There’s a lovely advance review of A Secret Garden in Paris in the latest issue of Good Reading Magazine–absolutely delighted!
Lovely review in Good Reading Magazine!
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First advance reviews of A Secret Garden in Paris!
The first advance reviews of A Secret Garden in Paris are coming in on Goodreads, and they’re wonderful. I am so absolutely delighted!
Here’s some short extracts:
In A Secret Garden in Paris, Sophie Beaumont has shown gardens not only to be places of beauty and tranquility for all to enjoy but uses them as the setting for the characters to come to terms with problems and situations they are facing. Their involvement with gardens and flowers helps each of the women find peace and solutions to the challenges of life plus also making it an enjoyable book to read. (Vicki)
I loved learning about these women, where they had come from and what challenges they were dealing with in their lives.
It was also amazing to discover how their lives intertwined.
This truly is a story of love and loss, romance and revelations, and what better setting for it than a secret Paris garden. (Maree)
What an absolute joy to read. With Parisian grandmother Mattie as the central figure, surrounded by a collection of characters all dealing with sorrow while trying to move forward. I’m by no means an avid gardener, yet the descriptions of the beautiful gardens around Paris made it easy for me to feel like I was walking through them. With a healthy dose of romance, a few beautiful friendships and the strength of family this was a beautiful read that has left a huge smile on my face and joy in my heart. (Libby)
You can see the full reviews here.
Author copies of the North American edition of the Paris Cooking School!
Yesterday I got a lovely surprise in my mailbox: author copies of the gorgeous North American edition of The Paris Cooking School, published by Alcove Press!
It’s a beautiful hardback, with a great dustjacket sporting a new blurb, colour author pic and a couple of nice quotes on the back, as well as gilt writing on the internal spine.
So wonderful to hold it in my hands, especially ahead of the publication day next Tuesday, August 6, in the US and Canada!
Cover reveal: the Ukrainian edition of The Paris Cooking School!
I’m thrilled to reveal the enticingly sweet cover of the Ukrainian edition of The Paris Cooking School, which is coming out with Knygolove Publishers in Ukraine in August. I hope that Ukrainian readers love reading it as much as I loved writing it!
Ahead of the imminent release of The Paris Cooking School in the US and Canada…
The Paris Cooking School comes out on August 6–not long to wait!–in the US and Canada, published by Alcove Press, and in the lead up to that, and to whet your appetite, there’s a great ‘Take Five’ interview with me on Writer Unboxed, the fabulous, award-winning US-based international writing blog. Here’s a short extract:
Q1: What’s the premise of your new book?
SM: My book, The Paris Cooking School (written under the pen-name of Sophie Beaumont) is an adult contemporary novel set, you guessed it, in Paris 😊 It features three main characters, Kate Evans, Gabi Picabea and Sylvie Morel, who are all at crossroads in their lives. Gabi and Kate have both come for the month-long course at Sylvie’s Paris Cooking School, after major crises in their lives—in Kate’s case, a bitter marriage breakup, in Gabi’s case a crippling creative block. Meanwhile, Sylvie is facing a worrying online harassment campaign targeting her business, and trouble from her commitment-shy lover Claude. What the three women find during that extraordinary April in Paris will change the course of their lives—and bring new love, too. Set against a gorgeous background of Paris in spring, and studded with delicious references to French food, it’s a novel that Australian readers have already taken to their hearts, and which I hope North American readers will just as much! The book comes out in the US and Canada on August 6, published by lovely Alcove Press.
You can read all the interview here.
The Paris Cooking School (North American edition) on Barnes and Noble pre-order promotion!
To all my North American readers: I’m thrilled to announce that for one week only, from July 10 to July 17, The Paris Cooking School is included in Barnes and Noble’s fabulous Tale for the Ages–wait, no, that should be Sale for the Pages!! In this great pre-order promotion, you can get 25 percent off, including print, audiobook and ebook formats. The perfect opportunity to grab your own copy early! See pic below for details.
The Paris Cooking School comes out in the USA and Canada on August 6, published by lovely Alcove Press. Very exciting!
First advance review for the American edition of The Paris Cooking School!
Well, this is such a lovely surprise: the first advance review(on Instagram) of the North American edition of The Paris Cooking School! The book is out in the USA and Canada on August 6, published by Alcove Press (and distributed by Penguin Random House). Exciting!
If you’re in the US or Canada around that time, and you spot the novel in a bookshop, do let me know and post a pic 🙂
And for my North American friends, here’s a link to preorder if you’re interested: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768597/the-paris-cooking-school-by-sophie-beaumont/
The ARCs of A Secret Garden in Paris are out!
Lovely to see, on my return from France the other day, the ARCs (Advance Reading copies) of A Secret Garden in Paris–exciting to hold it in book form, even if it’s not yet final!
Cover reveal for A Secret Garden in Paris!
I am thrilled to reveal the gorgeous cover of A Secret Garden in Paris, my second novel under the name of Sophie Beaumont, which will be out in October with Ultimo Press. Isn’t it just absolutely beautiful!
Here’s the blurb:
Springtime in Paris … the perfect time to turn over a new leaf
In the heart of a city blooming with flowers, three women face life-changing challenges. Driven by grief over the sudden death of her mother Corinne, Sydneysider Emma Taylor has taken refuge with her Parisian grandmother, Mattie, in her house with its secret garden. Determined to unlock the mysteries of Corinne’s past, Emma’s only clue is an enigmatic photograph.
Celebrated garden designer Charlotte Marigny believed she had a happy marriage, until her husband Tom inexplicably started to withdraw from her. Needing time to think about the future, she has fled their home in London for her native Paris.
Meanwhile, widowed Parisian florist Arielle Lunel had finally managed to get her life together, after her husband’s death and the discovery of his crippling debts three years earlier changed everything for her and their young twins. Now, her world is again turned upside down when her controlling parents-in-law arrive with a disturbing proposal…
Drawn together by loss and the romantic gardens of Paris, the paths of the three women begin to intersect as they develop an unexpected friendship that will transform their lives.
From the author of The Paris Cooking School comes a captivating story of loss and love, romance and revelations – and the pleasures of a secret Paris garden.
You can pre-order the book here.
The Paris Cooking School is out in Portugal!
I’ve just heard that the Portuguese edition of The Paris Cooking School has just been published, in Portugal of course, and is now in bookshops there. Very exciting!
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