This is the second installment of a series by multiple authors. I loved the first and loved this one too. I loved the part of France that this took place in, the scenery and the people in it. It made me want to there and live in a simpler time. Julia was too much like me, wanting to make things right and trying so hard to help and please others. Luca was a character we can all relate too, one who never felt good enough.
I loved this book, my only complaint was that is ended too soon!

Julia is determined to prove herself. To her father, her chaperone, and the rest of the world.

Luc seems equally determined not to prove himself; telling himself he is content with his lot in life.

When their paths cross, they each challenge the other in their own way.

An enjoyable read, though the romance went from moving at a good pace to feeling too rushed near the end, as though the author had suddenly realized there was only one day left for them to fall in love.

What a DELIGHTFUL tale! Honestly it could've kept going and I would've been up for it. Luc & Juliette were so cute and awkward and utterly adorable together. I loved to read as their relationship evolved. The setting--glorious and charming. The plot--pleasantly fast-paced for a non-suspense novel, I never felt it lagged, and it was so perfectly diverting, on the whole. Can't recommend this one enough :)

*I received a free copy of Wrong Train to Paris via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

A sweet, sweet story that will sweep you away to turn-of-the-century Provençal France! I felt like I was there. The descriptions, the French language, the delicious side characters! Though I did suffer through some secondhand embarrassment on Julia’s behalf, I couldn’t help but enjoy her character, as I’ve always had a soft spot for the well-meaning, heedless heroine (Anne Shirley, for example). Anyway, she seemed like someone I’d be good friends with. I did feel like it went really fast, and I could’ve gotten to know Luc a bit better, but that last scene made up for it...just...the sweetness! Anyway, if you’re looking for a quick, sweet read, this is it!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC to review!
Rating (on a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being excellent)
Quality of writing: 4
Pace: 3
Plot development: 4
Characters: 3
Enjoyability: 3
Ease of Reading: 4

Overall rating: 3 out of 5

I really enjoyed this little trip to the French countryside. The characters were genuine and the story was charming. It was clean, romantic, funny and it had a happy ending. A light and delightful read.

When I saw the cover of Wrong Train to Paris and read the description, I was intrigued. So I took a chance on new to me author, Jennifer Moore, and I'm delighted I did!

​Julia Weston thinks she knows best. She resents having a chaperone accompany her to Paris on the Orient Express, for she is convinced she is perfectly capable of travelling alone. But after boarding the wrong train after disembarking to run an errand, she ends up in the middle of nowhere and learns the hard way why she needed a chaperone.

After finding Julia alone at a deserted train station, Luc Paquet has mercy on her and brings Julia home to his Aunt Gabi, who welcomes her with open arms. Julia must wait five days before the next train arrives and decides that Aunt Gabi and Luc need help organizing their lives.

Never stick your nose where it isn't needed.

Julia's good intentions soon go awry, and in the process of trying to rectify her mistakes, her relationship with Luc grows. I love how both characters were able to grow and learn from each other. Their love story is one I will miss.

My only disappointment with this book is that it is listed as Christian fiction, yet God is not mentioned (except for grace at a meal). Hence the four stars.

If you like historical romance and a clean read, you will enjoy this book!

I love the cover and all things Paris so I had to read this short (208 pages) romance. While traveling on the Orient Express from Vienna to Paris Julia Weston gets off at a train station to purchase a cake for her father. It is a way to prove she is capable of doing things on her own. Unfortunately she boards the wrong train and wakes up far from Paris in Provence. It is 1900 and the train leaving to return to Paris is five days away. Lucas Paquet a young olive farmer takes her to stay with his aunt she can return to Paris. Julia wants to be helpful. (I wish she'd come clean and organize my kitchen. But sometimes her help has unintended consequences.

The book is sweet, proper and chaste. But there isn't much depth. Cute little stories that together don't growth, change or a romance blooming. It is a perfectly good read but not memorable. A couple of things bothered me. I don't mind the occasional endearment in French but there were more French words and phrases than the norm. They were correct and properly used, but if the book is set in France but is being told in English why isn't it all in English. I suppose the author wants to give the feel of France but it bugged me. I also didn't like that the mysterious Nicholas was never explained.

Thank you to NetGalley and Covenant Communications for an ARC ebook in exchange for an honest review.

Pour yourself a strong coffee and cut a thick slice of Gugelhupf cake because you are going to want to read Jennifer Moore’s ‘Wrong Train To Paris’ all in one sitting! To be published December 1, 2020, Moore’s second book in her Orient Express series is the perfect winter read.

Julia Weston, a bold and spontaneous 19-year-old teacher is eager to prove her father wrong. She doesn’t need Frau Maven, an escort, to accompany her on her Orient Express traditional trip from Vienna, where she teaches, to her grandmother’s home in Paris. Julia and her father have made the trip many times before and she is more than capable of making the trip home alone. An ill-planned decision, really a desperate demonstration of independence, to sneak off the train at Igney-Avricout station changes the course of her life. Traditionally, Julia and her father hop off to stop at Frau Spreitzer’s cart in the station to buy the best cake in France. This time, however, Julia, flustered because the cake cart had moved, boards the wrong train to Paris and ends up in Rivulet, a hamlet with a handful of farming families. Not only that, the train station is in the middle of nowhere, it’s getting dark, and the station is closed. Dismayed that the next train to Paris is in five days, she agrees to accompany a man she met on the train back to his Aunt Gabrielle’s home. I’d have to agree with Nicolas when he told Julia, “sometimes one must lose himself to find himself.”

Moore’s writing is enchanting! This is the first time I’ve read anything by this author and I’m hooked. How lovely to be transported to a different place and time when an invitation by a stranger was just an honest act of kindness and a romance book was just that, a clean romance book. I would love a chance to stay in The Lavender Room at Aunt Gabi’s! I’d even remember to keep the lavender on the floor where it belongs. I loved reading about the goats because it brought back memories of time spent at a goat farm in the Ardennes. I envied Julia as she hurtled across Europe on the Orient Express as it is on my bucket list ever since reading about it as a teenager. Moore’s characters are realistic, the plot engaging and peppered with humour, and the setting descriptions make one want to drop everything and head to Provence. You’ll have to pick up this book to discover if Julia makes it back in time to the World Expo in Paris or if the young olive farmer tempts her to stay.

Thank you to Jennifer Moore, Covenant Communications and NetGalley for this advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

A charming, enchanting story from Jennifer Moore. The Provence setting was delightful, and Luc is a dreamy hero. A very enjoyable quick read.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

Wrong Train to Paris is a pretty good, clean story that was a good read. It's a little unrealistic to think two can fall deeply in love in only five days, but other than that it is an enjoyable story. Poor Julia is trying to be mature and all grown up by leaving the train, buying a cake, then returning to the train to Paris. But she returns to the wrong train that takes her far out of the way. She sees a man she has only briefly met once, She really has no choice but to trust him. Luc takes her to his aunt to stay until another train comes, five days later. During this time, their friendship develops, and grows deeper. She also discovers his great talent for art, and she develops a plan to showcase his beautiful pictures, which at first. angers him. He forgives her, and is surprised how well his art is received. Beautiful story I enjoyed.

Thank you net galley for the advance reader copy of this novel. This was a historical fiction set in 1900 on the Orient Express and is part of a series but can be read and enjoyed as a stand alone novel. I honestly liked the first in the series better than this one. Main character Julia seemed a bit immature based on repeatedly making bad choices when trying to help. The attraction between Julia and Luc was also a bit cold for my tastes. Overall a good quick read that is clean.

Julia Weston is a strong-willed nineteen year-old woman who wants to prove she can do things on her own in 1900's France. However, she finds herself on the wrong train to Paris! She is rescued by an olive farmer, Luc. What she believes will be an unrefined, rustic week while she waits for the next available train turns out to be just what she needs.

In the people of Provence are kind and quirky, but they grow on her as she navigates the consequences of her too helpful nature. Julia always has the best intentions, but her helpful ways land her in some trouble. Luc plays the perfect rescuer who has some secrets up his sleeves. All the while Julia tries to help others, she finds something in return: love.

This is a delightful tale of finding love in the most romantic, although unconventional places. I highly recommend Wrong Train to Paris by Jennifer Moore.

Thank you NetGalley and Covenant Communications for the opportunity to read in advance and leave a review.

WRONG TRAIN TO PARIS by JENNIFER MOORE is a delightful historical romance novel.
The story takes place in 1900 and starts with nineteen year old Julia Weston escaping the Orient Express and her chaperone and ending up stranded in the countryside of Provence. She had been trying to buy her father a cake to prove that she was quite capable of looking after herself, and got onto a train going in the wrong direction.
Luc Pacquet finds her sitting at the deserted station and takes her in his wagon to his aunt Gabi's house.
I love the description of the countryside, the hardworking farmers, the rather unusual aunt Gabi and the sweet romance.
It is a most enjoyable read.
I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Covenant Communications. The opinions in this review are completely my own.

Wrong Train to Paris by Jennifer Moore, 208 pages. Covenant Communications, 2020. $13.
Language: G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW
Julia’s father doesn’t trust her to be able to do anything on her own -- thus why she must sneak away from her chaperone long enough to descend from their train and buy a cake. When Julia presents her father with the cake, he will finally see that Julia is more than capable of taking charge and accomplishing things without messing them up. Well, at least, it would have worked if Julia hadn’t reboarded the wrong train and ended up in the countryside with a stranger.
Moore has written a cute story, and that’s exactly what it feels like: a bunch of cute snapshots with little substance. The character arcs are shallow, if they are even arcs at all, and the love blooming between the main characters is one that defies logic, growing merely by following the heart; I prefer to have more balance between heart and mind in my romances. Julia nearly drove me insane with her I-know-best attitude, and it was all I could do to make myself finish the book despite my frustration with her.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen

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I really enjoyed, this second book, in the Romance on the Orient Express series.
Juliet Weston, is headed to Paris, on the Orient Express train, when she decides to get off the train, at one of the stops along the way. Julia wants her to buy her father a cake from one of their favorite venders. Julia gets turned around and a friend makes sure she gets back on the train, but has a surprise waiting for her the next morning.
Juliet finds herself in a small town and quickly places herself in the middle of everything going on, sometimes a little too much. I loved Julia, who always had a way of looking on the bright side. Luc doesn't know what hit him, when Julia falls into his life. Even when she finds out his secret and longs to fulfill his dreams. This was such a sweet story and a quick read.

I love this story! With a lovely setting, fun characters, and sweet romance, Wrong Train to Paris is a wonderful addition to the Romance on the Orient Express series. Julia and Luc’s friendship and romantic relationship were wonderfully written. There were times I wished for Luc’s perspective, but Julia’s point of view is never boring or inadequate in any way. Wrong Train to Paris is a perfect, quick read! 4.5/5 stars

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I fell in love with this series with the first book, It Started in Budapest, and this one didn't disappoint.

Another gorgeous cover and, of course, the setting of 1900 Paris and the Orient Express train is the best.

Julia is an English young woman and she's traveling to Paris to meet with her father, who's in charge of an exhibit at the Paris fair. Wanting to prove she doesn't a companion, she leaves the train during one of the stops and gets back on wrong train.
She ends up in a remote French village where the next train won't be back until the following week.
Fortunately, she meets a young farmer who introduces her to his aunt and Julie is invited to stay there until the train comes.

I liked how Julia dove right in to help and work, and she learned to not judge the people around her. There are certain funny occurrences and some sober ones, and she becomes more and more used to the countryside and the genuineness of the others.

I was very impressed with the correct use of French and the French sentence structure in English. I speak French and it was very well done.

Can't wait for the next one in the series!

I received a copy from the publisher via NetGalley and this his my honest opinion.

The author gives us a young nineteen year old woman who wants to try her own wings, yes, most girls that age get ready to fly, and Julia is no exception.
I loved the descriptions of traveling on the Orient Express, and our Julia has a traveling companion, much to her chagrin. Well, she does have spunk, and we see what happens when she makes her move, and ends back on the wrong train!
The time period is the early 1900's and we get to spend time in Provence, ah, so different from today, you talk about rural, it turns out you can go miles without seeing a house, trains run once a week, a days journey to send a telegram.
Now get ready for an enjoyable stay, with a girl with a big heart, and sometimes no common cents, but willing to go the extra mile. Be prepared for chuckles, smiles, and some sweet romance, along with meeting some very caring people!

I received this book through Net Galley and Covenant Communications, and was not required to give a positive review.

"Wrong Train to Paris" is the story of Julia, a 19-year-old French-British girl, who travels from Vienna, where she teaches at a finishing school for young ladies, to Paris, where she will visit the Exposition Universelle with her father. On her way to Paris aboard the Orient Express, she escapes her chaperonne for a few minutes to go and buy a cake at the train station, but she then boards the wrong train. When she realises her mistake, it's too late: she's stuck in the South of France. Thankfully, she is "rescued" by charming people, Luc and her aunt, and lives with them for a short week in the quaint Provence region.

I found it to be a sweet and original story - it's a nice change from typical Regency or Victorian romances, it makes us discover the French countryside and lifestyle in 1900.
I was afraid that Julia and Luc's romance would be too much of an "insta-love" because they spend so little time together, and I indeed found that no chemistry had time to develop between both, although they only reveal their feelings some time after Julia's time in Provence and not nearly instantaneously. Still, I would have liked to discover more things both have in common - except art, which was admittedly a great part of the story; they don't speak much and I don't really understand how they could fall in love. Also, Julia adapted to the countryside life very quickly, all things considered, but I'm surprised she doesn't hesitate at the idea of living there for all her life...

But overall, I would recommend this very nice story!

*I received an advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion*