It began in Cannes

About the Book

"It began in Cannes is a romantic love story in honor of disappearing fairy-tales."

The novel takes place in Cannes on the French Riviera and the people are part of a very diverse make-up. The centre figure of the events is a very young simple girl, an orphan, who lives in Paris and works as an assistant editor in a famous fashion publishing house. One day, the publisher is in a tight spot not having a reporter available to cover the film festival in Cannes. He assigns her to do the job. Since she is a Cinderella-type girl, he suggests a make-over of her clothes and appearance. The plan works and the imagination takes over. When her car breaks down on the road to Cannes, she meets a charming fellow, who, because of his celebrity status as a famous Hollywood actor, introduces himself as the actor's Double, with a pseudo name, falls in love and spends days with her on the Riviera until the day when the Palm d'Or Award was given to him and she learns that he was not the fellow she thought he was. Sad and disappointed at an apparent betrayal she returns to Paris and is comforted and courted by her boss... until the day when the love of her life comes to look for her in Paris...

About the Author

Alpha de Monte was born and raised in Europe. The talented artist lives with her husband, Australia-born model actor, and former “James Bond Candidate”-famous in his own right for his international commercial films in Europe-in their country house in Woodland Hills and ranch in the San Diego mountains in Southern California, devoting most of her time to writing and painting. Apha de Monte is the author of four novels: …In Return for…She followed him to Ireland…O’Hara…and It began in Cannes. Painting by Augustin Pardo, Paris/France.