Spotlight on: The French Honeymoon

by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau

From the publisher:

The Paris Apartment meets A Simple Favor in an unputdownable thriller about a honeymoon gone horribly wrong.

Sometimes, Paris is a terrible idea.

This is not how she imagined it, any of it. Taylor Quinn arrives at her honeymoon suite in the City of Love alone, sans suitcase, but with wads of stolen cash. When she catches a glimpse of newlyweds Cassie and Olivier enjoying their happily ever, she can’t tear her eyes away. And Cassie makes their antics easy to follow as she reveals every detail of their picture-perfect trip on social media. Taylor’s obsession builds as she tracks their every move. This was the kind of life she was supposed to be living, this was the marriage she should have had, this was the honeymoon she dreamed of.

The illusion is shattered when she overhears a heated argument between Cassie and Olivier, which reveals that they’re not the lovestruck couple they pretend to be. But Cassie and Olivier have agendas of their own and Taylor can’t see the danger in getting in the middle of this until it’s too late. And now, no one will get out of Paris unscathed.

My thoughts:

Wow! I was drawn in by the first sentence: “Sometimes Paris is a terrible idea.” Hard to imagine but definitely true here.

Readers will wait to see how this plot comes together and who among, and how, the characters will survive. They are an interesting, not always likeable, group of people.

Pick this one up if you would like to read a suspenseful story set in the City of Lights. The author is French which adds some verisimilitude to the settings.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for this title. All thoughts are my own.

Pub date: 15 April 2025

From the Publisher