First published 2022
Ashley Baxter Blake prepares for an anniversary trip to Paris with her husband, but dread fills her thoughts. Twenty years earlier, she made a terrible mistake in that city. She has kept the secret buried and never forgiven herself for what happened there. Before they leave Indiana, Ashley receives a surprising phone call from her niece Jessie. Jessie's French boyfriend's mother, Alice, remembers working at a Parisian bakery with an American woman named Ashley. When Ashley and Alice meet again after all these years, painful memories surface for both women. Ashley relives her reckless affair and the unexpected pregnancy that followed. Alice remembers the night she almost took her own life. Their reunion forces Ashley to confront the guilt she has carried for decades. She must decide whether she can finally release herself from the shame that has haunted her and find peace with her past in the City of Lights.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: second-chance, secrets
Setting: Indiana, Paris
Period: 20 Years Ago
393 pages · Paperback · Large Print Press
Content warnings: pregnancy-loss