Dear Fran, the first line of my intrigue romance is: No one writes songs about Paris in the winter.

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While Epinal's players bask in the limelight of its victory, it's unlikely that the town will rival Paris for romance in the long term.

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The movies will go straight to DVD and be sold exclusively in Tesco stores, with the first film of the venture, "Paris Connections, " based on a book by popular romance author Jackie Collins.

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There are many flattering things to say about Buenos Aires, not the least of which is that it is rightly considered the Paris of South America for its architecture, cafe culture and romance.

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