A TASTE OF ITALY
LUCIE SIMONE
ISBN# 1-60088-027-4
July 2006
Cobblestone Press, LLC
www.cobblestone-press.com
E-book
$3.99
36 pages
Chick-lit
Rating: 4 cups

Carly Simpson is ready for more. More of life, more fun, more sex. Having wilted the last ten years in the corporate tax world, she sets out for Europe to finally let her hair down and enjoy herself.

David is an LA man who is in Florence with his theater troupe. Through a stroke of luck, this widower meets Carly, and decides he might just have found the woman for whom he will let go of his grieving past.

Europe- both Paris and Florence- turns to be a disappointment for Carly. However much she dreams of sultry nights of passion, she just cannot let go with the first sexy male who comes by. She thinks her strict Catholic upbringing might have something to do with it. But then, when she meets David, Carly wonders if she has not finally found the one night stand which could turn into a thousand nights’ relationship.

Ms. Simone writes with flourish, panache, and wit. Her work is laced with sensual references and descriptions, and the reader is literally thrown into the persona of Carly. Ms. Simone also penned a very hot tale, and managed to convey this sizzling heat without falling into clichés, or using crude sexual content. Laced with moments of roar out loud humor, this story is definitely one to settle with if you are looking for a warm, engaging, and funny read.

Zaynah
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance
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