New York Times bestselling author Norman Bogner returns with Forty Winters, a novel in the tradition of The Notebook.

Grace Patterson is given a surprise trip to Paris for her fortieth birthday. A talented but diffident woman, unaware of her beauty, Grace has always loved art. She visit the famous Musée D'Orsay art museum and meets one of the most distinguished art professors in France, Charles Vallon. Charles gives her a short tour, and they spend much time discussing their mutually favorite painting, Édouard Manet's Luncheon on the Grass.

Grace is shy with Charles, but agrees to meet him later for dinner. He is smitten with her and takes her to a brasserie where she can meet his friends and colleagues. All are enchanted with her except Marie, who has been in love with Charles for years.

Despite the many differences in their lives on opposite sides of the Atlantic, love blossoms between Grace and Charles, leading to complications, miscommunications, and heartache.