The Lavender Season | DO NOT READ: 18 and under

Sebastian St. James arrives in Paris with a future already waiting for him.

Young, aristocratic, and betrothed, he has spent his life knowing exactly what is expected of him. His stay in Paris should be nothing more than another temporary stop to escape the growing scandals from his hometown.

Then, in the quiet halls of a Parisian hotel, he meets a stranger.

One encounter becomes companionship. A conversation becomes friendship. And before Sebastian understands what is happening, the man he never expected to meet has become the one person he cannot imagine leaving behind.

Together, they leave Paris by train for the French Riviera.

Their journey takes them through the countryside and into fields of lavender and along breathtaking seasides, where the world seems to slow down long enough for them to forget who they are supposed to be. Away from their families, their obligations, and the eyes of society, they find something neither of them was searching for.

Each other.

But every journey has an ending.

And for Sebastian, the hardest part will not be falling in love-it will be discovering what the world intends to take from him.

Some seasons are brief.

Some loves are forbidden.

And some are simply impossible to forget.