{"product_id":"paris-affair-4260","title":"Paris Affair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThree priceless treasures. Three extraordinary women. Three powerful legacies.\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Affair\u003c\/i\u003e is the first in Muna Shehadi's spellbinding dual-time narrative series, with cross-generational appeal and captivating international settings perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristmas, 1915,\u003c\/b\u003e a grieving father gives his motherless daughter an exquisite, one-of-a-kind A. Marque doll, one she'd gladly exchange for her heart's desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummer, 1975, \u003c\/b\u003esheltered Midwesterner Helen Kenyon is set to marry her college sweetheart, when she jumps at the opportunity to spend six months in Paris. With fellow Americans Lilianne and Connie and an 'adopted' antique doll, Helen plunges into a heady world of high culture and champagne.  But it's the charismatic photojournalist, Gilles Aubert, who tempts her to change her future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFifty years later, \u003c\/b\u003eTeresa Clark dutifully accepts the job of preparing her estranged Grandma Helen's Kansas ranch for sale, only to find Helen bears little resemblance to the philandering drunk of her mother's stories.  Not until she uncovers mementos of Helen's past and the astonishing secret of a well-preserved antique doll, does Teresa gain strength to face multiple truths - about her family, herself, and what life she'll choose for her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe subsequent books in the series, \u003ci\u003eThe Jewel of Cairo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Temptations of Crete\u003c\/i\u003e will follow Lilianne and Connie's own remarkable journeys from where their time in Paris together left off.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Oh my! It is just exquisite . . . The author is a wonderful storyteller' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eReader Review,\u003c\/b\u003e ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I just loved \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Affair\u003c\/i\u003e. I couldn't put it down' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eReader Review,\u003c\/b\u003e ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It left me wanting to read more in this world and from Muna Shehadi' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eReader Review,\u003c\/b\u003e ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Muna Shehadi's other captivating novels: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Summer Sister, The Winter Sister, The Spring Sister \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44787036061875,"sku":"9781035407774","price":1080.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477345239781035407774.jpg?v=1762813360","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/paris-affair-4260","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}