A Tryst with PARIS

At 18, Maret's life turned into a nightmare there was no waking up from. Suddenly a single teenaged mother with no education, the only way she can get through each day is to dream of one day living in Paris. This "impossible dream" propels her toward a beautiful future and away from her life of poverty and fear. Decades later, her children grown, her business successful, she packs her bags, and moves to Paris. Following in Hemingway's footsteps, she screws up her courage and starts a new life as a writer.

Despite having all her notes and feeling ready to write a book about famous dead feminists haunting an apartment in Paris, she realizes she can't make the book come alive. Defeated, she seeks distraction and tries online dating.

That's when Paris "throws a book" at her.

Maret takes us with her as she dates an eccentric Count, a "stallion" who once worked at a sex club, and a German novelist who, she discovers, has an unfortunate passion.

Exposing the underbelly as well as the glamor and beauty of the City of Lights, A Tryst with Paris takes us places most of us can't even imagine. Along the way we discover that dreams really can come true but rarely in the form we had envisioned.