New Chapters on the French Riviera

New Chapters on the French Riviera

Author: Jennifer Bohnet Listening Length: 7h 43m
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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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Preparing to go downstairs to the hotel bar to meet Leon that evening, Joan hesitated and fingered the chain around her neck before coming to a decision. Carefully, she undid the catch and took the chain off, sliding the ring into the palm of her hand as she did so.

She dropped the chain onto the dressing table and slipped the ring onto the middle finger of her right hand. Tonight would be a good night to pass the ring onto the son of its bona fide first owner.

Joan was sipping a small cognac, hoping it would give her some much-needed Dutch courage to face Leon when he arrived at eight o’clock.

Leon ordered a beer before giving his mother a questioning look.