St. Martin's Griffin
April 2010
On Sale: March 30, 2010
Featuring: Luciana Vetra; Guido
542 pages ISBN: 0312606362 EAN: 9780312606367 Kindle: B003DX0I30 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
In this exhilarating cross between The Da Vinci Code
and The Birth of Venus, an irrepressible young woman
in 15th-century Italy must flee for her life after stumbling
upon a deadly secret when she serves as a model for
Botticelli...
When part-time model and full-time prostitute Luciana Vetra
is asked by one of her most exalted clients to pose for a
painter friend, she doesn't mind serving as the model for
the central figure of Flora in Sandro Botticelli's
masterpiece "Primavera." But when the artist dismisses her
without payment, Luciana impulsively steals an unfinished
version of the painting--only to find that someone is ready
to kill her to get it back.
What could possibly be so valuable about the picture? As
friends and clients are slaughtered around her, Luciana
turns to the one man who has never desired her beauty,
novice librarian Brother Guido. Fleeing Venice together,
Luciana and Guido race through the nine cities of
Renaissance Italy, pursued by ruthless foes who are
determined to keep them from decoding the painting's secrets.
Gloriously fresh and vivid, with a deliciously irreverent
heroine, The Botticelli Secret is an irresistible
blend of history, wit, and suspense.
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