My French Summer

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In 1980 college sophomore Alec Van Horne approaches his final months as a teenager dreading the shame of eternal celibacy. But to lose his virginity he must first break out of the closet. He hatches a plan. Stay on campus over summer recess and spark a romance with a handsome upperclassman. Alec's mother has other ideas. Wracked with fears of mortality Audrey decides that Paris is the perfect consolation prize for turning 50. Still viewing her youngest offspring as a child she insists that Alec accompany her and his father Walt to Europe. There he'll learn he's not the only one with a dark secret.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Determined to be a miserable traveling companion Alec finds romance instead. A hunky New Englander Conor Walsh is taking a gap year abroad before starting law school. Lifted from Alec's fantasies Conor suggests a road trip to Normandy...on a motorcycle. The picturesque Norman coast fuels the young men's passions. But Alec's immaturity threatens the relationship. Inexperience insecurity and a sexy Swedish boy make him doubt Conor's sincerity. There's also Audrey. Will she let her boy grow up or doom him to a life of regret?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>My French Summer is a coming-of-age story with all the ingredients of a great romance: grand adventure luscious European settings delicious cast of supporting characters and a plot with plenty of surprises. Young love set in Paris and the French countryside will enchant readers of all ages who will laugh cry and root for Alec and Conor.</span></p>