In a little town in the south of France in the 1960s, a dazzling encounter with Love itself changes the life of infant orphan Marie-Jeanne forever.
As a girl, Marie-Jeanne realizes that she can see the marks Love has left on the people around her—tiny glowing lights on the faces and hands that shimmer more brightly when the one meant for them is near. Before long, Marie-Jeanne is playing matchmaker, bringing true loves together in her village.
As she grows up, Marie-Jeanne helps her foster father, Francis, begin a mobile library that travels throughout the many small mountain towns in the region of Nyons. She finds herself bringing soulmates together every place they go—and there are always books that play a pivotal role in that quest. However, the only person that Marie-Jeanne can’t seem to find a soulmate for is herself. She has no glow of her own, though she waits and waits for it to appear. Everyone must have a soulmate, surely—but will Marie-Jeanne be able to recognize hers when Love finally comes her way?
Nina George is a multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author who has been writing novels, non-fiction books, essays, reports, short stories, blogs and columns since 1992. Her novel The Little Paris Bookshop was translated into 36 languages and topped the bestseller lists, including the New York Times chart. With her husband, the writer Jens J. Kramer, Nina also writes children's books and thrillers. Nina George is President of the European Writers‘ Council, the federation of 50 European writers’ associations. She lives in Berlin and Brittany/France.
