Jennifer Bohnet

Jennifer Bohnet writes contemporary women’s fiction shaped by family change, friendship, and life in southern France. Summer on the French Riviera returns Gabriella Jacques to Villa Espoir, her childhood home, while Harriet Rogers tries to rebuild ties with the daughter she left in Gabriella’s care. Their reunion gives the novel its emotional structure, with long-held family secrets unfolding against the Côte d’Azur setting. Published by Boldwood Books, the story reflects Bohnet’s recurring interest in fresh starts and relationships tested by distance and memory. Her familiarity with the region is personal: after leaving England with her husband, she settled on the French coast and made it home. That experience informs a catalogue of warm, place-conscious novels in which houses, villages, and Mediterranean landscapes become active parts of the characters’ attempts to reconnect.