After completing her education, she moved to France, where she worked as a trader in an international bank in Paris for several years.

While she didn't win, this led her to write her first novels, including her internationally bestselling debut Behind Closed Doors.

Paris's debut novel Behind Closed Doors was picked up in 2014 by her agent, Camilla Bolton, at the Darley Anderson Literary Agency in London.

In 2017, Behind Closed Doors won the Gold Nielsen Bestseller Award for UK sales of 500,000 copies, making B.A.

[5] Writing for The Toronto Star, Jack Batten said Paris "is a consistent whiz at stitching any number of random events and devious characters into a winner of a plot.

"[7] The Guardian critic Alison Flood said The Prisoner had an "excellent premise," but "didn’t quite live up to [its] promise.