A trio of second-born daughters sets out on a whirlwind journey through the lush Italian countryside to break the family curse that says theyâll never find love, by New York Times bestseller Lori Nelson Spielman, author of The Life List. Since the day Filomena Fontana cast a curse upon her sister more than two hundred years ago, not one second-born Fontana daughter has found lasting love. Some, like second-born Emilia, the happily-single baker at her grandfatherâs Brooklyn deli, claim itâs an odd coincidence. Others, like her sexy, desperate-for-love cousin Lucy, insist itâs a true hex. But both are bewildered when their great-aunt calls with an astounding proposition: If they accompany her to her homeland of Italy, Aunt Poppy vows sheâll meet the love of her life on the steps of the Ravello Cathedral on her eightieth birthday, and break the Fontana Second-Daughter Curse once and for all.
Against the backdrop of wandering Venetian canals, rolling Tuscan fields, and enchanting Amalfi Coast villages, romance blooms, destinies are found, and family secrets are unearthedâsecrets that could threaten the family far more than a centuries-old curse.
The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany - Lori Nelson Spielman
A trio of second-born daughters sets out on a whirlwind journey through the lush Italian countryside to break the family curse that says theyâll never find love, by New York Times bestseller Lori Nelson Spielman, author of The Life List. Since the day Filomena Fontana cast a curse upon her sister more than two hundred years ago, not one second-born Fontana daughter has found lasting love. Some, like second-born Emilia, the happily-single baker at her grandfatherâs Brooklyn deli, claim itâs an odd coincidence. Others, like her sexy, desperate-for-love cousin Lucy, insist itâs a true hex. But both are bewildered when their great-aunt calls with an astounding proposition: If they accompany her to her homeland of Italy, Aunt Poppy vows sheâll meet the love of her life on the steps of the Ravello Cathedral on her eightieth birthday, and break the Fontana Second-Daughter Curse once and for all.
Against the backdrop of wandering Venetian canals, rolling Tuscan fields, and enchanting Amalfi Coast villages, romance blooms, destinies are found, and family secrets are unearthedâsecrets that could threaten the family far more than a centuries-old curse.