When Jane Holland reached Rome during her college break, she found herself drawn to the Mediterranean island south of the Italian boot. Once there, she contacts her mother's old friend and is introduced to the handsome prince Lorenzo. He gives her an amulet - a reproduction of an ancient Greek coin symbolizing Sicily. It was one of only two copies his grandfather Maurizio had had made many years ago. Maurizio had given the other one to a beautiful peasant woman with whom he'd fallen madly in love. The romance ended ...
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When Jane Holland reached Rome during her college break, she found herself drawn to the Mediterranean island south of the Italian boot. Once there, she contacts her mother's old friend and is introduced to the handsome prince Lorenzo. He gives her an amulet - a reproduction of an ancient Greek coin symbolizing Sicily. It was one of only two copies his grandfather Maurizio had had made many years ago. Maurizio had given the other one to a beautiful peasant woman with whom he'd fallen madly in love. The romance ended tragically; Lorenzo is sure his grandfather died of a broken heart. Later, Jane discovers that her great-aunt Caterina had been involved in a notorious affair with a married man, a prince named Maurizio, and that the affair caused a scandal that had repercussions to the present day. Jane feels a strange connection to Lorenzo, as if she's known him all her life . . . and before. Were they lovers in another time and place? Are the spirits of Prince Maurizio and Great-Aunt Caterina working through Jane and Lorenzo to bring closure to that old, tragic love affair? Jo Manning has published fiction in a number of magazines and anthologies. Both of her previous novels, The Reluctant Guardian (Regency Press, 2000) and Seducing Mr. Heywood (Five Star Publishing, 2002) have received critical acclaim, and the latter was named one of the Ten Best Romances of the Year by Booklist magazine. Currently, Manning is writing fulltime - both fiction (another Regency) and nonfiction (the biography of a Regency beauty) - having finally retired from librarianship. She divides her time between London and Miami Beach, Florida.
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