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Christmas in Venice

Christmas in Venice, December 2014
Christmas Around the World #4
by Joanne Walsh

Tule Publishing
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Kindle: B00OZSED88
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"A divorced man and woman still deeply in love trying to find out what went wrong."

Fresh Fiction Review

Christmas in Venice
Joanne Walsh

Reviewed by Kay Quintin
Posted November 30, 2014

Romance Contemporary | Holiday

Ashlynne di Grechi hadn't anticipated being snowed in at the airport in Venice and accepting the invitation from her ex-husband, Lorenzo di Grechi. Being stranded in Venice on her way home to London for Christmas is the last thing she needed. This is a time of the year that leaves her with deep grieving at her two-year marriage that ended 5 years ago and her lost child. Lorenzo is hot and extremely handsome standing there, offering her a place to stay until the planes are in the air again. Venice holds bad memories for her because of her failed marriage when Lorenzo wasn't there for her following her miscarriage at Christmas and because of his betrayal at the time. Her dreams were shattered and Lorenzo didn't fight for her even though he denied cheating with another woman. Ashlynne has made a new life as proprietor of The Curly Bird in London, a saloon caring for and selling products to people with curly and frizzy hair. Determined to give Ash a merry Christmas away from her family, he's unable to deny his still consuming love for this woman. If only he could get her to trust him again. T This is the beginning of his sincere effort to prove to Ash that he truly loves her and can be trusted while reinforcing the fact that he was not unfaithful to her. This could be a disastrous time of horrible memories for Ash or this could be the beginning of her life again. CHRISTMAS IN VENICE is a beautiful and emotional story in the A Christmas Around the World novellas. A young woman who has lost everything has learned to start over and become strong only to be thrown into the emotional turmoil of the past and the realization that she still desperately loves the man she married and divorced. CHRISTMAS IN VENICE is a tale that is read quickly but fills the soul with renewal and passion. I have not had the opportunity to read any of Meadow Taylor's works before, but she knows how to keep the story interesting and soul bearing.

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SUMMARY

Let it snow…? Wasn’t she supposed to dream of a white Christmas? Right now, Ashlynne wishes the blizzards, ice and fog that have left her stranded in Venice would melt away. She’s facing a dreary holiday stuck at the airport—and she’s also run into her ex-husband. Lorenzo di Grechi insists Ashlynne stay with him at his sumptuous palazzo apartment. He’s also promising her Christmas Venetian-style: eating, drinking, and visiting the seasonal markets and musical concerts that make the city so enchanting at this time of year. She thought she’d moved on: laid the ghosts of their marriage which had ended so sadly and badly to rest, along with how passionately she’d loved him. But the sexual attraction between them is still as potent as ever, and he seems to have changed for the better, forcing her to question her belief that he’d cheated on her at a time when she’d needed him most. Is this just some sort of Christmas magic at work? Or a real chance to forgive and rediscover her love for Lorenzo?


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