Venice

Fiftysomething American divorced mother of two grown up children and successful chef, Marlena de Blasi thought she was content with life. However, when Fernado spies her across a crowded cafe and decides that she is The One, her life is turned upside down. Within a few months, she has sold her cafe and her house, and has flown across the Atlantic to begin her new life with Ferando.

The historical voices of women and sisters

Blurb:

James Cordier is all blueblood and entirely dangerous.  He's a master of disguise, a brilliant thief, a first class lover--all for King and country--and, by gad, he's so weary of it. His last mission is to “acquire” a packet of incriminating letters from one notorious woman.  Then he can return to London, and meet sweet-natured heiresses--not adventuresses and fallen women.

Francesca Bonnard has weathered heartbreak, scorn, and scandal.  She’s independent, happy, and definitely fallen; and she's learned that “gentlemen” are more trouble than they're worth.  She can also see that her wildly attractive new neighbor is bad news.

I T A L I A N  C O U N T . . . . . . E N G L I S H  W A I F

In a flash of lightening, Count Pietro Bagnelli sees a young woman standing outside his palazzo, a battered suitcase at her feet.  This solitary count has turned his back on the world, but he can't turn his back on this bedwraggled waif...

Backcover Synopsis - Two masked strangers in the grip of pure, irresistible passion...

Arrogant and ruthless, Luca Barbaro is the kind of man Nell hates most.  although helpless to resist his raw sexuality, she can never forgive his brutal coldness of years ago.