![]() ![]() With a hint of Dan Brown and a splash of Jamie Brenner, this book will appeal to a variety of readers, especially those who enjoy character-driven fiction." - Booklist "Dolan's clever latest.does a fantastic job depicting Joan's love for her father and heartache over his death. Family secrets, laughter and tears, shocking reveals, and an uplifting ending make this a story to savor-and share., "Dolan spins a story that is both heavy and light, spanning continents and exploring relationships. This is a big-hearted belly-laugh of a book, told with wit and poignancy. What she finds is even better than she'd expected. With Nate as a sidekick, Joan will follow the clues all over Paris-from its grand cathedrals to the romantic bistros to the twisty side streets of Monmarte-hoping to recover the lost art, and her own sense of adventure. Even more shocking is what's been left in their place: a sketch from her father's journals, which she thought had been lost when he died on 9/11, and a poem that reads like a treasure hunt. But after a romantic dinner and an even more romantic night together, Joan wakes up next to her new lover to discover the drawings gone. He doesn't know she's carrying drawings worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sipping her champagne in business-class, she chats up her seatmate, Nate, a good-looking tech nerd who invites her to dinner in Paris. Furious but secretly pleased to have a reason to blow up her life, Joan impulsively decides to get out of town, booking a last-minute trip to Paris as an art courier: the person museums hire to fly valuable works of art to potential clients, discreetly stowed in their carry-on luggage. Life in the art world is beginning to wear on her-and then one fateful afternoon her husband drops a bombshell: he's fathered twins with another woman. Her artist father died on 9/11, and Joan-an art historian by training-has spent more than a decade maintaining his legacy. ![]() Joan Blakely had an unconventional childhood: the daughter of a globe-trotting supermodel and a world-famous artist. Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names The ultimate escapist adventure in Paris, told with wit, style, and a touch of intrigue, by the popular and dynamic author of The Sweeney Sisters. Unexpected twists of fate constantly surround the kids and the one person-the evil king's daughter-who has the most to lose will change the course of existence for the Zilonia Kingdom forever.Fast-paced and colorful, with hints of The Goldfinch and Malibu Rising, and more than one pitch-perfect love story- Lost And Found In Paris sparkles like the City of Light itself and will have you flipping the pages quickly as you're drawn deeply into its mysterious world of art, intrigue, and redemption. Now, it's up to them and their newfound family to save their parents and the entire Zilonia kingdom-all the while fulfilling a destiny they didn't know they had. A deep, dark secret is unveiled.The siblings learn that everything they knew about themselves was a lie. There they bewilderingly encounter identical twins and their little sister. Completely unaware of the adverse consequences, they find themselves transported to a strange new place that turns out to be more connected to them than the home they left. Their parents, the King and the Queen, were locked up in a hidden cave while Grinage turned Zilonia into his own private playground, stealing magic and transforming people into fountains for his secret agenda.Jack and Lisa accidently discover a hidden portal to a mysterious world on their way to camp. The noble twins were separated to ensure their safety. Just when an ancient legend predicting the birth of two sets of royal twins and the creation of an absolute magical power is on the brink of coming true, evil King Grinage swoops in and conquers their land. Once, the Zilonia Kingdom lived in harmony, love, and prosperity. The epic tale continues in the second and final part The Lost Twins of Zilonia. ![]()
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