Rendezvous at a Small Hotel
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“Rendezvous at a Small Hotel” is a thriller stretching across Paris and the northern French countryside, involving a vindictive Qatari sheikh, his defiant daughter and her lover. An American widow in her 60s, sojourning at the small Hotel Marcel near The Eiffel Tower, is inextricably interwoven into the mix of mischief, car and bike chases, and love. A secret wedding takes place; illegal Italian grape seedlings are planted at a nearby chateau; and the culmination of the novel is a final lovers’ rendezvous at the small Hotel Marcel.
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Rendezvous at a Small Hotel is the fifth volume in the exciting series about the Hotel Marcel in the city of Paris near The Eiffel Tower. Elizabeth, an American widow in her 60s, returns to the small hotel, as she does yearly. For her, it is a visit with a purpose--to reconnect with her artist lover, Brit, with whom she has lost contact. Her search leads her to the Normandy beaches and the American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. In the wake of her pursuit, a number of adventures occur, involving a vindictive Qatari sheikh, a secret wedding, aiding and abetting the planting of illegal Italian grape seedlings at the château of her American friend, La Marquise de Chevigny, and a final rendezvous at the Hotel Marcel.
The City of Light is Elizabeth’s passion to which she is drawn every few months. In the sixth volume, entitled Intrigue at a Small Hotel, Elizabeth is troubled by a malicious woman from the past who seeks to ruin her life. Intrigue will be available in early 2016.
About the Author
Elizabeth Cooke graduated from Vassar College and the Sorbonne in Paris. Rendezvous at a Small Hotel is fifth in her romantic series about a small hotel near The Eiffel Tower, continuing the celebration of Cooke’s lifelong passion for Paris. The first book in the series won The Paris Book Festival 2015 Award for General Fiction.