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French innkeeper Louise Ravoux is struggling to keep her inn afloat while raising her two daughters and avoiding her abusive husband. One afternoon, a scruffy redheaded painter walks in, wanting to rent a room. Vincent van Gogh reminds her of her first love, and he has the most arresting eyes of anyone she’s ever seen. Though attracted to Vincent, Louise still bears the scars her husband gave her the only time she flirted with a man during their marriage. Still, something about Vincent makes her feel alive, and when she sees him painting outside, she stops to admire his work.

A HEARTBREAKING LOVE STORY IN THE HEAR OF FASCIST ITALY. Fear of paradise is a story of longing and missed opportunities, of separation, the passage of time, and the unforeseen consequences of innocent decisions. Set against the rise of Fascism in 1920s Italy, Vincent Engel's haunting novel takes us on a journey through a wild and romantic landscape where two lonely young people forge a strange and wonderful friendship. Between the sea and the forest, in the heart of Puglia, lies the village of San Nidro, frozen in time.

Dans la campagne écossaise du XVème siècle, Ava, une jeune fille que rien ne préparait à subir les pires atrocités, se retrouve aux prises d'un juge sadique et obsédé : Lord Thorburn. C'est dans ce contexte désespéré, qu'elle se liera d'amitié avec Isla, une autre victime de la folie du juge, et qu'elle fera la rencontre de Kieran Thorburn, d'où naitra un amour impossible et dangereux.