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Bruno Doucet

Marié et père de deux enfants, Bruno Doucet est né à Paris en 1968. C’est en Bretagne qu’il passe son enfance et son adolescence, avant de retrouver la Capitale, le temps de ses études de droit. Il est aujourd’hui cadre au sein d’un grand établissement financier et réside dans le Maine-et-Loire. Il a publié un premier roman en 2019 aux éditions du net sous le titre « Contre nature », avant de publier ces deux précédents romans aux éditions Douro : « La poupée d’Albert Riborne » en 2022 et « Clément et le collier d’amitié » en 2023.

Sophia and François are two talented authors who belong to the new generation of writers and use artificial intelligence on a daily basis to create new stories. One day, their publisher commissions them to write a novel together. It's not an easy task, as the two writers don't really like each other. Now forced to work together, the two young people soon discover that they find themselves every night in the same dream. The mystery deepens when Sophia feels like she's being spied on by several individuals. Just after they've finished writing their typescript, it's stolen to be published by a rival publisher. Who could the thief be? What could their motive be? What's the connection between this theft and sharing the same dreams? Release date: February 1, 2025 Order Press release

To alleviate his loneliness after a burnout, Albert Riborne, a young professor with a passion for photography and history, has fallen in love with an adult doll. He doesn't just display his toy: he dresses it, talks to it, and takes it for walks. Gradually sinking into a mild madness, he ends up making her his other half, pushing the vice to the point of asking her to marry him. This zany passion could have been without consequence if he hadn't dragged his childhood friends and a few other characters into his misadventures. The novel sketches out the traits of pronounced personalities to better highlight the absurdity of prejudices about madness, age, appearances, or social background. Publication date: April 1, 2022 Order