Yvone Lenard invites you to join her in discovering how the game of love is played in Provence, where flirting can be enjoyed in a hundred exciting and delicious ways. Adventure begins when Lenard accompanies 50 American college students for a year's study in Aix-en-Provence where most hope to find romance. Yvone becomes a gatherer of love stories and finds that passion can strike not just her young charges, but anyone, at any age, and in strange circumstances, as she acquaints herself with local people and lore. This is the land of daring Legionnaires, the romantic Renaissance poet Petrarch and his lady love Laure, as well as the philandering artist Picasso--and Yvone has tales about all of them. With new friend, Bill Hope, she explores ancient villages and ruins, dines at sunset on the terrace of an elegant restaurant, and promptly falls in love with Provence. Lighthearted, fun and sexy, the ten stories in this collection provide the romantic-at-heart with a glimpse into a culture where love is always in season. Each story is followed by advice on where to go to experience romance, and a menu for dinner for two with simple recipes to recreate the sensual flavors of Provence. "Lenard's madcap adventures, while guiding her lively students through their studies and love affairs, make for a witty, frothy book." Norman Bogner, Author of To Die in Provence "One envies the young California students lucky enough to be introduced to the delights of Provence by Yvone Lenard, who combines a remarkable flair for storytelling with an amused and amusing sense for the aphrodisiac effects of the air of southern France. The author of The Magic of Provence has once again conjured up a feast of wonders, as delectable as the recipes she thoughtfully provides at the end of each chapter. Putting down her charming book, you suddenly know the destination of your next trip." Robert Wohl, Author of A Passion for Wings From LOVE IN PROVENCE "Golden skinned, utterly feminine from slim ankles to narrow rounded waists and high breasts, it is not hard to fall in love with the women of Provence... Men, for their part, not only desire women, as they do anywhere else, but sincerely like them..." "Compliments are, of course, a part of flirting, and you can expect to be told why you are attractive." "When a man playfully takes her hand and turns it over to kiss the palm, all the while looking straight into her eyes, a Provenal woman's thoughts are not of sexual harassment and calling a lawyer is indeed far from her mind."

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