There's nowhere quite like Paris, as journalist and single mum Jess Bright knows all too well. She's never forgotten the love, friendship and freedom she enjoyed there in her twenties. So when she's offered a writing job in the city one summer, she leaps at the chance. Her subject is the iconic artist Adelaide Fox, whose personal life has always been steeped in scandal and intrigue. Now approaching eighty, she's ready to tell her side of the story - and serve up some scalding-hot revenge in the process. Amidst a stormy working relationship, Jess and Adelaide must face up to their pasts. As passionate affairs, terrible betrayals and life-changing secrets surface, there may be more surprises in store than either of them dared imagine . . .