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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Sandy and Romain were at Villa Celestia preparing the villa for the second retreat there to open at the weekend. Unusually, they could hear Guy moving around upstairs.

Sandy looked at Romain. ‘D’you think he plans to tell us any time soon that Villa Celestia is going on the market? It’s such a worry. I thought we were safe until the end of our contract.’

‘It’s not like Guy to be secretive, I’m sure he has good reasons for not telling us,’ Romain said. ‘Even if he does put it on the market, these things always take at least three or four months to go through.’

‘Not in this case,’ Guy said, dragging a suitcase behind him. ‘It can go through very quickly.’