A budding theater nerd has her semester abroad all planned out, until a cute soccer player offers to show her the real Paris—the first book of a YA romance series with international flavor!
“A heartfelt romance that’s as delicious as chocolate.”—New York Times bestselling author Ashley WoodfolkWhitney Curry is primed to have an epic semester abroad. She’s created the perfect
itinerary and many,
many to-do lists after collecting every detail possible about Paris. Thus, she anticipates a grand adventure filled with vintage boutiques, her idol Josephine Baker’s old stomping grounds, and endless plays sure to inspire the ones she writes and—
ahem—directs!
But all is not as she imagined when she’s dropped off at her prestigious new Parisian lycée. A fish out of water, Whitney struggles to juggle schoolwork, homesickness, and mastering the French language. Luckily, she lives for the drama. Literally.
Cue French tutor Thierry Magnon, a grumpy yet très handsome soccer star, who’s determined to show Whitney what she’s missing. Is this type-A theater nerd ready to see how lessons on the City of Lights can turn into lessons on love?
The swoony Love in Translation romances can be read together or separately:LOVE REQUIRES CHOCOLATE • LOVE CRAVES CARDAMOM (Coming in May 2025!)
Ravynn K. Stringfield is a writer and professor originally from Suffolk, Virginia. Her creative nonfiction has appeared in publications such as
Shondaland, ZORA, and
Catapult Magazine.
Love Requires Chocolate is her debut novel. She can often be found haunting coffee shops in search of the perfect hazelnut latte, knee deep in art supplies, or curled up with her dog, Genghis, telling him about her Lois Lane obsession.
★ “In a devourable debut,
Stringfield cooks up a decadent romance [and] enriches the novel via Whitney’s broadening experience of global Black culture.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ "
[A] whirlwind romance.... This generation’s
Anna and the French Kiss, give it to fans of
Emily in Paris. Highly recommended."
—School Library Journal, starred review
