The Italian Flame
a sweeping and epic escapist read, from the author of THE VILLA
Rosanna Ley
- Perfect
- for
- fans
- of
- Jill
- Mansell,
- Veronica
- Henry
- and
- Santa
- Montefiore:
- the
- brand-new
- summer
- read
- from
- the
- bestselling
- author
- of
- THE
- VILLA.Dorset,
- 1965:
- twenty-five-year-old
- aspiring
- artist
- Marilyn
- longs
- to
- escape
- to
- London,
- but
- her
- family
- relies
- on
- her
- wages
- from
- the
- hotel
- on
- the
- cliff.
- Then
- one
- day
- Marilyn
- meets
- Bruno,
- an
- intriguing
- Italian,
- and
- the
- two
- fall
- madly
- in
- love,
- painfully
- aware
- of
- Bruno
- having
- very
- little
- time
- left
- in
- the
- country.
- When
- he
- leaves
- for
- Italy,
- he
- promises
- to
- write
- and
- to
- come
- back
- as
- soon
- as
- he
- can.Over
- fifty
- years
- later,
- Marilyn's
- daughter
- Lily
- returns
- to
- her
- old
- hometown
- when
- she
- hears
- that
- her
- mother
- is
- ill.
- Mother
- and
- daughter
- have
- never
- been
- close,
- but
- now,
- Lily
- determines
- to
- stay
- by
- her
- side.
- After
- Marilyn's
- death,
- Lily
- finds
- a
- photo
- of
- a
- baby
- girl
- amongst
- her
- mother's
- belongings
- -
- the
- name
- 'Josephine'
- written
- on
- the
- back.
- But
- who
- is
- Josephine?
- Lily
- resolves
- to
- find
- out
- the
- truth.Lily's
- search
- for
- Josephine
- takes
- her
- to
- Italy
- -
- to
- a
- small
- town
- in
- the
- stunning
- Bay
- of
- Poets.
- But
- will
- Josephine
- give
- Lily
- the
- answers
- she
- is
- looking
- for?
- And
- together,
- can
- they
- come
- to
- understand
- Marilyn's
- story?
- For
- Josephine
- and
- Lily,
- this
- springtime
- in
- Perlarosa
- will
- transform
- their
- lives
- forever.Readers
- LOVE
- Rosanna
- Ley's
- novels?????
- 'Charming'
?????
- 'Truly
- amazing'
?????
- 'Wonderful'
?????
- 'Beautifully
- crafted'
?????
- 'Captivating'
?????
- 'Very moving'
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