A Parisian like no others
So says
Sacha Guitry. I agree with him. Paris
provided a life-changing experience to me and provides the background to LOST
IN YOUR TIME.
When
Natasha goes through hell a chance discovery sees her heading to Paris. She
might refuse to meet the French rock star she's been writing to on the internet
but he's not about to let go. The French
have a saying, "Impossible is not French" and Matthieu is determined
to prove it to Natasha.
Will Natasha regain her "joie de vivre"? Or
will the sparks fizzle out?
It was on the cards, a novel based in Paris, inspired by a
life-changing experience and a long love story with France. France and I go back a long way. My parents moved a lot when I was a
child and it was one of the many countries we lived in. Even when we didn’t, no
summer went by without a long spell somewhere in France.
I speak fluent French, even after many years without uttering a
single word of it. I blame all the classic and not so classics I read from an
early age. I was at liberty to raid the local libraries and no one batted an
eyelid when I borrowed novels which perhaps were not entirely suitable to my
young years. But this was France, much more laid back. It never did me any
harm.
Life has a habit of throwing you little miracles, you think you’ve
survived and seen the worst and then, you know, tragedy strikes. Well, it did
to me anyway, at a time when I almost lost my will to live. This is the
inspiration behind this book, how a coincidence, a reminder from a past long
buried, brought back my “joie de vivre.”
Of course, I was already fighting back, thanks to two little blonde
heads but it was a long and painful process. Until I was reminded of who I was
by getting in touch with the inner child in me.
What about Natasha? Is she a fighter, or is this one battle too
many? Can she keep saying no the handsome French rock star? She tells him it’s
impossible. “Impossible is not a French word,” he counters back. Ah, she’d
forgotten this old saying.
LOST IN YOUR TIME BLURB
Ah, the dangers of the internet! We’ve all been warned, but do
we take notice?
When Natasha clicks on a link, her whole life is turned upside down.
A flash from the past, a chance meeting with a gorgeous French rock star...
A chance to start over and forget the pain and misery from the
last two years.
But can Natasha let go? Will she accept this new twist in her
life?
Will
she regain her "joie de vivre"? Or will the sparks fizzle out?
A prolific author, Elle Amberley writes Women’s Fiction,
Literary, poetry, short stories and features. Elle’s particular strength is writing positive stories with a
strong theme of being lost and finding yourself again. Although she broaches
difficult subjects in her novels, the characters turn out to be fighters, not
victims. Every emotion is conveyed and her style has been described as
“lyrical” and appeals to a wide age group, which is a rarity.
Having overcome many obstacles in her life, including a very
difficult childhood, she chose to reconstruct her life. Rather than writing a
memoir like many abuse victims she prefers to marry fiction with some of her
own experiences. You can touch base with Elle at any of the links below




