Dreams Of Tuscany
The Tuscan sun burns down from an azure sky on the day that Zoe Bennett, a young English estate agent, shows Alex Knight around a beautiful but derelict villa. Alex, an architect from Bath is keen and ready to take on the restoration.But Zoe is keen and ready for love, and whilst attracted to the mysterious Alex, she is being ardently pursued by the rich and glamorous, Massimo Mendozzi, a Roman environmental lawyer.The torrid summer weather is as hot as the passion surrounding Zoe… but storm clouds are gathering on the horizon and this is Italy… land of intrigue and conspiracy. Why does the path of true love never run smooth?
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Estate agent Zoe Bennett meets a client, Alex Knight, to show him around a derelict Tuscan villa. The perfect vista across the valley of sun-scorched red earth and grape vines outlined against the azure sky is so breathtaking that Alex is determined to buy it and restore it to its former glory. When the viewing is followed by a flirtatious lunch at Zoeâs favourite trattoria, she hopes that the villa may not be the only thing Alex has fallen for that dayâ¦
However, she soon discovers that Alex already has a family, so regretfully tries to move on. Then Massimo, a handsome environmental lawyer, enters the scene, dazzling Zoe with gifts and declarations of undying love â yet she still cannot get Alex out of her mind. When the villaâs beautiful landscape is endangered and Alex stands to lose his dream property, Zoe begins to question Massimoâs motives. But can she save the villa for Alex in time? And will the mysterious and alluring Mr Knight turn out to be her Mr Right after all?
Perfume of Provence
Dreams of Tuscany
Kate Fitzroy
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E-book Edition © June 2014 ISBN: 9781472096289
Version date: 2018-07-23
KATE FITZROY
has two lives. One is lived in a flinty Victorian cottage in Newmarket, where she awakes early each morning to the clip-clop of the strings of racehorses passing under the window. Kateâs other life is played out in a Napoleonic manor set in a sleepy village amongst the vineyards of the Loire Valley, France.
Her life has not always been so blissful. Widowed at the age of twenty-two, already with two children to love and protect, she fought her way up as hard and steep a path as any of her romantic heroines. Determined to turn adversity to advantage, Kate and her two children left England behind and drove off to the South of France. By teaching English and renovating ruined properties in France and then Italy, Kate more than survived.
Now happily married to a thoroughly English man and surrounded by a large, loving family, Kate enjoys every moment of every day⦠CARPE DIEM because TEMPUS FUGIT!
Contents
Book List
Copyright
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
About the Publisher
The waiter placed a perfect cappuccino in front of her with a small flourish. Zoe looked up at him with a fleeting smile of thanks and then returned to her thoughts. She slowly stirred the frothy milk into the rich darkness of the coffee, enjoying the aroma that floated up to her. Sunlight glanced across the café, lighting on the dark marble floor and reflecting on the enormous Gaggia coffee machine behind the bar. The day was perfect but Zoe felt an inexplicable reluctance to enjoy it. She sighed heavily and began to sip her coffee.
âCiao, bellissima!â A familiar voice interrupted her thoughts and a chair was scraped back as Paolo Santini, her boss and good friend, joined her at the table.
âWhy you look so sad, cara? You too beautiful to be sad and the day is beautiful tooâ¦una bella giornata! Un espresso, per favore, subito!â
Zoe looked up as Paolo shouted across to the barman, waving his arms and filling the space with his energy. She knew he would be like it all day long. Paolo was irrepressibly larger than life. They worked side by side in an estate agency in the town, Zoeâs quiet, calm nature a foil to his exuberance. Paoloâs father had begun the business years ago, mainly handling the selling and buying of parcels of agricultural land in the surrounding vineyards and hills of Tuscany. After his fatherâs death, Paolo had inherited the agency and quickly realised the potential of selling farmhouses to the English. Zoe had first met him when she was teaching English in the town and had helped out with some translation work. Then Paolo had offered her a full-time job at a salary that doubled her teacherâs wage and she had accepted happily. They worked well together and the business soon flourished. Zoe looked across the table at him fondly and took a deep breath. Her day had begun.
