Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau

Mia’s summer was supposed to be about ballet-but there’s a reason Paris is called the City of Love. He’s eager to show Mia his city-and Mia is more than happy to hop on his Vespa and wrap her arms around him as they pass the gleaming lights of the Eiffel Tower.

After graduating university in France, she moved to Amsterdam to begin a career in advertising. Kisses and Croissants (Random House Delacorte Press, 2021) is her U.S. Her books have been translated into ten languages. Perfect for fans of Emily in Paris Welcome to New York. Devastatingly, distractingly charming Louis. Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau is a bilingual French author of young adult fiction and nonfiction. A charming, high-energy romance in the city that never sleeps about a girl who can't wait to be a part of Manhattan's restaurant sceneand find the boy she fell for last summer. There’s her ballet instructor, whose impossibly high standards push her to the breaking point. For starters, there’s her rival, Audrey, who will stop at nothing to show her up. Mia is planning to spend a magical summer in France pursuing her dream, but as she pirou-ettes into Paris, she soon realizes it may be a bit more complicated than she hoped. In fact, it’s in her blood-according to family legend, her too-many-greats-to-count-grandmother once danced for the Paris Opera and was painted by Degas himself! Her parents say it’s just a fantasy, but to Mia it’s so much more than that. Mia Jenrow has always known she's destined to be a professional ballerina. As sweet as a macaron from Laduree, this romantic novel set in Paris about an American ballerina and a charming French boy is parfait for fans of American Royals and Netflix's Emily in Paris.

Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau