Item description for Tuscan Rose by Belinda Alexandra Advance Uncorrected Proof Reader Copy ARC PB

From an international bestselling author comes a richly woven tale of passion, longing, witchcraft, and magic set in Italy during World War II. A magical, richly woven World War II– era saga filled with passion, secrets, beauty, and horror from internationally acclaimed bestselling author Belinda Alexandra. FLORENCE, 1914. A mysterious stranger known as The Wolf leaves an infant with the sisters of Santo Spirito. A tiny silver key hidden in her wrappings is the one clue to the child’s identity. . . . FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, young Rosa must leave the nuns, her only family, and become governess to the daughter of an aristocrat and his strange, frightening wife. Their house is elegant but cursed, and Rosa—blessed with gifts beyond her considerable musical talents—is torn between her desire to know the truth and her fear of its repercussions. All the while, the hand of Fascism curls around beautiful Italy, and no citizen is safe. Rosa faces unimaginable hardship: her only weapons her intelligence, intuition, and determination. . . and her extraordinary capacity for love.

Already a best-selling author internationally, Alexandra makes her American debut with her fifth novel. It begins in Florence, Italy, in 1914, when an infant with a silver key tucked in her blanket is left at a convent. Fifteen years later, Rosa reluctantly leaves the convent to become a governess for a powerful but cursed family. Rosa has amazing powers of perception, and just as she begins to piece things together, she is falsely accused and imprisoned. While there, she is raped, and the resulting child becomes her heart’s focus. She falls in with a traveling theater troupe, which is a cover for anti-Fascist rebels. As WWII breaks out, Rosa is forced to choose between safety for her child and following her love. In the tradition of The Thorn Birds and Corelli’s Mandolin, Tuscan Rose is a sweeping story, taking Rosa from musician, to antique dealer, to nurse, to revolutionary, all the while maintaining her indomitable and loving spirit. There is plenty of intrigue, emotion, and bravery, and a few scenes that will remain with the reader for some time.

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