moving, touching and heartfelt tale with beautifully drawn characters, a well imagined setting and a tender storyline at its very heart.

Absolutely brilliant, loved it. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me an advance copy, I will definitely be recommending.

Wonderful characters who we get to know through a dual timeline. I loved the development of both leads as they found each other. A beautiful location and a very relatable family life! Great read.

I really enjoyed this story , especially the dual timelines. Our heroines are Adelaide and Jess, the latter being tasked with writing the former's memoirs. The story develops as Adelaide takes us back to her younger years whilst Jess explores Paris with us. An excellent example of story telling and Paris through two completely different ages.

Wonderful characters, fabulous location, what’s not to enjoy. Another brilliant tale from Lucy Diamond

My last read of 2023!

A lovely book about friendships and letting go of the past.

I loved how Lucy captured the history and essence of Paris and can't wait to create my own adventures in the future.

What an absolute pleasure and pure joy this book is to read!! Loved it from the first page to the last, transported to the gorgeous streets of Paris in the summertime.
Jess mother of three teenage girls and a self employed journalist, has been offered a ghost writing job in Paris with the renowned British artist Adelaide Fox to write her memoir of her life and art. Jess has interviewed Adelaide before after an exhibition in London but now she is crotchety and elderly and difficult to work with. Whilst Adelaide relives her life and loves, Jess is also remembering her time in Paris twenty years ago and searching for her long lost friend Pascale.
Totally loved this story, the characters and settings, both in Kent and Paris. Pure joy to read, and will be highly recommended. An absolute delight and easy reading but also a little food for thought about jumping to conclusions and discovering yourself….. it’s never too late!
Thank you to NetGalley and Quercus books for the early read which is greatly appreciated.

I have yet to read a book by Lucy Diamond that I haven’t adored. I pick up each new book knowing I’m in safe hands and I Remember Paris was no different. Full of relatable, flawed and interesting characters that I couldn’t help but love. There is an intriguing mystery to the story that kept me up late on several nights as I didn’t want to put it down!
Thoroughly enjoyable read that I absolutely recommend.

A wonderfully moving read. This really got me thinking. Adelaide is a great character and as a reader we can see how holding on to all that hare and heartache for decades really affected her, but how many of us do it? We all hold on to negatives from our past and this really opened my eyes. Jess is a fantastic character to help bring Adelaide out of her hate fog and in the process helps herself to reevaluate who she is as a person after being a wife and mother for so long. It was an interesting journey of self discovery and ever changing relationship dynamics. Parenting teenagers is tricky and seeing Jess try to navigate it as a single parent still weighed down by her ex husband’s negativity was very interesting to read about.

Jess and Luc strike up a good friendship and I like how they take time to explore their feelings for the other, the impact it will have on her daughters and for Luc how to really achieve his own happiness., finally.

Seeing the changes in Adelaide was also great. I loved taking those steps with her as she reluctantly took on board what Jess said to her and how she opened herself up to try new things and most importantly how she learnt to let things go so that she could move forward, which resulted in her finding her best friend again.

A wonderful read that copulated all the different generations of society and how showing how they can all slot together.

Adelaide Fox is nearly an octogenarian. She is an artist and has had a colourful life in the public eye and has decided it is now time for her memoirs to be written and published.

This is a wonderful story. So very different from what I expected when I picked up the new Lucy Diamond novel. Read it now to fall in love with Paris, Jess, Adelaide and her delightful wee pup Jean-Paul.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced read copy of this book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

Jess is a freelance journalist who receives the job offer of a lifetime – the chance to ghost write the memoirs of Adelaide Fox, a famous artist now retired and living in Paris.
Initially things don’t go well and Jess is sacked before her trial week is over. However, Adelaide gives her another chance and so Jess leaves her three daughters with her estranged husband and travels to Paris.
Both Jess and Adelaide have secrets and mysteries in their lives. Jess is haunted by the disappearance of her best friend when they were both chambermaids together years ago and Adelaide had a stalker who was found dead in very mysterious circumstances.
I loved both the main characters. Jess is impulsive and constantly tries to help other people. She is also pulled in different directions by the needs of her daughters as well as a possibly romance with an ex boyfriend. Adelaide has almost become a recluse and spends her time in her apartment watching Art series on TV. Reliving her memories is painful at times but she also begins to realise that she is missing out on life. The secondary characters are brilliantly written too especially Lucas and Frieda.
Paris is the real star of this book. The characters spend a fair amount of time in the cafes and restaurants that fill Paris and we see that beautiful city through their eyes. I loved it when Jess’s eldest daughter insists that they visit all of the spots featured in Emily in Paris.
This was a brilliant read. I loved the gradual telling of Adelaide’s life as she recounted it to Jess as well as seeing Jess get rid of the ghosts from her own past. The growth of the characters through the novel and the way that they began to understand themselves better was a high light for me.
Thank you to Net Galley and the publishers, Quercus Books, for allowing me to read this ARC. All the opinions in this review are my own.

Amazing book! I really loved the reading experience and would recommend it to others! Lucy Diamond writes amazing books, and I can't wait to read another one of hers

I personally found this one a little hard to get into, but if you persist it will pay off. When Jess is asked to ghost write the memoir of cantakerous artist Adelaide Fox, she hopes it will be enough to pay her bills as a newly single mother of three. But she gets a lot more than she bargained for dealing with Adelaide's mood swings and the darkness of her past. Not only that but Jess is also trying to deal with health issues of her ex husband, teen angst in at least two of her daughters, a past lover, a missing old friend and the prospect of new love. Safe to say there is a lot going on! Will the memoir get done or will Adelaide put a stop to it?

Jess is pleased to be asked to write the biography of a well known artist living in Paris. The first meeting does not go well, however. The artist, Adelaide, is not an easy character, is set in her ways and does not take to Jess initially, but both women have to stick to the contract, for the first stage at least.
Both women have personal history in the city , Jess as a young woman working in a hotel, Adelaide throughout her life at different stages and both are divorced. As the book progresses, Adelaide's chequered life is revealed as she tells her lifestory to Jess. Jess also searches for answers to unfinished business from her earlier life.
On the whole, I thought that the relationship between the women was well done. Their characters are well portrayed and their interaction feels realistic. Both have their failings and their communication is not always supple . I liked the descriptions of Paris and other places in the book. Other characters in the book were OK, not always great and the sub plots of some were done too quickly.
A good and interesting read though, with moments of laughter , sadness and where both of the main characters are confronted by the reality of some of their choices .
Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

Lucy Diamond is one of my favourite authors and this book was one which I enjoyed. I imagined myself strolling along Parisian streets, people watching as I read the pages.

The characters were all beautifully written and relatable,

Jess the newly single mother who has travelled to Paris to write the memoir of Adelaide Fox,

Adelaide the famous artist who has decided to uncover some of the secrets and scandals of her youth,

Although both woman get off to a shaky start , the growing friendship and the ability to trust each other was heartwarming. As they both explored their pasts they helped each other look forward to their futures.

A really enjoyable read with a beautiful ending . Now to persuade my husband to take me to Paris !!

Firstly, I really liked the main character - Jess. We're a similar age, with children of a similar age, so lots of reference points were similar (although I'm still married to my husband!) The clever interweaving of both Jess's trip to Paris when she was much younger - with her trip in the present day - is done very well. I thought the descriptions of Paris were excellent - and really evocative of the city, both the touristy destinations - and the 'real' French capital. 

I'm not an avid art follower - and I'm not sure if the character of Adelaide Fox is based on a specific artist - but she was very believable, and the unwinding of her past story was also well written.

Whilst Jess and Adelaide are the main stars of the book - the supporting cast are also excellent - with Adelaide's nephew Luc providing a potential love interest for Jess, as well as an another from an old flame from her previous time in France. I felt the way the relationship between Jess and her eldest daughter was written was very 'real'!

Paris is definitely a star of the book too.

Overall it was a lovely, escapist, read - with enough twists and turns to keep me keen to read on. Again - I've really enjoyed this Lucy Diamond book - and will most definitely look out for more of her work in the future.

A big thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for my ARC.

Lucy Diamond is one of my favourite authors and she didn't disappoint with I remember Paris. It was a lovely read from start to finish. The characters were well rounded and representative of all generations. Highly recommended as a holiday read or to curl up with by the fire and reminisce.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an advance copy. All opinions are my own.

A really lovely story fill of twists and quirks from start to finish. Characters are great and there is lots to keep you enthralled.