A Dutch woman buys a expired café in Provence and makes a pact with crime. 

Fleur Blom thought she had found her dream in Provence. A home of her own café: Petit Café du Bonheur. A village square that feels like home. A new love. Until her cellar becomes the scene of an explosive conflict. A corrupt mayor puts her under pressure. An international drug dealer threatens her café to burn it to the ground. In a village where everyone knows each other and no one speaks, Fleur is on her own. As the threat draws nearer, she has only one chance left: to seek help from the ruthless mafia queen of Marseille.

Grand Café du Malheur is a gripping novel about love, power and the courage to fight back. Even if that means breaking the rules.

Grand Café du Malheur is the second instalment in the Valfleury series. A standalone sequel to Petit Café du Bonheur, the 2026 Summer Reading Gift.