Chevalier, Tracy. The Virgin Blue (New York: Plume, 2003) 304 p.

A young American wife new to the south of France tries to make it her home. She goes to the small public library and gets to know the librarian, Jean-Paul Piquemal. "... a sardonic smile on his angular face. About my height, he was wearing black trousers and a white shirt without a tie, buttoned at the collar, sleeves rolled up above his elbows. A love wolf. I smiled to myself: one to avoid." (p. 40). She develops a relationship with Jean-Paul and he helps her research her family history.