The Azure Rose: A Novel

An American artist in Paris faces financial embarrassment after selling a painting and then discovers his studio unexpectedly occupied by a striking young woman; their acquaintance prompts him to set up housekeeping, endure comic domestic and romantic mishaps, and pursue a symbolic rose that shapes his courtship. The narrative moves through episodes of tight purses, convivial breakfasts and chaperoned encounters, amateur botanical adventures, and the revival of local customs, all rendered in a light, humorous vein and observed against a Parisian atmosphere marked by wartime scars yet sustained by resilience and everyday charm.