Second Edition

Second Edition

Author: Cleo White Listening Length: 8h 44m
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In retrospect, it might not have been the wisest idea to hand in my v-card to a hot librarian I picked up at my mother’s cocktail party. In my defense, the man has a French accent, gray hair, and knows a lot about books. The cards were really stacked against me making good choices, folks. I was probably na?ve to expec...

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“ Merde ? * ,” I curse under my breath, clicking the connect button on my computer for the third time in a row. As if moving two feet to the right will make any difference to the fact this building has stone walls. While I’m hardly an expert in technology, it seems obvious that four-hundred-year-old chateaus were not designed for their occupants to enjoy reliable internet connection.

Jean-Luc Perdue, the late owner of this estate, seemed to have strange priorities when it came to modernization of his ancient home. For example, the mirror in my en-suite comes equipped with adjustable LEDs, to provide the user with the most flattering light possible while brushing their teeth. Meanwhile, the stove appears to be at least a century old, and was filled with terra-cotta pots when Josephine went looking for a pan this morning.