TY - BOOK AU - Steel,Danielle TI - The color of hope: a novel SN - 9780593498828 AV - PS3569.T33828 C65 2025 U1 - 813/.54 23/eng/20251106 PY - 2025///] CY - New York PB - Delacorte Press KW - Widows KW - Fiction KW - Loss (Psychology) KW - Orphanages KW - Foster mothers KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Arcangues (France) KW - France KW - Romance fiction KW - lcgft KW - Novels N2 - "Following the unexpected death of her beloved husband, art gallery owner Samantha Thompson finds herself adrift in their Malibu beach house. Her three adult children--scattered from New York to London to Milan--are concerned for her well-being and encourage her to take a trip to Paris. Once abroad, an impulsive day trip from Paris to Biarritz leads Samantha to discover the charming medieval village of Arcangues in the Basque countryside, with its unique and iconic blue shutters and historic château. The château is the ancestral home of Xavier de Bonport, who is trapped in a loveless marriage and trying to dig himself out financially after a business failed due to the pandemic. He needs rental income as urgently as Samantha needs a refuge. With Xavier living in a smaller house on the property, Samantha begins to transform the château into a temporary home"-- ER -