Chateaux Stories

After Harriet loses her husband on a solo Atlantic crossing, she starts a new life in France, renovating a medieval stone Priory and then letting it to holidaymakers. In England, Sir Hector, a bastion of British Banking born with a golden egg, not a mere silver spoon is approaching retirement. He finds diaries in one of his attics written by his female ancestors. He decides to publish them. Raunchy and licentious, they hit the No. 1 spot for ten weeks, earning him a spot on the Michael Parkinson Show. He is subsequently inundated with often salacious offers from women and decides to have some fun. He dates a number of them, mostly disastrously, but some are not without their benefits... Sir Hector, grounded by his aristocratic Aunt Tilly, is castigated for his behaviour. Harriet and Hector meet in unfortunate circumstances at a wedding in Scotland. He doesn't endear himself to her when a massive stag causes a collision, wrecking her car. In France, Harriet has adventures with her guests, romance with an old flame and, guiltily, an affair with the local count. Through thick and thin, Harriet is supported by her children; her brother Freddie and his boyfriend; and her great friend Aoife, who is as Irish and free-living as Harriet is restrained and correct. Hector buys a vineyard in France for his retirement and fosters an attachment to Harriet. Hector's social milieu is formed of his aristocratic friends, Aunt Tilly and his Swedish girlfriend with her thirteen Siamese cats. His alcoholic chef provides suspense whilst Jane, his no-nonsense Sloane Ranger PA and two Scottish spinsters are the source of much humour resulting from their sexual naivety, revealed when they are hired to reply to the vast sacks of often explicit fan mail sent to Sir Hector. From the skeletons of wartime German officers discovered under the local chateau to the chef's death on a superyacht and a thwarted terrorist attack - life in France is never dull.

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17-year-old Megan Cole is tired of her older (and colder) brother, Jordan. Tired of trying to normalize their life even as five years have passed since the plane crash that took their parents. Art is her only solace, so when the new art teacher Ms. Olivia chooses Meg to overlook the much-anticipated quadrennial exhibition, she couldn't be more thrilled. But life isn't done surprising her--Meg soon realizes Ms. Olivia may not be who she seems at all, and a series of "accidents" makes her feel that someone's determined to hurt her and Jordan. Before she can get to the bottom of these mysteries, her grandparents invite them to spend the summer at Namur, Belgium, and to meet their long-time friends--who happen to be the owners of a medieval castle, which has been in their family for generations. As Meg and Jordan befriend the young heirs of the troubled castle, they dive headfirst into even more puzzling mysteries--what is the centuries-old secret its tunnels and attics hide? Who is the intruder prowling the castle grounds at night? Why is an elusive young man following the siblings across the streets of Brussels? In her search for answers, Meg will get closer every second to unraveling the greatest mystery of all--the truth about her parents.

Lelio, un jeune apprenti cordonnier de 17 ans, va se retrouver dans un monde qui n'as rien à voir avec le sien. Perdu il tomberas sur Arsen, un garçon mystérieux, puis Austin, un jeune homme parfois trop sûr de lui, sans oublier Séraphine, une jeune fille étonnante et pleine d'énergie. Les deux jeunes hommes, intrigués par le garçon, lui feront vivre la plus surprenante, inattendue et longue nuit de sa vie, le tout l'or d'un bal masqué dans un décor somptueux et une ambiance digne des plus belle réception de Versailles.