Description
Description
Kristin Harmel, the New York Times bestselling author who "is the best there is at sweeping historical drama" (Kelly Harms, author of The Seven Day Switch), returns with a captivating new novel about several intertwined stories of love, loss, courage, and redemption set over the course of one magical week in Paris. Nine Americans in Paris. Seven intertwined love stories. One City of Light. Love Actually meets The Notebook in a tale of love, loss, and finding your way home, all set over the course of one life-changing week in Paris. Julia Glover has brought her twenty-three-year-old daughter, Piper, to Paris for the first time--but they know it will also be their last trip here together. Julia is dying, and as the mother and daughter desperately try to make memories together as the clock ticks down, the world opens up around them. Piper meets a cute French waiter, who might just understand her better than anyone she's ever met, and Julia meets a man at a dive bar and struggles with how to tell him the truth about her future. Rock star Jackson Quick's glory days are behind him. He had a handful of hit songs thirty years ago, but he hasn't toured in a decade. This week, he'll launch his reunion tour in Paris, the city where it all began. But he wants more out of life than being defined by fame. When he meets a woman who finally sees him for who he is at his core, the ground shifts beneath his feet. Henry McGee has been writing hit songs for decades--including Jackson Quick's biggest hit, City of Light. But his secret is that every love song he's ever written is for a woman named Celeste, whom he loved a lifetime ago, when they were both teenagers in Paris during World War II. He has spent eighty years believing she died--but when a letter arrives telling him the opposite, he's on the first flight to France. Can he break through the haze of her dementia, using the songs he's written all these years, to remind her of who they once were to each other--and to tell her he came back for her? Henry's granddaughter, Melody, has just discovered that her husband of twenty years, Gilles, a French cosmetics executive, is having an affair. When she confronts him, he tearfully apologizes and begs her to forgive him. But can she? And, perhaps even more importantly, does she want to? Or is there a different kind of life out there for her if she chooses to be alone? These intertwining stories--plus several others--unfold over a few breathtaking spring days, as an unforgettable group of Americans in Paris must find their way to their own versions of happily ever after in the City of Light.
About the Author
About the Author
Kristin Harmel is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau, The Paris Daughter, The Forest of Vanishing Stars, and The Book of Lost Names. She is published in more than thirty languages and is the cofounder and cohost of the popular web series, Friends & Fiction. She lives with her husband and son in Orlando, Florida.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"A gorgeous, ensemble novel that will have you packing your bags for France! Set in the most romantic city in the world, it weaves a melody of chance encounters and golden memories so beautifully told that it will capture your heart." --International bestselling author Evie Woods
"The City of Light becomes the City of Love in Kristin Harmel's breathtaking new escape celebrating life's most complicated emotion in all its glory. Nine Americans descend on Parisian soil, their paths intertwining in a swoon-worthy and poignant tale of fresh starts and self-discovery that will make even the most cynical reader believe in the transformational power of true love. Kristin Harmel has long been one of my favorite authors, and with MEET ME IN PARIS, she has taken her ever-masterful storytelling to even greater heights. Harmel's prose shines as brightly as her beloved Paris in what is sure to be the must-read novel of the year!" --New York Times bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey
"MEET ME IN PARIS might just be Kristin Harmel's magnum opus. This book is every kind of love story wrapped in the most perfect Parisian package. There's first love and long-lost love, mother-daughter love and the fierce, protective love of best friends. There's once-forbidden love and lost-and-found love and almost-too-late love. There's love that breaks your heart and love that puts it back together again--plus the bravest love of all, the love you give yourself. Only a master storyteller like Harmel could weave all of these threads together into one heartbreakingly beautiful novel. The way the characters' lives intersect feels like Love Actually--only better. I devoured this book in a single sitting; it made me laugh and cry and seriously consider booking a flight to France. Paris may be called the City of Light, but in Kristin Harmel's hands, it should be the City of Love. This is one book you don't want to miss." --Ali Brady, USA Today bestselling author of Battle of the Bookstores
"An absolutely delicious delight! This book delivers a transportive and much-needed trip to Paris that will soothe every reader's soul. I stayed up all night finishing this one. Meet Me in Paris is an exquisitely woven narrative about the enduring power of love in all of its forms. Each of the stories in this book could be its own novel or movie, but they're even more powerful when read together. Readers will turn the last page and want to start all over again. You'll feel comforted, inspired, and completely enchanted as you head to your computer and immediately book a trip to the City of Light." --Jo Piazza, bestselling author of The Sicilian Inheritance
"A luminous, heart-tugging ode to love in all its forms--timeless, tender, and utterly unforgettable." --Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Gallery Books
Pub date:
2026-07-28
Length:
368 pages
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