A Time for Love in Paris
By Kim Hotzon
Genre: Time Travel Romance
In 1975, Elise
Sutherland, a young woman from Scotland, travels to Paris, France, to study art
at the illustrious Fine Arts School of Paris. After stumbling upon a mysterious
old book in the infamous Shakespeare & Company bookstore, she
unwittingly travels back in time.
Elise finds Paris
at the turn of the century a very different place and succumbs to the charms of
Michel Flaubert, a masterful painter and sculptor.
As Michel’s career takes
off, he discovers an unusual woman lurking inside his studio. There is simply
no other woman in Paris like Elise. Though puzzled by her frequent
disappearances, he finds himself infatuated.
Can the two
star-crossed lovers find love at the brink of WWII?
Seeing it now,
existing in the permanence of marble, pierced Elise’s thickly preserved armor.
Her lover, the painter, promised an everlasting symbol of his love for her but
she hadn’t had the chance to see it finished. She hadn’t forgotten his hands
and the trembling vibration they caused as they connected with her naked skin.
Her meticulous lover had demanded endless days of posing, sketching, and
sculpting while their love had been born.
There had also been
light. Indoor and outdoor light, morning light and candlelight. Sketching, en
plein air. Halos of soft light shining from the glow of candles onto their nude
bodies. He had loved her, after all.
Burning liquid
filled Elise's eyes as she relived the pain of losing him. Like reopening an
old wound, the scar tissue was peeled back, exposing the inner flesh inside.
Her wound had been severe, bleeding and festering for decades. Elise hadn’t
wanted this pain to consume her. She’d strived to forget him over the years.
The shock of seeing the statue sent her tail-spinning into remorse and
doubt. Did I make the right choice? Did I?
“Oh my . . . How?”
Her voice broke,
barely a whisper. Snippets of memories and submerged bits flooded back. The
proof of their love sat mere inches away from her, both frightening and
exciting. Blinking, Elise released her hands from her throat, sliding them over
her chest, settling on the slight hardening in her abdomen.
She pictured
herself as the winsome young woman she once was. On the brink of adult life,
with the world in front of her. Men who stopped as she passed by, whistling and
admiring her femininity and natural allure.
She’d been sought
after by a man who’d turned his studio upside down for her. His passion and his
inspiration being her and her alone. Wonderful days filled with music,
laughter, and the promise of romance.
And then, her lover
had disappeared.
In October 2012,
Kim Hotzon signed up as a volunteer with Developing World Connections, a
Canadian non-profit organization. Partnering with the Rwandan based Building
Bridges Rwanda, Kim journeyed to a rural village in Rwanda to help construct a
community kitchen for genocide survivors.
Her experience
inspired her to write Hands Full of Ashes, a romantic suspense novel. As
Kim traveled throughout the region of East Africa, a portrait of the book's
hero and heroine emerged—Jan and Olivia. Hands Full of Ashes was nominated for
the TRR 2015 Readers' Choice Awards and has recently been nominated for the
2016 RONE Awards.
Kim also wrote a
short, contemporary romance, The Snow Bird, part of the anthology Sizzle In The
Snow: A Soul Mate Christmas Collection, which hit the Top 100 in Anthologies on
Amazon Canada. Her latest novel, A Time for Love in Paris, is a time travel
romance, and chronicles the love story of a young woman, Elise Sutherland, and her
love affair with a nineteenth century painter.
Ms. Hotzon lives in
British Columbia with her husband and children, writing novels in between
managing a vintage rental company and competing in dragon boat races.
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