Blame It on Paris - by Laura Florand (Paperback)

About the Book

Can an insecure American woman find happiness with a sexy Parisian waiter--- even if she doesn't like the French? Laura has spent most of her adult life avoiding serious relationships, flitting around the world, and keeping her romantic expectations comfortably low. Unless she comes to her senses soon, she could end up ruining her life with a beautiful romance.

Book Synopsis

Can an insecure American woman find happiness with a sexy Parisian waiter---
even if she doesn't like the French?

Laura has spent most of her adult life avoiding serious relationships, flitting around the world, and keeping her romantic expectations comfortably low. The last thing she wants is to have her globe-trotting ways curtailed by a messy emotional entanglement. As far as she's concerned, chocolate is just as satisfying as true love--and a lot less complicated.
So how, in the name of all that is romantic, has she managed to get involved with a dangerously charming Frenchman named Sébastien? And only weeks before she's scheduled to leave Paris for good?
Everyone knows that Frenchmen are chain-smoking, manic-depressive, faithless, male chauvinistic, perfectionist snobs. What's worse, they live in France.
The cultural differences alone are enough to kill any relationship, even if Laura wanted one. She's from small-town Georgia. He's a sophisticated Parisian. They go together like grits and escargot.
But Sébastien isn't just any Frenchman. He's a gorgeous, sweet, sexy, graphic artist who seems to find Laura adorable for reasons she can't begin to comprehend. As the days slip by, she's finding it harder and harder to say adieu.
Unless she comes to her senses soon, she could end up ruining her life with a beautiful romance. . . .

Review Quotes

"A fabulous romp from Paris to Podunk and back again. Loved it. Laura Florand's reluctant heroine is adorable, and her perfect Parisian amour can wait on my table anytime." --Haywood Smith, New York Times bestselling author of the Red Hat Club series on Blame It on Paris

"Laura Florand offers up an outsider's oddly inside view of Paris, and she does so in a narrative that is by turns witty and touching, but always charming. Best of all, she turns the tables and lets us see our own culture through the fresh, French eyes of the man she loves. Do yourself a favor: Read this book." --Joshilyn Jackson, author of Gods in Alabama on Blame It on Paris

"A romantic, hilarious souffle of a story! Move over, Bridget Jones. Charming and laugh-out-loud funny." --Deborah Smith, New York Times bestselling author of A Place to Call Home on Blame It on Paris

"This delightful book should come with a warning label: do not read while traveling, otherwise other passengers will wonder why you keep laughing aloud and shouting 'Vive la Laura Florand!'" --Cassandra King, author of The Sunday Wife on Blame It on Paris

"I was taught in high school chemistry never to combine two ingredients whose properties you don't fully understand. Well, Laura Florand ignored that advice and mixed a Parisian gentleman with a Southern lady, and what she got, predictably, was combustible. Blame It on Paris is a charming, light-hearted romp through a cross-cultural quagmire that proves that love, if it can't conquer all, certainly is a match for a couple with families at different ends of the universe." --Larry Habegger, editor, Travelers' Tales Paris

About the Author

A Fulbright Scholar, Laura Florand has lived in France, Spain, and French Polynesia. For the past several years, she has divided her time between France and the United States. She currently teaches French at Duke University in North Carolina.
In real life she married Sébastien Florand four times in 2002. The number of ceremonies made everyone else think she was crazy but made her French in-laws quite happy.
Laura Florand has reviewed restaurants for Time Out Paris and has published articles on her travel experiences with various publications, including Travelers' Tales and Transitions Abroad. A former journalist, she has a string of feature articles to her credit, as well as poetry, short stories, scholarly articles, and translations.
She frequently publicizes departmental events to local papers and is responsible for the marketing of her Polynesian dance group, a popular performance group in North Carolina.