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September in Paris
As children's nurse in a British diplomat's home, Noelle found her duties ordinary indeed. But Paris, the city of her birth, more than compensated. Then she met a delightful artist, Alain de Bressac - only to be immediately warned against him by Mark Fielding, a close friend of her employers. Why? Could the debonair Englishman be interested in Noelle himself? No, that seemed far too unlikely to hope for.
190 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1963
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About the author
Andrea Blake
30 books8 followersJay Blakeney
aka Anne Weale, Andrea Blake
Jay Blakeney was born on Juny 20, 1929. Her great-grandfather was a well-known writer on moral theology, so perhaps she inherited her writinggene from him. She was "talking stories" to herself long before she could read. When she was still at school, she sold her first short stories to a woman's magazine and she feels she was destined to write. Decided to became a writer, she started writing for newspapers and magazines.
At 21, Jay was a newspaper reporter with a career plan, but the man she was wildly in love with announced that he was off to the other side of theworld. He thought they should either marry or say goodbye. She always believed that true love could last a lifetime, and she felt that wonderful men were much harder to find than good jobs, so she put her career on hold. What a wise decision it was! She felt that new young women seem less inclined to risk everything for love than her generation.
Together they traveled the world. If she hadn't spent part of her bridal year living on the edge of a jungle in Malaysia, she might never havebecome a romance writer. That isolated house, and the perils of the state of emergency that existed in the country at that time, gave her a backgroundand plot ideally suited to a genre she had never read until she came across some romances in the library of a country club they sometimes visited. Shecan write about love with the even stronger conviction that comes from experience.
When they returned to Europe, Jay resumed her career as a journalist,writing her first romance in her spare time. She sold her first novel as Anne Weale to Mills and Boon in 1955 at the age of 24. At 30, with sevenbooks published, she "retired" to have a baby and become a full-time writer. She raised a delightful son, David, who is as adventurous as his father. Herhusband and son have even climbed in the Andes and the Himalayas, giving her lots of ideas for stories. When she retired from reporting, her fictionincome -- a combination of amounts earned as a Mills & Boon author and writing for magazines such as Woman's Illustrated, which serialized the workof authors -- exceed 1,000 pounds a year.
She was a founding member of the The Romantic Novelists' Association. In 2002 she published her last novel, in total, she wrote 88 novels. She alsowrote under the pseudonym Andrea Blake. She loved setting her novels in exotic parts of the world, but specially in The Caribbean and in her beloved Spain. Since 1989, Jay spent most of the winter months in avery small "pueblo" in the backwoods of Spain. During years, she visited some villages, and from each she have borrowed some feature - a fountain, astreet, a plaza, a picturesque old house - to create some places like Valdecarrasca, that is wholly imaginary and yet typical of the part of ruralSpain she knew best. She loved walking, reading, sketching, sewing (curtains and slipcovers) and doing needlepoint, gardening, entertaining friends, visiting art galleries and museums, writing letters, surfing theNet, traveling in search of exciting locations for future books, eating delicious food and drinking good wine, cataloguing her books.
She wrote a regular website review column for The Bookseller from 1998 to 2004, before starting her own blog Bookworm on the Net. Atthe time of her death, on October 24, 2007, she was working on her autobiography "88 Heroes... 1 Mr. Right".
aka Anne Weale, Andrea Blake
Jay Blakeney was born on Juny 20, 1929. Her great-grandfather was a well-known writer on moral theology, so perhaps she inherited her writinggene from him. She was "talking stories" to herself long before she could read. When she was still at school, she sold her first short stories to a woman's magazine and she feels she was destined to write. Decided to became a writer, she started writing for newspapers and magazines.
At 21, Jay was a newspaper reporter with a career plan, but the man she was wildly in love with announced that he was off to the other side of theworld. He thought they should either marry or say goodbye. She always believed that true love could last a lifetime, and she felt that wonderful men were much harder to find than good jobs, so she put her career on hold. What a wise decision it was! She felt that new young women seem less inclined to risk everything for love than her generation.
Together they traveled the world. If she hadn't spent part of her bridal year living on the edge of a jungle in Malaysia, she might never havebecome a romance writer. That isolated house, and the perils of the state of emergency that existed in the country at that time, gave her a backgroundand plot ideally suited to a genre she had never read until she came across some romances in the library of a country club they sometimes visited. Shecan write about love with the even stronger conviction that comes from experience.
When they returned to Europe, Jay resumed her career as a journalist,writing her first romance in her spare time. She sold her first novel as Anne Weale to Mills and Boon in 1955 at the age of 24. At 30, with sevenbooks published, she "retired" to have a baby and become a full-time writer. She raised a delightful son, David, who is as adventurous as his father. Herhusband and son have even climbed in the Andes and the Himalayas, giving her lots of ideas for stories. When she retired from reporting, her fictionincome -- a combination of amounts earned as a Mills & Boon author and writing for magazines such as Woman's Illustrated, which serialized the workof authors -- exceed 1,000 pounds a year.
She was a founding member of the The Romantic Novelists' Association. In 2002 she published her last novel, in total, she wrote 88 novels. She alsowrote under the pseudonym Andrea Blake. She loved setting her novels in exotic parts of the world, but specially in The Caribbean and in her beloved Spain. Since 1989, Jay spent most of the winter months in avery small "pueblo" in the backwoods of Spain. During years, she visited some villages, and from each she have borrowed some feature - a fountain, astreet, a plaza, a picturesque old house - to create some places like Valdecarrasca, that is wholly imaginary and yet typical of the part of ruralSpain she knew best. She loved walking, reading, sketching, sewing (curtains and slipcovers) and doing needlepoint, gardening, entertaining friends, visiting art galleries and museums, writing letters, surfing theNet, traveling in search of exciting locations for future books, eating delicious food and drinking good wine, cataloguing her books.
She wrote a regular website review column for The Bookseller from 1998 to 2004, before starting her own blog Bookworm on the Net. Atthe time of her death, on October 24, 2007, she was working on her autobiography "88 Heroes... 1 Mr. Right".
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August 18, 2018
HAIKU BOOK REVIEW: September in Paris, by Andrea Blake aka Anne Weale.
Mary-Sue, French rake,
Englishman: Love triangle
in City of Lights.
Mary-Sue, French rake,
Englishman: Love triangle
in City of Lights.
March 19, 2014
This is a regular Mills and Boons romance, with the time-honoured plot of two men vying for one woman's affection. I found it interesting to start with but then the story began to plod along and it took me a while to finish the book. As romances go, it was alright, which is why I have given the book a two-star rating. It does not merit higher than that, in my opinion, as there is nothing to make this a story that I will remember for a long time.
March 4, 2023
One of the older books of Andrea Blake later also known as Anne Weale.
The author is known for her cool and calm almost ambiguous Heroes so the Hero here is par for the course. The heroine has no idea of his feelings until he awkwardly bursts out w it, out of the blue... even I as the reader got taken aback. 😳😁
Not really a love triangle, although the Hero suspects the heroine of falling for the charms of the OM. The heroine knows which one she likes, but is constantly going out w the OM so I don’t blame the Hero for any misconceptions he may have had.
Note to self: this is the book that mentions 3 of my favourite cheeses 🧀 😁
The author is known for her cool and calm almost ambiguous Heroes so the Hero here is par for the course. The heroine has no idea of his feelings until he awkwardly bursts out w it, out of the blue... even I as the reader got taken aback. 😳😁
Not really a love triangle, although the Hero suspects the heroine of falling for the charms of the OM. The heroine knows which one she likes, but is constantly going out w the OM so I don’t blame the Hero for any misconceptions he may have had.
Note to self: this is the book that mentions 3 of my favourite cheeses 🧀 😁
December 14, 2011
This is what heartwarming feels like.
November 25, 2015
Just love the book, i found it by accident at the local second hand bookshop in Penang. Been trying to find this since couple of years. Its about A girl, guys and Paris.... ^_^ happy reading!
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