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Irresistible You

Irresistible You
  • Author(s): Victoria Connelly
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Do you believe in magic? Elena Montella has some problems. Their names are Reuben, Mark and Prof and she’s engaged to all three of them. But it’s time she made her mind up because they’re all expecting a wedding...

Italian Venice: A History

Italian Venice: A History
  • Author(s): Richard J B Bosworth
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 19th and 20th centuries

In this elegant book Richard Bosworth explores Venice—not the glorious Venice of the Venetian Republic, but from the fall of the Republic in 1797 and the Risorgimento up through the present day. Bosworth looks at the glamour and squalor...

Just One Look At You

Just One Look At You
  • Author(s): Jill Mansell
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Venice. The perfect setting for romance, and for secrets to be shared. ‘Stunning, utterly beautiful . . . Jill at her absolute best. One of the most beautiful love stories I’ve ever read’ Jo Thomas Fen can’t believe her...

Lies and Weddings

Lies and Weddings
  • Author(s): Kevin Chen
  • Location(s): Hawai'i, England, Los Angeles, Marrakech, Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Satire
  • Era(s): Contemporary

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Rufus Leung Gresham, future Duke of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel, is drowning in debt. The only solution, according to his scheming mother, is for him to attend his sister’s...

Lucia: A Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon

Lucia: A Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon
  • Author(s): Andrea di Robilant
  • Location(s): Paris, Venice, Vienna
  • Genre(s): Biography, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 19th century

In 1787, Lucia, the beautiful sixteen-year-old daughter of a prominent Venetian statesman, is married off to Alvise Mocenigo, scion of one of the most powerful Venetian families. But their life as a golden couple will be suddenly transformed when...

Lucifer’s Shadow

Lucifer’s Shadow
  • Author(s): David Hewson
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 18th century and late 20th century

Complex, beautiful, suspenseful, Lucifer’s Shadow was David Hewson’s tantalising and rewarding novel first novel set in Italy, now republished with a new introduction by the author. Previously republished in some markets as The Cemetery of Secrets. When Daniel Forster,...

Maddalena and the Dark

Maddalena and the Dark
  • Author(s): Julia Fine
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Gothic, Historical
  • Era(s): 18th Century

For fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Mexican Gothic, a novel set in 18th-century Venice at a prestigious music school, about two girls drawn together by a dangerous wager. Venice, 1717. Fifteen-year-old Luisa has only wanted...

Masquerade

Masquerade
  • Author(s): Kylie Fornasier
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Historical, Young Adult
  • Era(s): 18th century

It’s the Carnevale of 1750 and Venice’s ballrooms, theatres, palazzos and squares are filled with delicious gossip, devilish fun and dangerous games. In this glittering masked world, everyone has a secret… Set in an age of decadence made famous...

Meet me in Venice

Meet me in Venice
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Adler
  • Location(s): Paris, Venice
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Set in Paris, Shanghai and Venice, the new novel of romantic suspense from Elizabeth Adler revolves around the fate of a valuable family heirloom – a gem-encrusted necklace – and the people who wish to profit from it at...

Murders and Masterpieces

Murders and Masterpieces
  • Author(s): Silvano Stagni
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Historical, Cozy Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Mainly 1950s

Venice1866, a Frenchman on his honeymoon, sees an artist sketching a scene. When he visits his workshop, he falls in love with the painting and commissions five versions: one for himself, one for his two siblings, one for his...

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