{"product_id":"9780988940871","title":"That Spring in Paris","description":"Two Americans literally collide at the entrance to a Paris hospital, each desperately searching for friends felled in the same unspeakable tragedy.\u003cp\u003ePatrick Finley Deschanel, an expatriate former U.S. Air Force pilot, quit the military after a career flying helicopter rescue missions in the Middle East. Now resident on a classic barge moored on the Seine, Finn is a man with both physical battle scars and psychic wounds that overshadow his day-to-day encounters at every turn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuliet Thayer is a fledgling landscape painter who seeks escape from a tyrannical older brother and her job at his violent video war games company in San Francisco. Her emergency trip to Paris also raises doubts as to her impending engagement to a colleague where she serves as packaging design director and \"Chief Branding Officer\" of GatherGames, a highly speculative enterprise in which her parents are heavily invested. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Finn and Juliet form a tenuous attachment in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks that traumatized the French capital November 13, 2015, they wonder if the \"City of Light\" can provide a path out of the darkness for two emotional exiles who fear--along with the world at large-that their universe has descended into a permanent state of chaos and that the renewal of spring might never come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York Times bestselling novelist and Emmy-award winning news producer Ciji Ware displays her formidable skill at weaving fact and fiction--delivering a gripping story about the discovery of love and regained serenity in the wake of horrifying events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stand-alone sequel about descendants of Ciji Ware's A RACE TO SPLENDOR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ware once again proves she can weave fact and fiction to create an entertaining and harmonious whole.\" Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A mesmerizing blend of sizzling romance, love, and honor...Ciji Ware has written an unforgettable tale.\" The Burton Report.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lion's Paw Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029701574896,"sku":"9780988940871","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780988940871_p0.jpg?v=1763887264","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780988940871","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}