Tuscan Enchantment by Kate Zarrelli

 Tuscan Enchantment by Kate Zarrelli



Tuscan Enchantment by Kate Zarrelli was published in April by Romaunce Books. My thanks to the author and publisher for sending me a copy to review and to Random Book Tours for inviting me to take part on the tour.




Synopsis

Librarian Antonia Gray has fled England for northern Tuscany too recover after an unhappy love affair and to work on the archive of a 17th century Italian explorer, a member of a centuries-old aristocratic family. There she meets his descendent, Lorenzo Quattromani, rich, arrogant, handsome - and engaged to the beautiful and ruthless Swiss Giselle. The last thing Antonia wants is to fall in love, least of all with someone so incredibly dangerous. His engagement, though, is not what it seems, but while Lorenzo breaks down Antonia’s resistance, Giselle has other ideas.





My Review

This is one of those romance books to pack in your bag for an afternoon of peaceful reading when you want to have a few hours of romantic escapism to the wonderful countryside and history of Northern Tuscany. Mix this in with a pretty English girl trying to escape from her past, an unbelievably handsome Tuscan man with an obnoxious Fiancée and you have all the ingredients for a steamy romance that moves at a fast pace in its idyllic setting.
Kate imagines her characters well and ensures that her readers can also picture them too with her descriptive writing that builds up physical and mental images of what they are like, both to each other and to those around them.
For a short read of a couple of hours this story, of just under 200 pages,will leave you with a cosy romantic feeling away from the pressures of modern life. Pour yourself a glass of crisp white wine , or make yourself a cuppa, whichever you prefer and enjoy.



About the Author

Kate Zarrelli is a pen name of Katherine Mezzacappa, an Irish author who lives with her Italian husband and Iris the cat, in northern Tuscany, between the Apuan Alps and the Tyrrhenian Sea - the setting for Tuscan Enchantment. As Katie Hutton she has published The Gypsy Bride, The Gypsy’s Daughter and Annie of Ainsworth’s Mill with Zaffre, with The Maid of Lindall Hall to follow next year. As Katherine Mezzacappa, her The Ballad of Mary Kearney will be published by Addison & Highsmith in late 2023 and The Virgin of Florence with Fairlight Books the year after. Her short fiction has been published in a range of magazines worldwide. She is also a manuscript assessor for a major London literary consultancy. Kate has worked as a management consultant, a museum curator, a seamstress and a care assistant. In her spare time, she volunteers with a second-hand book charity of which she is a founder member. Kate’s next title for Romaunce is an erotic love story set in Venice, The Casanova Papers, for publication January 2024

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