Have Heart Will Travel Series by Amy Blythe

Meet Jean: a nanny with a plan… that just went out the window of the taxi cab headed for Heathrow. So long, London! Bonjour, Paris! ...is the sum total of Jean’s French, but her maths is fine and this apartment does not have enough bedrooms.Jean has a brilliant nannying gig in London, but when the kids’ uptight father suddenly ups and takes them all to Paris, everything starts to go wrong... moreMeet Jean: a nanny with a plan… that just went out the window of the taxi cab headed for Heathrow. So long, London! Bonjour, Paris! ...is the sum total of Jean’s French, but her maths is fine and this apartment does not have enough bedrooms.Jean has a brilliant nannying gig in London, but when the kids’ uptight father suddenly ups and takes them all to Paris, everything starts to go wrong.Having coeliacs is a real downer in the land of the pain au chocolat and with no French to speak of Jean struggles to make the most of things. Walking in on her boss in the shower is bad, but losing a kid on the Metro is worse.Battling culture-shock and loneliness in such tight quarters, Jean bonds with the kids, and with their difficult dad. Sweet moments are a balm, but also a time-bomb, tick-tocking with near-misses and hot kisses, and all Jean’s ideas about what kind of life she wants to live.She’s young, nowhere near ready for a family, but this messy, mad bunch are getting into her system. less

Kate is an actor at The Globe, in London. She’s on the ass-end of a relationship and in sore need of a break from real life. A long weekend in Amsterdam fits the bill. She's staying with a friend of a friend, who just happens to be gorgeous and generous and almost as fond of dirty double entendres as she is.Johannes can fix any bike, but he can’t find the tools to get his life back in gear... moreKate is an actor at The Globe, in London. She’s on the ass-end of a relationship and in sore need of a break from real life. A long weekend in Amsterdam fits the bill. She's staying with a friend of a friend, who just happens to be gorgeous and generous and almost as fond of dirty double entendres as she is.Johannes can fix any bike, but he can’t find the tools to get his life back in gear. Moving home to Amsterdam is feeling like a mistake, but then Kate shows up and it starts to feel like home again.A fling feels inevitable, but it can't be more than that while the pair live in different cities. Flirty texts evolve into late night phone calls and a friendship develops. Meanwhile, Johannes' family are relying on him more than ever and Kate's career is taking a filmic turn. Life seems to tug the pair apart, but only to throw them back together again with renewed force. less