Plus, the ripe scenes of dinner on a Paris rooftop, beaches in Cannes and quiet interiors of out-of-the-way museums provide readers with an escape of their own. And even though the crime element never entirely convinces, it energetically drives the plot and forces readers to understand Vidalia's need for escape. For example, Vidalia repeatedly sketches a single painting all summer, unable to get the girl's face right, which mirrors her own search for self. The story lines support each other gracefully.

When Vidalia wins a scholarship to study art abroad for the summer, she cant believe. But instead of embarking on a flowers-and-baguette romance, Vidalia chooses darker territory: a seductive bad boy pushes her limits, beginning with ditching a restaurant bill on their first date and escalating to art heists. Read Vidalia in Paris by Sasha Watson available from Rakuten Kobo. immediately makes an overture, and when the art teacher trains his Gallic scorn on her, another student helps her shrug it off. First-novelist Watson throws Vidalia some easy pitches: the cute young (and good-hearted) Frenchman at Shakespeare & Co. Like house and the burden of tending to her severely anxious, agoraphobic mother, high school student Vidalia is thrilled to be studying painting in Paris. For a chance to win a copy of Vidalia in Paris be sure to leave a comment for an entry into the Monthly Contest Sasha is the last author for this years Author Tales. When a summer scholarship frees her from her Grey Gardens– Sasha Watson is the author for this Thursdays Author Tales Sasha is the author of Vidalia in Paris You can see my review, here.