‘A powerful mother-and-daughter story, a profound exploration of human fragility, and of the haunting shadows of the past’ The Brittle Age [ About The Brittle Age ] In the 1990s, deep in the Maiella mountains of Central Italy, a brutal crime shattered the peace of the local community. Two young women were murdered, a third…
‘A WWII story of love, redemption, and resistance.‘– The Bishop’s Villa [ About The Bishop’s Villa ] Tuscany, November 1943. The village of Le Case is miles from any big city and remains rooted in an earlier century. Seen from Le Case, even the war looks different—mostly a matter of waiting, praying, and mourning. As…
‘Escape to Italy and fall in love with this perfect summer read…’– The Italian Holiday [ About The Italian Holiday] Floundering junior travel writer Katie has just been given the opportunity of her career. Her boss can’t make her trip to the idyllic but little-known Italian island of Ponza, and Katie must step into her…
I woke up this morning with a awful aching headI woke up this morning with a awful aching headMy new man had left me, just a room and a empty bedEmpty Bed Blues by Bessie Smith (From the book – it inspired the title) [ About Empty Bed Blues ] When Kate Holohan’s husband dies…
‘And, with a slight left, there it is. All this space suddenly, exhale. Butter yellow buildings, with their faded blue windows. Some apartments have flower boxes, some are bare. If it were a little darker, I’d be able to see inside.Spectacular things in Rome can just happen like this, with no warning. Around a non-descript…
The international bestseller and winner of the Premio Strega and the Prix du Livre Etranger– The Hummingbird [ About the Book ] Marco Carrera is ‘the hummingbird,’ a man with the almost supernatural ability to stay still as the world around him continues to change. As he navigates the challenges of life – confronting the…
We just need to know what the heart’s capable of, Evelyn.And do you know what it’s capable of?I do. Grace and fury.– Still Life [ About the Book ] It’s 1944 and in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as the Allied troops advance and bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and…
‘A glorious and uplifting escapist novel set against the stunning backdrop of the Italian coast. The perfect holiday read for fans of Rosanna Ley, Rachel Hore and Karen Swan’– The Italian Escape [ About the Book ] Sparkling sea, sun, delicious food and Aperol Spritz – escape to Italy with the perfect summer romance . .…
A vintage necklace. A long-hidden secret. A second chance for love– Hepburn’s Necklace Hepburn’s Necklace by Jan Moran, a USA Today bestselling author of romantic women’s fiction, was published with Sunny Palms Press Jan 12th. Hepburn’s Necklace is a dual-timeline family saga that begins on the film set on Roman Holiday in the 1950s and continues to…
‘One person is all it takes to change a lifetime’– Only You [ About the Book ] PresentLetty and Alf are the only English speakers at an Italian class in Rome, where they discover the language that really connects them is dance: Letty’s first love was ballet, while Alf was a junior ballroom champion. They…