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Midnight in Montmartre
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ISBN10: 1787955907
ISBN13: 9781787955905
Publisher: Global East-West (London)
Published: Jan 17 2026
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781787955905
Publisher: Global East-West (London)
Published: Jan 17 2026
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
In the shadow of Sacré-Coeur, on a rain-slick side street of Montmartre, stands a small café that does not behave like other cafés.At the Café de L'Étrange:
- A wall of glass jars quietly collects written confessions.
- An old espresso machine wails whenever someone lies.
- A pear tree blooms and bears fruit out of season.
- and recipes sometimes behave like spells.
Amélie, nursing a very modern heartbreak of her own, trusts only the things she can weigh and time. She bakes flawless pastries, avoids entanglements, and ignores the café's stranger tendencies.Then Leo arrives: an architectural restorer with sun-faded curls, scarred hands, and a family history he doesn't fully understand. His pocket watch has been frozen at 3:22 p.m. for years. The day he accidentally spills cardamom into Amélie's batter, the watch jolts forward-and the café's magic surges.As Leo peels back damaged plaster, he reveals a hidden fresco of Clémentine and her lost lover. As Amélie decodes recipes that map onto Resistance cyphers, long-buried secrets surface. And when her ex-fiancé Étienne-a prominent food critic-publishes a sensational article accusing Clémentine of war crimes and branding the café's magic a cynical scam, the quiet bistro becomes the focus of national outrage.Under the glare of cameras and protests, confession jars literally burst, ghosts walk, and the enchanted tree withers. Amélie must fight not only for her grandmother's name and the survival of the café, but also for the possibility of a future with Leo-whose grandfather may be tied to the very betrayal that shattered Clémentine's life.Midnight in Montmartre is a genre-blending novel of magical realism, historical intrigue, and contemporary romance-a love letter to Paris, to imperfect families, and to the recipes that outlast war, scandal, and time.
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