The Paris Proposal
by Kristen Chaudière and Erin Baldwin
For fans of Emily Henry and Emily in Paris, The Paris Proposal is a sparkling romcom in which a type A California girl lands her dream job at the Louvre and hatches a fake marriage scheme with a charming Frenchman—only to find that cultures clash, sparks fly, and love might not be such a ruse after all . . .
Jess O'Connor didn't come to Paris looking for romance. After a surprise layoff and a humiliating breakup, landing a coveted one-year position at the Louvre was supposed to be her fresh start. A chance to rebuild her life on her own terms… But before she's even unpacked, a bureaucratic nightmare threatens to send her crawling back home to California.
Unless Jess finds a way to secure a long-stay visa, she'll lose the dream job and the new life she's finally building. Her only solution? A wildly reckless, legally-binding marriage of convenience.
Enter Theo Fizel, an infuriatingly charming French filmmaker with a Provençal winery he has no interest in running and hopelessly romantic parents who will only let him walk away for "true love."
Their arrangement should be simple: a fake engagement, a few convincing family visits, and just enough romance to satisfy the French government. But as stolen weekends at the chateau give way to candlelit dinners and vineyard sunsets, pretending starts to feel dangerously close to the real thing.
Set between the cobblestone streets of Paris and the dreamy, lavender-scented hills of Provence, The Paris Proposal is a sparkling romantic comedy about starting over and discovering that a meticulously planned future is never as beautiful as the one you never saw coming.
Kristen Chaudière
Kristen Gordon Chaudière was born in Germany and spent her childhood in Los Gatos, California. After playing Division I Soccer at the University of San Francisco, Kristen immersed herself in Art History, holding positions at the National Gallery in London, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and the Musée du Louvre in Paris.
While in Paris, Kristen initially intended to rejoin her sister in New York. However, a spontaneous trip to the South of France took her life in an entirely new direction. It was there that she met a third-generation winemaker who captured her heart, and needless to say... she never made it to New York. Kristen currently enjoys life on the wine estate in the Provençal village of Mormoiron – a name so unique, it’s a mouthful even for the French! She lives there with her husband and two Franco-American children.
Erin Baldwin
Erin Baldwin is a Filipino-American author who writes vivid, diverse stories that will leave you in happy tears. She is also a nurse, and a Jersey City, NJ native.
Though she started writing at six years old, it was not until 2024 that she published her debut novel, a YA romance called Wish You Were(n’t) Here (Viking Children), which received a starred review from the School Library Journal. Her second YA novel is due out from Viking in Summer 2026.
She currently lives in Colorado without a dog, because her partner insists on abiding by the lease for some reason.