Invitation to Provence

Summary: Franny Marten's life is unraveling-after arranging 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. But even more surprises are in store for Franny Marten: She is unexpectedly offered an all-expenses-paid trip to Provence, an invitation to a reunion of her estranged family there. And Clare decides to come along too and charges the trip to Marcus (for his sins). Franny knows very little about the French side of her family, but how stressful can meeting long lost aunts and cousins be after what she and Clare have just gone through? Provence is everything Franny pictured, but nothing at all what she excepted. Beyond the lovely landscape there are dangerous family secrets buried deep, and there's also a person who will go to any lengths to keep Franny from uncovering them. Jake Bronson is an American with ties to the Marten family, and he seems to know more than he's saying. He's the most intriguing and compelling man Franny's ever encountered, but there are treacherous currents surrounding him. And at the center of it all is the matriarch, Rafaella Marten, a woman with secrets going back decades. Her two sons have caused her heartache and joy, but Franny may ultimately be the key to truly reuniting the Marten family-and putting to rest the shadows, scandals, and the rivalry of a dynasty.