Rebecca Raisin delivers another delightful escape in The Paris Bookshop for the Broken-Hearted, blending romance, reinvention, and the undeniable charm of Paris.

Coco’s life has unraveled in spectacular fashion—losing her business, her boyfriend, and her independence all in one go. Forced to move back in with her parents in the city of love, the last thing she expects is to find herself clashing with a grumpy (but undeniably attractive) stranger under the Eiffel Tower. Swearing off love, she throws herself into a fresh start, landing a job in an enchanting bookshop that feels like something out of a dream—complete with a café, cocktail bar, and even a secret tunnel of books. But fate, as it often does, has a wicked sense of humor. The very man she stormed away from is now a regular fixture in her new workplace.

Raisin’s signature warmth and evocative writing make this novel a cozy, uplifting read. The bookshop setting is pure magic—any bibliophile will wish they could step inside its pages. Coco is a relatable heroine, navigating heartbreak, motherhood, and the challenge of rediscovering herself with humor and resilience. The romance has just the right amount of slow-burn tension, though at times, the grumpy hero trope feels predictable.

While the plot follows familiar beats, the novel’s heart lies in its celebration of second chances—not just in love but in life itself. If you adore books about books, Parisian charm, and a touch of romance, this is a perfect pick.

I think what I liked the most in this book - aside from the magical heart healing bookshop - was the stormy mother/daughter relationship and the gut churn when all was revealed. I mean we all knew who the two girls where but unexpected twist. The end all fell into a neat little parcel with a bow a little too easily and conveniently however c'est Paris AND let's not forget it's a love story which demands a happy ever after.

I jumped at the chance to read this lovely book when I saw the beautiful cover and the word “bookshop” in the title. I have no regrets judging this book by its cover! This is wonderful romantic fiction that is more than just romance. Here we have the themes of mother-daughter relationships. (And as a mother of a teen, I really appreciated this aspect. As well the funny bits about all the slang this generation uses!). In addition, I love stories of folks starting over and Coco’s story is entertaining and multi-layered. There’s some found family elements (with the formation of a new friend group), and my most favorite trope of all: enemies to lovers. And readers get all of those wonderful literary elements along with the vibrant setting of Paris. Get ready for a delightful bookish escape!

A very cozy romance that will make you want to go to Paris! The connection between the main characters was lovely and I am so glad I don't have kids!

The Paris Bookshop for the Broken-Hearted by Rebecca Raisin is a charming and heartwarming novel set in the magical backdrop of Paris. After a series of unfortunate events, Coco finds herself back in the city of love, swearing off men for good. But fate has other plans when she stumbles upon a quirky bookshop with a touch of magic, offering her a fresh start. However, the grumpy, handsome stranger she met earlier is working there too. Filled with delightful characters, a touch of romance, and the allure of Paris, this book is a sweet, uplifting read about healing, second chances, and finding love in unexpected places.

I really enjoyed this book. This is by an author I had heard a lot about but had not had a chance to read any of her books prior to this one. I was intrigued by the fact it was set in a bookshop. There are quite a few books based in bookshops these days and having read a couple of other books set in bookshops I was keen to explore another! Rebecca has you gripped from the first page to the last. I highly recommend this book and I will definitely be exploring some of her previous works. I look forward too to future publications by Rebecca Raisin. Perfect for fans of Heidi Swain, Trisha Ashley and Lucy Diamond!

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This was a cute story. I love bookstore romances. This one had a struggling single parent who was caught up in someone else's crimes and looking for a fresh start. She finds a new job in an unusual bookstore that is strangely unorganized and run by a woman who makes specialized drinks for customers served along with words of wisdom. The bookstore comes with a handsome regular customer that plays an important part in the story. The members of the local book club round out the cast of players. They are unique characters that add a lot to the story.

The story had some slow moments, but was good enough to make it worth reading.

Thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the e-book. All thoughts are my own.

I loved this story! Coco arrives in Paris, with her daughter teenage daughter Eloise in tow. Coco is returning home after her life in London had exploded.


This book was the perfect touch of whimsy, magic, and romance as well as some more serious issues. Coco ends up working at a whimsical bookshop in Paris called the Paris Bookshop for the Brokenhearted. Her boss Valerie always seems to know what passage her clients need to mend their broken hearts. There’s a coffee shop, a cocktail bar, books, and a little bit of magic in the air. Coco, needing money finds a job at the bookshop. She’s back at home in Paris with her parents and her daughter.


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A bookshop and a romance tied up into the perfect package, and the fact that it's written by the equally talented Rebecca Raisin immediately guaranteed The Paris Bookshop for the Broken Hearted five sparkly stars!

I haven't been disappointed by any one of Raisin's novels and I hope that continues with further books. I love how she writes with warmth and heart and creates such wonderful endearing characters.

Its not every day you find yourself jealous of a fictional character is it?I would have given anything to be Coco. Like, selling books in Paris, that's goals right there!

A charming heartfelt romance of second chance with likeable characters and a whole lotta love at it's heart.

I adored every minute of reading.

Oh my how incredibly adorable this book was!

Coco is escaping her life in London to come back home to Paris. After a man screwed her over and left her with nothing she’s back home and starting over again. When she stumbles across a hidden bookstore she has no idea how much her life is about to change.

Henri is still very angry and sad about the woman who upped and walked out of his life. He has walls up around his heart. When the woman in the bookstore ends up being the woman who bumped into him and the same woman he saved from street robbers he’s suspicious yet intrigued.

Watching these two interact throughout the book has been so much fun. They banter and they argue which leaves you laughing out loud.

I have to say that little twist near the end…I did not see coming but it made so much sense.

I absolutely adored the book club aspect of this story. The broken hearted coming together to share their favourite reads and for a little chat. I loved how strong the friendships between them all were and man, I just loved everything.

Now I’m going to stop there because I don’t want to spoil this book for anyone it deserves to be read in its entirety without spoilers!!

The Paris Bookshop for the Broken Hearted was a fun Contemporary Romance book filled with humour and depth and a book club that’ll make you smile.

It’s a book that covers some tough topics such as loss of a parent / child and the long standing grief it causes, bullying and the struggles of moving to a new place as a teen and trying to fit in as well as other subjects. It was sad and hard yet beautiful at the same time.

This author is new to me but I’ll certainly be reading more from her in the future.

Yet another wonderful book by Rebecca Raisin. With loveable characters and hidden secrets making it a heartwarming winter read.

Where do I even start? This is the very first book that I have finished reading this year and I'm so glad that I did. This had everything that I'd like in my Romance novel. A bookshop, a handsome and sensible man, a gorgeous setup, some witty banters, slow burn (well kind of) and some loving new friends.
Coco is a solo mum, who got almost bankrupted after her boyfriend (who was also her business partner) scammed their clients and somewhat blamed it on her. Out of money and also out of wits, she moved back to her hometown in Paris. As she was trying to navigate through her worries, she finds herself to be scolded by an insanely handsome stranger right in front of the Eiffel Tower. Baffled, she thought how she would've enjoyed their conflict if it was a romance novel but then again, it was real life and she was absolutely flummoxed. She also explains the most relatable thing ever, like how us women tend to like bad guys because we think they're marshmallows underneath but hello, they're not!
She storms off, only after she had given him a piece of her mind and decides that she would take up the very first job that she's offered. Lo and behold, she's offered a job to sell books in a rather odd bookshop which claims to heal broken hearts. Everything was fine, until she discovered that the grumpy but handsome stranger was a regular at the bookshop. But does she give up her job? She absolutely cannot. Well, she needed the job sure, but it was a bookshop with a cocktail bar, café, reading room, a secret tunnel of books and a garden of books.
At home she has a 13yo who's full of grudge and wants to go back home to London. I feel like this book describes teen years and the transition from a child to a teenager in a very honest way and also portrays the mother daughter relationship quite well.
Apart from all these, awaits an impending romance and some very lovely friends with their own little quirks and a story of their own. I loved each and every character so much. They had so much personality and depth to themselves. I absolutely do not know how the author fit all these into a little of a couple hundred pages. I'm honestly still gushing over the book and since this was the very first book of the year I'm really very happy to this awesome start.

I'm reviewing this via NetGalley, as part of a tour with Rachel's Random Resources.

At the start of the book, we meet the protagonist, Coco. Following a relationship breakup, Coco has moved to Paris with her thirteen-year-old daughter, Eloise. Eloise doesn't seem to like living in Paris, and is struggling to settle in at her new school. Coco comes across a bookshop, The Paris Bookshop For The Broken-Hearted, which has a bookseller position available. This sparks Coco’s interest, and she applies for the job.

I thought this was a delightful book. Coco was a wonderful character; I loved her personality, and the bond she shared with Eloise. The book featured a bunch of loveable characters, and in some ways, reading it felt like a love letter to bookworms. I have always felt that books can provide an escape and bring comfort to those who might be hurting, and I think that's another reason why it resonated with me. Once I'd finished it, I somehow wanted to go back and enjoy it all over again. I also really liked the bold, colourful cover.

Thank you to NetGalley, Rachel's Random Resources, Boldwood Books, and to the author, for the opportunity to read and review this.

This book definitely leans more on the Women's Fiction side of things more than the Romance aspect. It’s a story of a Mother’s battle to rebuild her broken life and broken heart after betrayal with her thirteen year old daughter.

I liked the concept of the bookshop, the bookshop owner, the book club members and even 13 year old Eloise. It’s a touching story of learning to get past loss and heart break in all things.

My issue with this book was there was too much going on at all at one time. Bouncing between all the story lines and trying to figure out the mystery of each got to be too much at times. Coco’s history, Eloise’s situation, the bookshop owners story, each individual book club member, and even store patrons. The bouncing between it all which became especially excessive toward the end of the book was too much. The romance itself was lack luster at best for me.

I gave this three stars because I did like the underlying message that the book conveys, but it was a bit too messy and scattered for me to really enjoy it completely. It was just okay for me.

"The Paris Bookshop for the Broken-Hearted" is a sweet and cozy romantic novel that has just been officially released in bookstores!

I love reading Rebecca Raisin's books; they are always so delicate and realistic as if she were a friend telling you a real-life story.

Life throws a series of challenges at Coco, a well-known publisher in London. Everything starts to fall apart, and like a domino effect, she loses her boyfriend and business. She was forced to return to Paris with her daughter and live in her parents' home.

And when you think that life in Paris is nothing but a pink balloon, and love and happiness are floating in the streets and the air, she was almost robbed underneath the Eiffel Tower. And the stranger (ashamedly handsome) starts yelling at her for being such a tourist...

And just like that, Coco finds her way to the most magical place she has ever been to: a small cozy bookshop called "The Paris Bookshop for the Broken-hearted."

What makes this place unique (apart from the fact that it has the whole package—cafe, cocktail bar, reading room, and a secret tunnel of books - a real bookworm's dream) is the owner, Valerie—a great woman who knows pain and has an eye for the broken-hearted.

It is a story about finding yourself and fighting for your place in the world, about family, friendship, and love.

I received a free copy of the book from Rebecca Raisin, the publisher Boldwood Books and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

My final thoughts: The book found a way to my heart, and I gradually got to know and sympathize with the characters. Everyone's heart is broken in a different way. We should not judge hastily but try to look under the protective shell everyone has enclosed themselves so as not to be hurt again. I recommend the book—it is easy to read, literally in one breath.

"... It's not magic that fixes a broken heart. It's details"...

What becomes of the broken hearted? They go to Paris and work in a whimsical bookshop.
Life has not been kind to Coco and I admired her spunk in beginning anew.
I thought Eloise was bratty and I didn’t like her at all.
I got the biggest kick out of the book club because of the mesh of characters and how they kept each other”s secrets.
Henry was a wounded soul who needed to someone to believe in him.
I wish Alexander had got what was coming to him, that was unfair!

This was so cute!!!! I love a book about book stores or books or people who like books or writers. I read the title and knew I wanted to read it. It was a sweet story.

I love a good Paris book and this is definitely one! With her teenage daughter Eloise, Coco moves from London back home to Paris. Coco has left her boyfriend and business partner after something bad went down with the business (yes, you'll find out what that was later on!). She finds herself in a bookshop owned by the outlandish Valerie, who hires Coco to work at the shop. Coco takes on the responsibility of running the shop's book club, and we're introduced to a fun cast of supporting characters. Among the group is Henri, who butts heads with Coco right from the start but provides for fun interactions.

I had just recently read and enjoyed Rebecca Raisin's "Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel" so I was for sure going to read this one. After joking on the author's instagram that I was denied the book on NetGalley, she reached out and sent me a digital copy.

A mostly lighthearted, fun read, the book has a few times with more down tones - but never so much that it brought the vibe down. There's a twist involving Eloise that I 100 percent saw coming but that didn't take away my enjoyment of the story. Mostly I just thought this was a fun book and found myself smiling throughout. The book club members were fantastic, and I laughed out loud and their interactions. I really loved that some of the narrative was actually Coco getting lost in her own thoughts; super smart and not something we see a lot of.

I really enjoyed the callback to Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel. Done so that if you haven't read that book, you won't be miss anything, but certainly a little bonus if you have read it.

🗼The Paris Bookshop for the Broken Hearted ~ Rebecca Raisin 📚

Huge thanks to NetGalley, Boldwood Books and Rebecca Raisin for an Advanced Reader Copy of this book 📕 🥰

“The Paris Bookshop for the Broken Hearted” follows Coco, a former publishing executive with a successful career in London stopped short, as she returns with her daughter Eloise to her home town of Paris, moving in with her parents and attempting to start again after professional and personal upheaval. Rebecca Raisin draws the city vividly, giving an insight into Parisian life - and, as Coco stumbles into a new role working in the Bookshop, into the reading world too, as well as - one of my favourite aspects - to the sphere of publishing, editing and marketing of particularly romance novels, as Coco’s previous experience had been - a fun dimension to a novel of the same genre.

This was a really fun read for me - haven’t read a NetGalley advanced copy in a while, have never read a Rebecca Raisin book, and this was my first Kindle book of the year too, so loved getting into it for lots of reasons - but mostly that it was such a perfect February read, a fresh and easy going romance with good characters, a brilliant sense of place, a bit of family drama, lots of bookish references and a little hint of magic. Enjoyed this wee trip to Paris! 🇫🇷

Coco Chevalier loves working as a successful boutique publisher in London. She and her partner (both romantic and business) have built the business up from scratch, she loves working with her authors and producing the best books that she can! She is therefore beyond devastated when she discovers that he has been stealing royalties from her authors, many of whom she considers close friends. With her professional reputation in tatters she moves back to her parent's house in Paris with her 13 year old daughter, Eloise.

Coco's plan is to let the dust settle and then hopefully pick up work with a French publisher and start to rebuild her life. Unfortunately though, the bad news has spread across the Channel and no one in publishing will even speak to her let alone give her a job. She's going to have to come up with a plan B. While wandering around the Eiffel Tower, she is nearly robbed but is saved by a handsome but very obnoxious stranger, the same man she literally ran into when she arrived in Paris.

Determined to escape him, she finds a gorgeous little bookshop called The Paris Bookshop for the Broken-Hearted in a little laneway. This is a whimsical place where the owner, Valerie, gives potions and passages filled with meaning, the books are barely organised and there are book themed charcuterie/sweet boards available




Romance plat du jour,
because what is life without
love and sugar?
A sweet range of petit fours
and macarons

Crime plat du jour
because it would be a crime
not to snack while you read!
Saucisson, pâté, terrine and
aged fromage served with a
sliced baguette

Fantasy/Sci-Fi Plat du jour
because sometimes we all
need to escape to other
realms . . .
An extravaganza of sweet
and sour bonbons


Doesn't it sound like a delightful bookshop! I would love to stumble across it next time I am in Paris!

The last person that Coco expects is to run into in the bookshop is that man again, whose name is Henri.

After unsuccessfully looking for work, Coco is drawn back to the bookshop, Coco sees that there is a job available and so finds herself working as a bookseller, and in charge of the unruly book club! These book club members are very opinionated, usually have differing opinions and they are not afraid to express them. There is the person who only reads Literature with a capital L, the person who is an extreme fangirl to her favourite authors plus a few others. And then, of course, there is Henri.

Whilst the job situation is sorted, Coco is still having to deal with her daughter, Eloise, who is having trouble adjusting to their new life in Paris and just wants to go back to her friends in London. Her parents are trying to help all they can, but it is challenging to try to connect when Coco is constantly saying and doing the wrong thing in Eloise's eyes.

Henri is also struggling following his divorce and is raising a child on his own. Whilst Coco doesn't want to be interested in Henri, she can't help but wonder about his story. And with Valerie doing her best to encourage Henri and Coco to spend time together, she sees that there is more to him than her first bad impression might have suspected.

Whilst this would have been a fine read just based on the bookshop and Coco and Henri, there is an added depth as a number of issues are raised. We find out more about the book club members and each of their stories, the issues they are dealing with, and get some surprises along the way. I loved Valerie and the way that she could see her people and what they needed, and the friendships that were formed because of the place that she had created.

It's fair to say that I am a dedicated fan of Rebecca Raisin's books now. This is the tenth one I have read, and I think it is her best one yet! As always, I love the way she writes about places, especially when it is Paris, about books and food. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next.

I am sharing this review with the New Release Challenge hosted by The Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews and the Bookish Book Reading Challenge hosted at Bloggin' Bout Books. Be sure to check out other stops on the tour shown below. Thanks to the publisher, Netgalley and Rachel's Random Resources for the review copy.

Rating 5/5