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The story of Luc and Marie continues in the sequel to DRAWING LESSONS … Marie and Luc have left Washington, DC—and the political machinations of Marie's ex-husband—behind for the passion and pleasures of Paris. But trouble lurks in paradise. When a newly-pregnant Marie returns from a girls' weekend in London with her best friend, her life changes overnight. Luc is gone and no one knows where he went. After her daughter, Olivia, is born, Marie does what single mothers do. She pulls her life together for her daughter and starts over. New city. New job. New friends. It's not exciting but Marie is done with exciting. Done with passion, with chemistry, with love. All she wants is to be a good mother. All she wants is a normal life with no surprises. Then the biggest surprise of all. Luc returns. Can Marie ever trust him with her heart again? Can Luc ever trust his own?