At the famous Patisserie Clermont in Paris, 1909, a chance encounter with the owner’s daughter has given one young man a glimpse into a life he never knew existed: of sweet cream and melted chocolate, golden caramel and powdered sugar, of pastry light as air.
But it is not just the art of confectionery that holds him captive, and soon a forbidden love affair begins.
Almost eighty years later, an academic discovers a hidden photograph of her grandfather as a young man with two people she has never seen before. Scrawled on the back of the picture are the words ‘Forgive me’. Unable to resist the mystery behind it, she begins to unravel the story of two star-crossed lovers and one irrevocable betrayal.
My Thoughts:
I managed to read this book in a day, it is a fast paced moving book that is set in the 1990’s in Paris but alternates to 1988 in England. This is a story that is all about forbidden love and family secrets, I liked reading about Patisserie Clermont and all the wonderful things that they made there. I think that was why I was drawn to this book. Well written book.
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