A Love Letter to Paris is a truly romantic, in the old fashioned sense of the word, love story that warms the heart, as Lilou goes about creating the perfect match for her friend Emilienne, who is always getting her heart broken into a million pieces.
Of British French parentage, Lilou is an out and out romantic, who sells bundles of love letters, amongst other memorabilia, at her little stall in the Marche Dauphine at the Saint Ouen Flea Market. She wonders if people can still fall in love through letters and could the lost art of writing love letters, be the answer to the woes of trying to find love in a fast paced, technologically focused world.
Digging around in the world of online dating, she realises it is not just Emilienne who has issues with finding love, she also does as her last love affair ended in a disaster. She ponders developing a ‘slow-burn’ dating site where people are matched through hand written love letters and sends Emilienne a free questionnaire under the name of Paris Cupid.
That was six months ago and Paris Cupid has exceeded Lilou’s expectations, also becoming a very popular gossip item around the Flea Market, as no one can guess who is behind Paris Cupid; it is Paris’s best kept secret.
Disaster strikes when Emmanuel Roux a much beloved Parisian sit com TV Star turns out to be the man she has matched Emilienne with; a man who is known as the Playboy of Paris. He has gone public stating he has met the love of his life, they are to be married and it is all down to Paris Cupid!
As the gossip level rises people in the marketplace are beginning to wonder who really is Paris Cupid and could it possibly be Lilou. She is in a constant state of worry and then to add to her troubles there is the very ‘delectable’, according to her friend Genevieve, Pascale who seems to do nothing other than scowl at her and complain about everything!
Lilou is so busy with her market stall, trying to avoid being discovered as Paris Cupid and encouraging her friends to find their true love, she fails to notice she is the target of someone trying to woo her in the old fashioned way, with secret notes left in the stall and mysterious flower deliveries.
A Love Letter to Paris is light hearted, well written and an absolute joy to read, as Lilou and her friends tread the pathway to true love, Parisian style and discover that love is often found with the most unlikely people.
