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Ciao Bella

A Novel

By: Gina Buonaguro,Janice Kirk

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For Graziella, the quiet, cultured life she lived in Venice with her musician husband, Ugo, was everything she could have hoped for. But when Italy allied itself with Nazi Germany in 1940, her world changed forever. Ugo, trading in his violin for a gun, joined the Resistance, while Graziella was forced to seek refuge at his family's farm in the nearby Euganean Hills. "Just until the war is over," Ugo had promised, but it has been months now since the Nazis retreated, and no one has seen him since. With Ugo gone, it seems as if she will be trapped forever on this remote farm with her lost husband's difficult family. So when an American soldier named Frank is stranded on the mountain, Graziella embraces this unexpected chance at being happy again. But as tempting as it is to leave behind this war-torn country and her painful memories for a new life in America, can she go without learning her husband's fate? With quiet grace and humor, Ciao Bella explores the possibilities of love and redemption in the wake of war, showing that some of the hardest decisions come only after the fighting has stopped.

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Macmillan

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142998337X

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9781429983372

The Sidewalk Artist

A Novel

By: Gina Buonaguro,Janice Kirk

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The Sidewalk Artist

A Novel

By: Gina Buonaguro,Janice Kirk

In Europe to research her next novel, Tulia Rose, a young American woman, falls in love with a handsome sidewalk artist who introduces her to Europe's great artistic treasures and inspires her to write the story of the painter Raphael and his secret lover.

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031237805X

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9780312378059

The Virgins of Venice

A Novel

By: Gina Buonaguro

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The Virgins of Venice

A Novel

By: Gina Buonaguro

In sixteenth-century Venice, one young noblewoman dares to resist the choices made for her Venice in 1509 is on the brink of war. The displeasure of Pope Julius II is a continuing threat to the republic, as is the barely contained fighting in the countryside. Amid this turmoil, noblewoman Justina Soranzo, just sixteen, hopes to make a rare love marriage with her sweetheart, Luca Cicogna. Her hopes are dashed when her father decides her younger sister, Rosa, will marry in a strategic alliance and Justina will be sent to the San Zaccaria convent, in the tradition of aristocratic daughters. Lord Soranzo is not acting only to protect his family. It’s well known that he is in debt to both his trading partners and the most infamous courtesan in the city, La Diamante, and the pressure is closing in. After arriving at the convent, Justina takes solace in her aunt Livia, one of the nuns, and in the growing knowledge that all is not strictly devout at San Zaccaria. Justina is shocked to discover how the women of the convent find their own freedom in what seems to her like a prison. But secrets and scandals breach the convent walls, and Justina learns there may be even worse fates for her than the veil, if La Diamante makes good on her threats. Desperate to protect herself and the ones she loves, Justina turns to Luca for help. She finds she must trust her own heart to make the impossible decisions that may save or ruin them all.

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HarperCollins

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1443468401

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9781443468404

The Virgins of Venice

A Novel

By: Gina Buonaguro

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By: Gina Buonaguro

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The Wolves of St. Peters

By: Gina Buonaguro

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The Wolves of St. Peters

By: Gina Buonaguro

1508. When Francesco Angeli, houseboy to Michelangelo, sees the body of a golden-haired woman being pulled from the Tiber on a rainy morning, he is shocked to realize that he knows her. As Francesco follows a deepening mystery from Rome's back streets to the pope's inner sanctum, he begins to realize that danger and corruption may lurk behind the most beautiful of facades.

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HarperCollins Canada

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1443417467

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9781443417464

The Wolves Of St. Peters

A Novel

By: Gina Buonaguro,Janice Kirk

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The Wolves Of St. Peters

A Novel

By: Gina Buonaguro,Janice Kirk

1508. When Francesco Angeli, houseboy to Michelangelo, sees the body of a golden-haired woman being pulled from the Tiber on a rainy morning, he is shocked to realize that he knows her. As Francesco follows a deepening mystery from Rome’s back streets to the pope’s inner sanctum, he begins to realize that danger and corruption may lurk behind the most beautiful of facades.

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1443417475

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Ciao Bella

A Novel

By: Gina Buonaguro,Janice Kirk

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By: Gina Buonaguro,Janice Kirk

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The Sidewalk Artist

A Novel

By: Gina Buonaguro,Janice Kirk

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The Sidewalk Artist

A Novel

By: Gina Buonaguro,Janice Kirk

A fantasia of a double tale skimming through the art capitals of Europe with double muses, double love pursuits, double Raphaels, even double authors, a tale dripping with idealized romantic settings, mystery, art, and a touch of magic, The Sidewalk Artist will keep readers wondering what is real and what is artifice--as fine paintings always do." --Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue While in Europe researching her next novel, twenty-something American Tulia Rose falls headlong into a romance with a handsome sidewalk artist. As he takes her on a tour of Europe's artistic treasures, she begins writing the story of the painter Raphael and his secret lover. Yet as her own affair grows deeper, Tulia's sidewalk artist grows more mysterious. Why does he seem so familiar? And what is his connection to the great Renaissance painter? Set in Paris and Italy, this lyrical first novel interweaves two parallel love stories, offering readers a unique view on the research and inspiration that goes into creating historical novels such as The Girl with the Pearl Earring and The Birth of Venus.

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1429902450

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9781429902458

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Ciao Bella

Ciao Bella

The Sidewalk Artist

The Sidewalk Artist

The Virgins of Venice

The Virgins of Venice

The Virgins of Venice

The Virgins of Venice

The Wolves of St. Peters

The Wolves of St. Peters

The Wolves Of St. Peters

The Wolves Of St. Peters

Ciao Bella

Ciao Bella

The Sidewalk Artist

The Sidewalk Artist

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