Paris, the last place that Brielle Garnet had ever wanted to visit, beckons to her from the cryptic words of a Paris solicitor, Jacques Moreau. Her dislike, no hatred, of all things French began when she was four - her French mother walked away and never returned. She's tempted to dismiss the letter as a scam; she's busy editing the latest issue of her fashion magazine. Yet the phrase "concerning the will of a relative" intrigues her.When a first class ticket arrives, Brielle decides to take a chance, something she rarely does anymore. Off to Paris she flies having no idea that her entire life is about to change. In the law office, she listens stoically to Jacques read the will of someone who she has never heard of. But it's the next document that he hands her, her mother's death certificate, which shakes her world. For years she has envisioned the moment when she faces her. Now, where does her hatred go? The lawyer concludes by handing her a set of keys to a shuttered Paris flat unopened since 1940. Against the advice of her older overly protective boyfriend, but in keeping with Jacques guidance, she begins to restore the flat, recapturing a feeling of independence that she had lost over the years. Still, her thoughts go back to her mother's mysterious disappearance and death, events that have locked her heart in a vise for years. With Jacques' help, she embarks on a dangerous journey to discover her mother's dark secrets which end up being shocking, impossible, improbable and unbelievable. And her feelings for Jacques - are they real or colored by Paris? Can she risk that he won't walk away... like everyone else had in her life?