"A Versailles Christmas Tide" is a charming story that takes place at the turn of the 20th century during the Christmas season in Versailles, France. The book tells about an English couple that learns their son has scarlet fever and cannot travel home for Christmas. So, the parents decide to travel to his boarding school in Versailles. Enchanted with the place's charm, the characters exude contagious excitement, which captures a reader into European life before World War I. The charming atmosphere of the book is completed with illustrations by the author's husband.