My Review for Will There Be Time by Whitney Cubbison

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"I'm an introvert. I recharge my batteries by being alone. This week is going to be a lot of people-ing for me." 

What an excellent quote! I know so many of you reading this will be nodding and agreeing! πŸ™ŒπŸ’•

Will There Be Time is the third book in the series but can totally be read as a standalone. πŸ“š This has to be my favourite, although I've loved them all. ❤️ Whitney has a knack for picking you up off your sofa and gently placing you back down in the Parisian streets, with the aroma of coffee drifting from cafΓ©s ☕, fresh bread being baked somewhere behind closed doors πŸ₯– and posh Parisian ladies swanning along the pavements. πŸ‡«πŸ‡·✨

I always enjoy it when we see glimpses of characters from previous books as they're woven into the current story. Austen (from the first book) and Matt are central to this one, as their wedding is the main theme of the story. πŸ’’πŸ’ Vivienne and Oliver are the love interests, though, and what a complicated story theirs is turning out to be! πŸ‘€❤️

"...I have no idea what a diadem is." She looked at him skeptically. "Harry Potter. Ravenclaw's Diadem? It was one of the seven Horcruxes." ⚡πŸ“–

I wanted to include this quote because the only reason I know what a diadem is is thanks to Harry Potter, so this made me smile. πŸ˜‚πŸͺ„▕⃝⃤ 9¾ ∞ ϟ △⃒⃘ ⌁☍ ❾¾ ⚯͛

If you enjoy contemporary romance with a teeny amount of spice 🌢️πŸ’•, then I would recommend Whitney's books. I'm looking forward to seeing what's coming next! πŸ₯°πŸ“š

Thank you to Whitney for the free copy of Will There Be Time. All thoughts are entirely my own. πŸ“šπŸ’–

About the Book

Nine years ago, Vivienne and Oliver met on the Eurostar to Paris. One charged train ride. One golden hour photoshoot. One indelible evening. Before sunrise, she slipped away, sealing the memory as a perfect, fleeting moment in time.

Now thirty-six and back in Paris for her brother Matt's wedding to his American fiancΓ©e Austen, Vivienne is handed a guest-room key to the apartment of Matt’s best man Cam, someone she's never met.

When Cam opens the door, the recognition is instant. His eyebrows — one white, one brown. Her eyes — one blue, one green. Two strangers who had spent nine years not forgetting the other’s face. Cam is Oliver Cameron. He lives in Paris now. And he has a girlfriend.

Six days. One apartment. One fiercely protective brother who can never know. One photograph long-hidden in a nightstand drawer, suddenly back in motion.

A dual-POV romance spanning London and Paris about finding the right person at the wrong time, the choice to stop running, and the sisters—by marriage or by chance—who catch you when you do.

Will There Be Time? is the third novel in the Will There Be…? series — a universe of voice-driven, upmarket, interconnected novels set across Europe's most storied cities. Preceded by Will There Be Wine? and Will There Be Love?, each can be read as a standalone.


About Whitney

Whitney Cubbison is a dual American & French citizen living in Paris since 2009. She grew up in Texas and California and graduated from UCLA with a degree in French. She started her career in Communications working for high-tech PR agencies in San Francisco and eventually joined Microsoft where she worked for sixteen years, thirteen of which from the Paris office. During that time, she held various international roles that encompassed public relations, employee communications, executive speechwriting, and social media.

She earned her French citizenship in early 2022 and left Microsoft in the summer of that year to focus on completing her first novel, Will There Be Wine? The story, while fiction, was deeply inspired by Whitney’s own experiences as an ex-pat divorcΓ©e living in Paris and trying to navigate the cultural minefield of dating in a foreign country. 

When she’s not writing, Whitney can be found sitting in Parisian cafΓ©s and restaurants with her friends, drinking wine.














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