I love Paris. The Metro, the bridges, and the medieval churches and streets. And did I say the Metro?
I dreamed of the Metro before I arrived there for the first time to live and work as a nanny in my early 20s. (After dropping out of UC Berkeley. Don’t worry. I eventually went back and got my Bachelors degree.)
When I was dreaming up the next story in my Touchstone series, I stared at a wall in my office.
And there was my inspiration.
A photo of Paris and beside it an image of a dragon. (My office is a colorful place!)
That was it! What if there was a dragon in Paris, underground the city, under the Metro?
And so I wrote that story, which is now Parisian Amour, Book 3 in the Touchstone series.
Parisian Amour, Book 3 in the Touchstone series
What if a dragon lived under the city of Paris?
Sarah Redman, a bank project manager up to her neck with work, wants some adventure in her life. A career opportunity in Paris seems like a dream come true, but once she gets there nothing goes as planned. The job interview she thought she wanted falls through and her dreams about a crying dragon trouble her. To top it off, she gets lost in the tunnels of Paris with a man who attracts her more than she wants to admit.
Trainer extraordinaire, Josh Kleine, needs to pull off a successful presentation at the Paris Transportation Conference to land more clients and save his company. But strange events in the tunnels under Paris drive him to distraction and into a strange, profound sadness. In search of answers under the city, he gets trapped below ground with a gorgeous woman who he desires like none before. But will the sadness tear him apart before he can convince himself and her that love does not only exist in fairy tales?
Together they may hold the key to the strange disasters striking the City of Lights. Can Sarah unravel the secrets of the city and of her heart in time to save them all?
Read an excerpt here: https://author.bethbarany.com/books/parisian-amour-romance/#excerpt
Beth Barany writes magical tales of romance and adventure to transport readers to new worlds where anything is possible. Beth is the award-winning author of Henrietta The Dragon Slayer and the acclaimed paranormal romance Touchstone series.
