In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman -- and never went home again.
Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slid effortlessly through her pavé au poivre, the steak's pink juices puddling into the buttery pepper sauce? Lunch in Paris is a memoir about a young American woman caught up in two passionate love affairs -- one with her new beau, Gwendal, the other with French cuisine. Packing her bags for a new life in the world's most romantic city, Elizabe
"This incomparable duet is Pepper Winters’ DEFINING MASTERPIECE – a true romantic masterpiece of SOULMATE love. The Luna Duet is in a realm of its own -- like no other love story you will ever read." - Goodreads
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The Luna Duet Boxed Set Edition includes the complete forbidden romance.
LUNAMARE -
I met her when I was sixteen.
She saved my life, all while simultaneously destroying it.
Without her, I would’ve died that day.
Her family took me in. They hid me. Fed me. And did all they could to keep me safe.
Her father’s one and only rule was “Don’t ever touch my daughter.”
I managed to obey for four years.
But then, one night…everything changed, and I broke my promise.
I’m in love with her, and she’s in love with me, but I have secrets I haven’t told her.
Secrets about why I ran away from home, why I have to remain hidden, and why I’ll die if I ever get sent back there.
Being with her isn’t just a risk to my heart but to my very existence.
I’m not allowed to love her.
I’m not allowed to keep her.
But I can’t stop.
I can’t stop…
And then…it’s too late.
and
COR AMARE -
I made the worst mistake of my life when I was twenty-two.
I let love and fear destroy everything I ever wanted, and now I have a choice to make.
Run and hide or stay and face the consequences.
I’d always known I wasn’t allowed to love her.
I’d always accepted that I wasn’t allowed to keep her.
But that didn’t stop me.
I broke every rule and choked on every secret to have her.
The only problem is, those secrets aren’t just hunting me anymore, they’ve found me.
I can’t run.
I can’t hide.
For a moment, I had it all. I had all my dreams and the girl I would kill for.
But now, I have to pay the price.
I have to pay…
And I won’t survive.
A story that spans a lifetime. This book deals with dark, heavy subjects and it is advised you check the Content Warnings on the Author’s website.
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Reviews
★★★★★ 6 Amazing and Astounding Stars. Breathtaking, heartbreaking, and absolutely perfect. – Kelley Reads Books
★★★★★ The five stars assigned for rating just don't seem to do justice to this duet. It was exceptionally painful yet devastatingly beautiful. This duet is unequivocally one of the most unforgettable and remarkable stories I have ever read. – I am booked
★★★★★ I’m literally speechless. This book/duet was absolutely amazing. The book deserves way more than 5 stars.– Mom Addicted to Books
★★★★★ EPIC. WOW ! – Kindle Crack Book Reviews
★★★★★ Spectacular. This book is a masterpiece in its true form… if I could give this book 1 million stars I would. – Books and Chocolates
★★★★★ This is the best series I have read thus far and would give it a hundred stars if possible. – A Wanton Book Lover Blog
★★★★★ All the stars! I just finished what will be the best book I have ever or will ever read. I can’t even wrap my head around all the emotions I’m feeling. – Meghan, GR
★★★★★ I’ve never read any books like this. I’m gonna be obsessed with this duet for a long time. – Jubi, GR
★★★★★ Pepper Winters truly delivered an immersive masterpiece for the ages! ...One of the best childhood-friends-to-lovers romances I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading." Annica, GR
★★★★★ If I could give this book 100 stars and 100 moons, I would .. I’d give the unforgettable and epic Luna saga everything! - Bookalicious Babes Blog
★★★★★ This book was utter perfection. In every sense of the word. This duet was beyond anything I could’ve imagined. - Jennii The Book Addict.
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Tropes: forbidden romance, age-gap, coming of age, forced proximity, steamy, spicy
th is plunged into a world of bustling open-air markets, hipster bistros, and size 2 femmes fatales. She learns to gut her first fish (with a little help from Jane Austen), soothe pangs of homesickness (with the rise of a chocolate soufflé), and develops a crush on her local butcher (who bears a striking resemblance to Matt Dillon). Elizabeth finds that the deeper she immerses herself in the world of French cuisine, the more Paris itself begins to translate. French culture, she discovers, is not unlike a well-ripened cheese -- there may be a crusty exterior, until you cut through to the melting, piquant heart.
Peppered with mouth-watering recipes for summer ratatouille, swordfish tartare and molten chocolate cakes, Lunch in Paris is a story of falling in love, redefining success and discovering what it truly means to be at home. In the delicious tradition of memoirs like A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun, this book is the perfect treat for anyone who has dreamed that lunch in Paris could change their life.
