![]() ![]() What follows is pleasantly predictable, as the cosmopolitan urbanite bumbles her way into the locals’ hearts-Luc’s most of all. Luc offers her shelter, and, because he assures her that his aunt will play chaperone, Julia agrees. Her only resource is brusque Luc Paquet, a local she meets at the train station. ![]() France at the turn of the 20th century is still a very undeveloped place, and when 18-year-old British expat Julia Weston boards the wrong train en route to Paris, her detour leaves her stranded for days in a rural hamlet without even a working telegraph. As improbable as its plot may be, this leisurely, rose-colored romance from Moore ( Solving Sophronia) makes for delightfully soothing reading. ![]()
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