About Once Upon a Villa:
In this wise, warm-hearted, witty, and LOL hilariously funny true account, New York Times bestselling author Andrew Kaplan tells what it’s like when he, his wife, and two-year-old son decided to chuck it all and live the fantasy in a villa by the sea in that extraordinary corner of the world – part international café society, part billionaires’ playground, part provincial France – that is the French Riviera.
Whether it’s matching wits with French bureaucracy, searching for the perfect bouillabaisse, encounters with con men, eccentric ex-pats, and Monaco’s royal family, partying with the international set on Onassis’ yacht, playing chess with a philosophical police chief, or adventures and friendships with the rich and famous and the presumably standoffish French, Once Upon a Villa will transport you to a fascinating and shrewdly-observed world that you will savor like your first-morning bite of pain au chocolate.
So pour yourself a glass of wine, open the book, and Santé!
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Author Bio:
ANDREW KAPLAN is the internationally-known author of two bestselling spy thriller series: “Scorpion” and “Homeland”. A former journalist and war correspondent, he covered events around the world and served in both the U.S. Army and the Israeli Army. His work has been translated into more than 22 languages, topping bestseller charts around the world. Recently, three of Amazon’s top 20 mysteries and thrillers at one time were Scorpion books: “Scorpion Betrayal”, “Scorpion Winter” and “Scorpion Deception”. He is also the author of the novels: “Hour of the Assassins,” the NY Times bestseller and Main selection of the Book of the Month Club, “Dragonfire,” and “War of the Raven”, selected by the ALA as one of the “100 Best Books ever written about World War Two”. His film writing career includes the James Bond classic, “Goldeneye”. In addition, he is the author of the runaway international bestseller, “Homeland: Carrie’s Run,” an original prequel novel based on the award-winning hit television series, “Homeland”. His second book in the Homeland series, “Homeland: Saul’s Game” won the 2015 Scribe Award for Best Tie-In Novel of the Year. “Blue Madagascar,” his latest novel won the Global eBook Gold Award and the Chanticleer First Place Award for Best Global Thriller.