This book kept my attention from the first page. In fact, I ended up staying up way too late to finish it! This is a sweet story about a young woman studying art in Paris, fulfilling a lifelong dream to study with the best all over the world. When disaster strikes, April learns who her real friends are, and who is out to use her. While this is a clean story, I would not classify it as Christian Fiction.

A Friend in Paris: A Sweet French Romance--PG Violence: attempted assault, stalking, fisticuffs Language: no Sex: no I was bored by this book. The heroine is very brave; the Hero is an emotional quagmire. There were some tense moments because of the villain, but not enough to carry the book.

A Friend in Paris caught my imagination early on, and I found myself thinking about it even when I couldn't be reading. Jennie expresses her characters' thoughts and feelings expertly and adds enough action and plot twists to keep me turning pages. This is not a Christian story but it is clean and provides an enjoyable sense of life in Paris for an American. Also nice: very few errors of grammar, punctuation or style to distract. All in all, a lovely book.

A Friend In Paris captivated me from the start and held me until the end. It may be partly due to my love of the art world; however, friendship, love and finding oneself are topics that touch us all.

I so enjoyed my trip to France courtesy of this lovely book. It has all sorts of hooks to keep the pages turning, and the author is writing about a place and people she knows. I am so happy to keep following Mme Goutet, as her books just keep getting better.

This is a new author for me. This really held my interest and a page turner for me. I really appreciated the romance was kept clean. The author was able to convey well the difference between love (H) and selfish love (fellow art student) or infatuation between the two men that liked the h.

A lovely sweet, clean romance, set in the beautiful city of Paris. An interesting plot, that keeps your attention from beginning to end. There was a great mix of characters...a young American art student; a villain or two; some selfish, misguided youths; a group of kind faithful friends; a wise older person; a hero... A thoroughly enjoyable read that keep me up!

Jennie Goutet gives us a delightfully charming story, rich in Parisian culture. I loved the storyline, the characters and the dialogue. It was wonderful watching April and Victor become friends and navigate that relationship as it turned into love. Thank you so much Jennie for the opportunity to read this sweet, sometimes funny and endearing story.

This is a sweet and decent romance between a young, orphaned American artist in Paris - April, and a successful young French businessman, Victor, who has an unsatisfactory romance behind him - or maybe not behind him. Margaux, a woman who previously refused Victor’s proposal comes back into his life - holding a baby (his?), and now wants a wedding - just as Victor is discovering his attraction to April. What particularly charmed me about the story were the episodes that explore the slight differences in “how things are done” in the US, where April comes from, and in France. From greetings to food and menus, baby shops, florists and dinners with friends. Another charming aspect of the story was the character Mishou, Victor’s grandmother. Mishou is kind and wise. She knows what and who is best for Victor. I appreciated that April both struggled to understand and to speak French, and did not magically become fluent in a month. By the time all ended well, I felt I had visited France again.

April is alone... truly alone in the world. She lost her mother to cancer when she was 3 yrs. old. She lost her dad right after she got out of college. Now she is taking an art class in Paris and her dad’s paintings are the only real company that she keeps. She wants to prove that she can make it on her own. Victor lost his mom when he was six. Even before she died, his father was a philanderer. Victor has followed in his father’s footsteps, but he is really just trying to find the one that will feel like family. He wants a large family of his own, to be part of a family. I loved April’s story of discovering that no one is an island. She is a character that modeled strength and independence, while learning vulnerability. In Victor you find a person who is ready to be a man, to make sacrifices, and to deal with the consequences of his past. When he finds out that he is a father, he models the determination to do what is right, and the openness to change, even if it isn’t popular. I received a free review copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

April is in Paris to study art. She has a dream and is determined to live out the wish of her dying father—she would go to the various art centers to study art. When she meets Victor she is not in the market for a romance which is good because Victor still has eyes for his ex-girlfriend who wants to get married. Circumstances lead to April and Victor becoming friends but can they be more than friends? A Friend in Paris draws you into April’s life. You get a sense of her ambition as well as her loneliness now that her father is dead. April’s dream propels her forward and the reader finds themselves rooting for her. She’s in a foreign country surrounded by a number of people who seem to have their own agenda but April is very good at remaining aloof from entanglements. Until she meets Victor. His chivalry carves out a place in her heart and the two become friends. Goutet does a good job of transporting her reader to the City of Lights and the drama that her characters found themselves in. This was a good, clean read—perfect for readers who want a good romance without the heavy stuff.

Paris, art students, a handsome hero--what more can a romance reader want? Fulfilling her father's dying wish for her, the heroine goes to Paris to perfect her painting techniques. She has to put up with a sour landlady, her lecherous and off-the-rails son, a jealous fellow student, and the above said handsome Parisian businessman, who somehow is on hand when she gets into trouble. You are taken into the work of struggling art students, the cheap but charming cafes they frequent, and a world of interesting characters. My favorite character is the hero's grandmother, still spunky and a major family force. I've read several of Ms. Goutet's books, and they are all winners.

This is one of those rare books were the story does not need to be a fast-pace thriller in order for the reader to be unable to put it down. It is so charming, and the Paris setting so lovely, I was immediately hooked on the story, not to mention the lives of its two protagonists and the people around them. I loved April and Victor, they were both good people at a difficult point in their lives that wouldn't let them become anything other than friends, and yet they still supported each other as much as they could. I enjoyed the suspense and the resolution to the conflict, it left me with a smile and the strong desire to go to Paris again. I will definitely read more of this author's books in the future.

This romance is a little different than the usual romances today. April, an artist, goes to Paris to attend art school and has goals in mind that she wants to achieve. The story revolves around her time in Paris, the friends she makes, and how she will accomplish her goals in the future. She also falls in love, but there are obstacles. This story is a clean romance, well written, with a satisfying end.

I'm not a romance reader, but I found myself completely engrossed in Jennie Goutet's charming "A Friend in Paris". Sweet without being overly sentimental, funny without any snark whatsoever, the genuineness of April's journey is quite refreshing. This woman is not gunning for a relationship, she wants to paint and travel and make friends and live a joyful life; the unexpected romance takes her by surprise. And the way it unfolds, with a friendship first and foremost, makes for a lovely, and, dare I say it, "page turner" experience on the part of the reader. Highly recommended.