Blogs in December 2024

Pinch Me: Waking Up in a 300-Year-Old Italian Farmhouse 4th December 2024

For fans of Stanley Tucci and Frances Mayes, Barbara Boyle’s story of leaving her California home to restore an old stone farmhouse in Italy’s Piedmont—only to fall in love with the food and people of her enchanting new town—will...

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Firebird 3rd December 2024

(The Fire That Binds) A spicy historical romantasy set in Ancient Rome where Emperors may govern but dragons rule . . . A conqueror captivated. A witch prophesied to save them all. A world where dragons rule Rome. From...

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The Girl from Portofino 21st November 2024

When Gina Bianchi returns to the beautiful Italian resort of Portofino to attend her father’s funeral, she is beset by vivid memories of World War 2, when she joined the Resistance, alongside her identical twin sister, Adele. In her...

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Medici Heist 9th November 2024

Welcome to Florence, 1517, a world of intrigue and opulence, murder and betrayal. Sharp-witted conwoman Rosa Cellini arrives in the city the same day that the Medici Pope, Leo X, returns to take up the reins of power. This...

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The Assassin of Venice 6th November 2024

Valentina Riccardi is many things: beautiful, cultured, deadly. As one of Venice’s famous courtesans, she’s perfectly positioned to seduce powerful men, get them alone, and assassinate them. Spies. Traitors. Who they are doesn’t matter—only that they made an enemy...

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