New Chapters on the French Riviera

New Chapters on the French Riviera

Author: Jennifer Bohnet Listening Length: 7h 43m

Can a talented chef and a group of writers rediscover joy—and perhaps even create new beginnings? Eight months after suddenly closing its doors, Michelin-starred chef and Villa Celestia proprietor Guy Lyon is almost ready to begin again. When his friend Sandy Thoreau asks to rent the villa on the French Riviera for a ...

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Guy threw the now cold pieces of toasted baguette away, made another coffee and slowly climbed the stairs to the small sitting room next to his bedroom in his apartment on the top floor.

Opening the French doors, he stepped out onto the roof terrace and sat down on the cane settee, its cushions covered in traditional Provencal material scattered with lemons, grapes and olives. Jacqueline’s choice.

He loved it up here. They both had. Escaping up here away from guests, staff and work at every opportunity.

And definitely every evening when the restaurant closed and any guests staying were safely tucked up in bed.