Amazon Carolyn Moncel Smashwords Category:  Women Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN-10:  1453898212 Type: Fiction Pages: 114 Copyright: November 5, 2010 ISBN-13: 9781453898215 An African-American PR executive living in Paris thinks she has the perfect life until trouble enters her world via job loss, infidelity, and death. Life is filled with random encounters and Ellery Roulet, a 35-year-old American PR executive living and working in Paris, has experienced enough of them to last five lifetimes. When betrayal, loss, mistakes, regrets and even acceptance enter Ellery's life at different times, she learns it is not what one experiences, but how one chooses to deal with those experiences that shapes the soul within. This bittersweet collection of tales shows just how messy and complicated life can be, and that sometimes there just aren't any neat and easy solutions at all. Excerpt “Your revenge...would you like to do it... with me?” he asked smiling sheepishly, except he was totally serious. Conflicted, she quickly dismissed his offer. Under normal circumstances, he would have been the perfect choice..."

The Midwest Book Review
"Paris seems like the most romantic thing in the world, until you live there. "Encounters in Paris" is a collection of short stories from Carolyn Moncel and her protagonist Ellery Roulet, a nearing middle age woman working in Paris and finding out while there is love, there is also everything you hate about love. A fun read that blends plenty of romance, "Encounters in Paris" is quite the pick, recommended."
—The Midwest Book Review