The Paris Key

Zusatztext Praise for The Paris Key Juliet Blackwell offers a compelling storyline with a charming protagonist and a deep well of family secrets! all gorgeously set in the City of Lights. The sights and smells of Blackwell's Paris lingered long after I turned the last page. The Paris Key is an absorbing homage to family! friendship! and! of course! the greatest city in the world.International Bestselling Author Michelle Gable In this witty! warm! winsome novel! Blackwell draws back the curtain on Paris's complex past while celebrating its vibrant present. Her generation-spanning tale combines intrigue and passion with a flawless ear for language and a gift for sensory detail. If The Paris Key doesn't make a Francophile of you! nothing will!Bestselling Author Sophie Littlefield A gorgeously plotted novel woven with luminescent charm! The Paris Key gleams as brightly as the city herself.Rachael Herron Praise for Juliet Blackwell Juliet Blackwell sits firmly on my list of must-read authors!Victoria Laurie! New York Times bestselling author of No Ghouls Allowed Juliet Blackwell is a master.Fresh Fiction Just when I think Juliet Blackwell can't get any better! she ratchets it up a notch.Lesa's Book Critiques [Juliet Blackwell's] writing style made me feel as though I was with each character! sharing emotions! actions! and anticipating the next moves. When I find an author who can provide this much reader involvement! I put her on my 'must read' list.MyShelf.com Informationen zum Autor Juliet Blackwell Klappentext An American in Paris navigates her family's secret past and unlocks her own future! in this emotionally evocative novel by New York Times bestselling author Juliet Blackwell. As a girl! Genevieve Martin spent the happiest summer of her life in Paris! learning the delicate art of locksmithing at her uncle's side. But since then! living back in the States! she has become more private! more subdued. She has been an observer of life rather than an active participant! holding herself back from those around her! including her soon-to-be-ex-husband. Paris never really left Genevieve! and! as her marriage crumbles! she finds herself faced with an incredible opportunity: return to the magical city of her youth to take over her late uncle's shop. But as she absorbs all that Parisian culture has to offer! she realizes the city also holds secrets about her family that could change her forever! and that locked doors can protect you or imprison you! depending on which side of them you stand. Chapter One Her uncle Dave always used to say, Remember the locksmiths' code, Genevieve. Never reveal the secrets you find behind locked doors, and neverever!abuse the power to open a lock. Genevieve pondered this morsel of advice while Jason, her soon-to-be-ex-husband, spoke. Uncle Dave had been on her mind a lot lately. For one thing, she kept dreaming about kneeling before a locked door, hearing his ever-patient voice in her ear as she tried repeatedly (and unsuccessfully) to pick the lock. For another, her uncle's recent death had left her with a hollow feeling: sorrow mixed with regret. Dave's passing also left his Parisian locksmith shop unattended. I've never met a person as locked down as you are, Jason was saying as he leaned back against the stainless-steel Sub-Zero refrigerator (wide enough for party platters) that cost as much as Genevieve made in a month. His stance was belligerenthands on hips, gym-toned chest thrust forwardbut his liquid blue eyes conveyed contrition mixed, annoyingly, with a touch of self-conscious pity. How can you even think of moving to Paris while we're in the middle of this? There are papers to sign, and lawyers to meet with. Sounds like the perfect ...

**Praise for *The Paris Key

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  “Juliet Blackwell offers a compelling storyline with a charming protagonist and a deep well of family secrets, all gorgeously set in the City of Lights. The sights and smells of Blackwell’s Paris lingered long after I turned the last page. *The Paris Key *is an absorbing homage to family, friendship, and, of course, the greatest city in the world.”—International Bestselling Author Michelle Gable
   
  “In this witty, warm, winsome novel, Blackwell draws back the curtain on Paris’s complex past while celebrating its vibrant present. Her generation-spanning tale combines intrigue and passion with a flawless ear for language and a gift for sensory detail. If The Paris Key doesn’t make a Francophile of you, nothing will!”—Bestselling Author Sophie Littlefield

“A gorgeously plotted novel woven with luminescent charm, The Paris Key gleams as brightly as the city herself.”—Rachael Herron

Praise for Juliet Blackwell

“Juliet Blackwell sits firmly on my list of must-read authors!”—Victoria Laurie, New York Times bestselling author of No Ghouls Allowed

“Juliet Blackwell is a master.”—Fresh Fiction

“Just when I think Juliet Blackwell can’t get any better, she ratchets it up a notch.”—Lesa’s Book Critiques

“[Juliet Blackwell’s] writing style made me feel as though I was with each character, sharing emotions, actions, and anticipating the next moves. When I find an author who can provide this much reader involvement, I put her on my ‘must read’ list.”—MyShelf.com

Autorentext

Juliet Blackwell

Klappentext

An American in Paris navigates her family's secret past and unlocks her own future, in this emotionally evocative novel by New York Times bestselling author Juliet Blackwell.

As a girl, Genevieve Martin spent the happiest summer of her life in Paris, learning the delicate art of locksmithing at her uncle's side. But since then, living back in the States, she has become more private, more subdued. She has been an observer of life rather than an active participant, holding herself back from those around her, including her soon-to-be-ex-husband.

Paris never really left Genevieve, and, as her marriage crumbles, she finds herself faced with an incredible opportunity: return to the magical city of her youth to take over her late uncle's shop. But as she absorbs all that Parisian culture has to offer, she realizes the city also holds secrets about her family that could change her forever, and that locked doors can protect you or imprison you, depending on which side of them you stand.

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An American in Paris navigates her family’s secret past and unlocks her own future, in this emotionally evocative novel by New York Times bestselling author Juliet Blackwell.

As a girl, Genevieve Martin spent the happiest summer of her life in Paris, learning the delicate art of locksmithing at her uncle’s side. But since then, living back in the States, she has become more private, more subdued. She has been an observer of life rather than an active participant, holding herself back from those around her, including her soon-to-be-ex-husband.

Paris never really left Genevieve, and, as her marriage crumbles, she finds herself faced with an incredible opportunity: return to the magical city of her youth to take over her late uncle’s shop. But as she absorbs all that Parisian culture has to offer, she realizes the city also holds secrets about her family that could change her forever, and that locked doors can protect you or imprison you, depending on which side of them you stand.

Leseprobe

Chapter One

Her uncle Dave always used to say, “Remember the locksmiths’ code, Genevieve. Never reveal the secrets you find behind locked doors, and never—ever!—abuse the power to open a lock.”

Genevieve pondered this morsel of advice while Jason, her soon-to-be-ex-husband, spoke.

Uncle Dave h…