Meet me in
venice by
Elizabeth Adler
FOUR WORDS WOULD CHANGE HER LIFE...
Precious Rafferty is an American
antiques dealer living in Paris.
Though Precious--known as Preshy--lives
in the world's most romantic city,
she keeps her feet firmly on the
ground. No man will ever sweep her
off her feet. Until she meets
Bennett James. He's perfect in
every way. Is he too good to be
true? Granted, she doesn't know
much about his business or personal
life in Shanghai, but isn't it time
to stop being so jaded about
romance? And then her long-lost
cousin Lily Song sends her an urgent
message about Preshy's new love.
"Meet me in Venice" are Lily's
cryptic words.
ONE
MAN MIGHT POSSIBLY END IT...
Lily
lives in Shanghai and knows the
antiques underworld there--and
she has a secret important enough to
draw her to Venice to meet Preshy
for the first time,
face-to-face. Ruggedly handsome,
world-weary writer Sam Knight senses
there's a story afoot. Precious
senses he's getting closer and
closer to her and enmeshed in this
tangled web of danger and
desire. But is Sam also not all he
seems to be? Does he have a terrible
secret he's keeping from Preshy? In
Venice, Precious will have to weave
through a maze of betrayers and
seducers to discover who she can
trust with her heart...and with her
life. Page-turning, lushly
descriptive, and intelligent,
Meet Me in Venice is a
cat-and-mouse game with plenty of
twists and wonderful characters
you'll never forget. It is
Elizabeth Adler at her storytelling
best.
Reviews:
In this globe-spanning, intrigue-filled
thriller from veteran bestseller Adler (Hotel
Riviera), an American antiques
dealer working in Paris, 38-year-old
Precious Preshy Rafferty, is drawn into
a scheme that also ensnares a cousin
she's never met in person, Shanghai
antique dealer Lily Song. Lily owns a
fabulous, superexpensive necklace that
Lily's business associate, Mary-Lou
Chen, is out to steal. It's the job of
Mary-Lou's paramour, American
businessman Bennett Yuan, to find a
buyer. As the suspense builds, Lily and
Preshy must travel to Venice to meet
and, among other things, protect the
fortune Preshy is due to inherit from
her Aunt Grizelda. Adler remains as
adept as ever at making her various
locales come to life and doesn't
disappoint in keeping the mystery
surrounding the necklace, and the two
cousins, swirling. (July)
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- Publishers Weekly
"Shimmering and original, Adler's latest
is a delightful read, pairing the beauty
of the Mediterranean with the intrigue
of an expertly plotted mystery."
- RT Bookreviews on Sailing
to Capri
"A great
sense of place, charming characters, and
wonderful descriptions."
-Booklist on Invitation to
Provence
About the Author:
Elizabeth Adler
is
the internationally acclaimed author of
twenty novels. She lives in La Quinta California.
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