Copy received via Netgalley for an honest review

Paris Lights is a sweet starts to CJ Duggan's Heart Of The City serie

When Claire's dream holiday to Paris takes an unexpected turn, she has 2 options - go home with her tail between her legs, or give London the big middle finger and stay in Paris.

A "job" at a hotel, a sexy but gruff, sometimes downright mean restaurateur and group of new and amazing friends are just the thing she needs to get over her ex Liam (who really is a bit, no, a lot of a d!ck).

I adored that Claire had no filter - quite an Aussie thing I think! - and how she doesn't cower before the great Louis Delarue. She gives as good as she takes from him, and it really is a case of fighting being foreplay.

Louis - it took me most of the book to warm up to him. I would catch glimpses of a something about him at times but then the cost, no nonsense man would return and it did make him hard to like a lot of the time.

But I did eventually thaw to him as his character loosened up.

I enjoyed the virtual Paris tour that Ms Duggan had Claire taking us on. I could imagine myself in the crowd bustling to see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, the patisseries, the hustle and bustle down the uneven pathways of the city. And it kind of made me want to go to Paris, and I have never really had the feeling before!

I loved getting swept away with Claire and Louis, and I look forward to seeing where we are taken with the next Heart Of The City book