In 1937, Lisette Roux and her husband, André, move from Paris to a village in Provence to care for Andrés grandfather, Pascal. Pascal was a pigment salesman and frame maker; while selling his pigments in Paris, he befriended Pissarro and Cézanne and traded his frames for paintings. Pascal begins to tutor Lisette in both art and life, allowing her to see his small collection of paintings and the Provençal landscape itself in a new light. When war...

"Food critic Tempèsta Luddington has always felt like the odd person out in her family, ever since she lost her beloved mother at the tender age of thirteen. When her workaholic father passes fifteen years later, Tempèsta is not surprised that the majority of the considerable family money will pass to her dutiful younger brother, Wal. Still, she is left a modest remembrance from her mother, and for the first time Tempèsta has a world of choices...

Franny Marten's life is unraveling. Expecting to meet her boyfriend, Marcus Marks, for dinner, she finds his wife waiting for her instead. After the initial shock wears off, Franny finds she has more in common with Clare Marks than she could ever have imagined. And, amazingly, the women become fast friends. When Franny is unexpectedly offered an all-expenses-paid invitation to a family reunion in Provence, she goes, and takes Clare along for the ride....

Tired and fed up, tycoon Simon Shaw seeks refuge in Provence, where he encounters a pretty Frenchwoman who lures him into buying a little hotel that proves far more troublesome than quaint.

Danny Roth, a Los Angeles entertainment lawyer, is preparing to show off his impressive home and even more impressive wine collection. However, when the Los Angeles Times expresses interest in profiling Roth's liquid assets, several rare bottles are inexplicably purloined. Consequently, Sam Levitt, a wine connoisseur and part-time sleuth, is called to uncover the identity of the thief and soon finds himself in France, taking on an unconventional billionaire...

Soon after winery owner Olivier Bonnard discovers that a priceless cache of rare vintages has been stolen from his private cellar, a man arrives at Aix-en-Provence's Palais de Justice to report his wife's mysterious disappearance. After the wife is found dead in Bonnard's vineyard, Verlaque and Bonnet are once again investigating.

"Saint-Saveur Cathedral of Aix-en-Provence is an ancient structure of many secrets-a perfect monument to fill the lens of a celebrated photographer, and a perfect place for the photographer's son, Ned Marriner, to lose himself while his father works. But the cathedral isn't the empty edifice it appears to be. Its history is very much alive in the present day-and it's calling out to Ned."--Publisher description.

Recounts the exploits of Boy, a shaggy dog, in the Mayle household from the dog's point of view. His love life, run-ins with humans, and other hilarious adventures.

"A girls trip to a luxurious French chateau turns from dream vacation to nightmare"-- Welcome to Provence, where the Lady of the Chateau, Sřaphine Demargelasse, has opened its elegant doors to her granddaughter Darcy and three friends. Twenty years earlier, the four girlfriends studied abroad together in France and visited the old woman on the weekends, creating the group's deep bond. Amid winery tours, market visits, and fancy dinners, it becomes...

"A woman leaves her coastal Greenland village to translate the works of a renowned Provencal poet and finds her life irrevocably changed, in this tender and romantic novel set in a French village. With an eye and ear attunded to the sensibilities of French life, the author has created a love story about a woman forced to choose between the security of her quiet northern home and the possibility of the life of her dreams"--Provided by publisher.