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In the Company of the Courtesan

In the Company of the Courtesan
  • Author(s): Sarah Dunant
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 16th Century

1527. While the Papal city of Rome burns – brutally sacked by an invading army including Protestant heretics – two of her most interesting and wily citizens slip away, their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed as...

It Happened in Venice

It Happened in Venice
  • Author(s): Molly Hopkins
  • Location(s): Amsterdam, Dublin, Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

He cheated, but only once! Evie Dexter has promised to forgive and forget her fiancé Rob – and her efforts to absolve his sins are paying off: in the past ten days she’s only called him a two-timing love...

Lead Me Into Danger

Lead Me Into Danger
  • Author(s): Daniella Bernett
  • Location(s): Venice, London
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A Journalist…A Jewel Thief…And A Russian Spy… When Their Paths Cross, It’s Murder. Journalist Emmeline Kirby hasn’t laid eyes on her former lover Gregory Longdon, a jewel thief, in two years. But she literally tumbles into his arms, after...

Losing Venice

Losing Venice
  • Author(s): Scott Stavrou
  • Location(s): Venice, Hydra, Prague
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Surrounded by beauty, can you learn to live beautifully? Travel marketing executive Mark Vandermar leads an itinerant life. Elsewhere is where he calls home, so it’s no surprise when he’s called to Venice to help craft the Venice Tourism...

One Summer in Venice

One Summer in Venice
  • Author(s): Nicky Pellegrino
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

‘This isn’t a mid-life crisis OK? For a start I’m not old enough yet to have one of those. I’m calling it a happiness project. I’ve stolen an entire summer from my life and by the time it’s over...

Palace of the Drowned

Palace of the Drowned
  • Author(s): Christine Mangan
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1966

In Venice, Frances Croy is working to leave the previous year behind: another novel published to little success, a scathing review she can’t quite manage to forget, and, most of all, the real reason behind her self-imposed exile from...

Stone Virgin

Stone Virgin
  • Author(s): Barry Unsworth
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Passionate, erotic and haunting, this is a brilliant novel by one of Britain’s most important novelists. Simon Rakes – a conservation expert – is restoring the Stone Virgin, a statue that cost the life of its creator in the...

The Abduction (The Carnivia Trilogy)

The Abduction (The Carnivia Trilogy)
  • Author(s): Jonathan Holt
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

A teenage girl is kidnapped in Venice. The race to save her will uncover a conspiracy powerful men will kill to keep hidden. THE HOSTAGE: The teenage daughter of a US soldier disappeared in Venice last night. Now clues...

The Echoes of Love

The Echoes of Love
  • Author(s): Hannah Fielding
  • Location(s): Tuscany, Venice
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The Echoes of Love is a beautiful, poignant story of lost love and betrayal, unleashed passion and learning to love again, whatever the price. Venetia Aston-Montague has escaped to Italy’s most captivating city to work in her godmother s...

The Gondola Maker

The Gondola Maker
  • Author(s): Laura Morelli
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 16th Century

2014 IPPY Award for Best Adult Fiction E-book Finalist for the da Vinci Eye Prize From the author of Made in Italy comes a tale of artisanal tradition and family bonds set in one of the world’s most magnificent...

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