While in Paris, American writer Tulia Rose meets a sidewalk
artist she knows only as Raphael. He is very charming,
mysterious and seems to show up unexpectedly. As Tulia and
Raphael travel through the artistic treasures of Europe,
she begins to research and write her next novel based on
the artist Raphael and his secret lover. "Her" Raphael is a
wealth of information and Tulia begins to fall in love, but
at the same time, there is still something very
uncomfortable about how they keep meeting.
As her research and writing continue, she starts having
nightmares. They come in the form of familiar visions and
feelings from another time and place. Do they have anything
to do with Raphael and his secret lover?
THE SIDEWALK ARTIST is an enchanting and passionate love
story. It is beautifully written with charm and grace. Once
I read the first page, I was hooked and couldn't put it
down until the final word was read. All I can say is wow! I
was mesmerized all the way through. This is a first novel
for Ms. Buonaguro and Ms. Kirk and I look forward to
reading more by them.
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?
