When event planner Chloe Turner wakes up penniless and without a passport in the Plaza Athénée Hotel in Paris, she only has a few fleeting memories of Claude, the suave French man who convinced her to have that extra glass of wine…before taking all of her possessions and slipping out the door. As the overly organized, go-to gal for her drama queen younger sisters, her anxiety-ridden father, and her needy clients, Chloe is normally prepared for every disaster that comes her way. But with her wedding to her straight-laced, lawyer fiancé back in DC only days away and a French con-man on the loose with her engagement ring, this is one catastrophe she never could have planned for.

As Chloe tries to figure out a way home, she runs into an even bigger problem: the police are after her due to suspicious activity now tied to her bank account. Chloe's only hope at retrieving her passport and clearing her name lies in the hands of Julien, a rugged, undercover agent who has secrets of his own.

As Chloe follows this mysterious, and—although she doesn't want to admit it—sexy French man on a wild chase through the sun-kissed countryside of France, she discovers a magical world she never knew existed. And she can’t help but wonder if the perfectly ordered life she’s built for herself back home really what she wants after all…

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When hard-hitting DC reporter Jillian Chambord learns that her twin sister, Isla, has been abducted from a luxury train traveling through the Alps, not even the threat of losing her coveted position at The Washington Daily can stop her from hopping on the next flight to France. Never mind the fact that Samuel Kelly—the sexy former CIA agent who Jillian has sworn off forever—has been assigned as the lead investigator in the case.

When Jillian and Samuel arrive in the Alps, they soon learn that their midnight train isn’t leading them to Isla, but has taken them back in time to 1937, to a night when another young woman was abducted from the same Orient Express train. Given a chance to save both women, Jillian and Samuel are unprepared for what they discover on the train that night, for the sparks that fly between them . . . and for what they’ll have to do to keep each other alive.

Whenever I am going to travel, I like to immerse myself in the place I am going.  

Romance novels set in a place like say PARIS let me turn to my husband and while gleeful clapping utter  "Ohhhh! This is where Patrick and Sarah kissed in The Chocolate Temptation!" And my love laughs and knows to kiss me in the same literarily important spot. It gets me tons of extra kisses which is always devine.  

I also do historical and food based reading in preparation but that is less interesting to discuss here. 

If you plan to go to Paris soon, if only in your mind, here are some wonderful romance novels set in the City of Light to take you there. 

Contemporary Romance 

Amour et Chocolat Series by Laura Florand

Historical Romance 

Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught 

Lord of Scoundrels and Silk Is For Seduction by Loretta Chase

Ruthless by Anne Stuart

Wicked Becomes You by Meredith Duran

Love's Charade by Jane Feather 

Knight In Paris  by Barbara Cartland (Had to put this one on) 

Paranormal Romance 

Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost 

Her Dark Angel by Felicity Heaton 

Love Story Memoir ish 

 Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes by Elizabeth Bard

If you would like to vote for the best to the best, go to the Goodreads list: Lumière: Romance Novels Set in Paris.

If you would enjoy see lovers in Paris, imagining yourself there and getting even more recommendations for romance novels set in Paris, visit my Pinterest Board: Lumière: Romance Novels Set in Paris.

Time travel where you go back to 1950’s Paris and slip into the body and life of a risqué burlesque dancer?  Sign me up.

Straight-laced Claudia Davis finds herself in an awkward predicament. Pregnant from a one night stand, Claudia is now in love with another man, a suave but kindhearted French actor she meets at her grandmother’s ballroom dancing studio, but before she gets a chance to tell him how she feels she falls and bumps her head, waking up back in time inside the body of a gorgeous young dancer accused of murdering a fellow cabaret star. Scared and desperate to get back to her old life, Claudia has just a few days to straighten everything out, or else . . .

In spite of the dangers Claudia can’t help enjoying her lithe new body, the sensual pleasures of the City of Lights, the racy dance routines she can suddenly perform, and the solicitous attention of a handsome Parisian. Dancing With Paris is written in a bright lively style that sweeps you up, allowing you to feel the swirling wind on the boulevards, see the sparkling snow on the Tour d'EIffel, and smell the buttery croissants in the boulangers. I haven’t been to 1950’s Paris so I can’t tell you if that city is accurately evoked, but either way this book version of it is a fun destination.