Kate Zarelli: COINCIDENTALLY IN VENICE
Watching a piazza in Venice on a webcam helps London
office-worker Ashley through the Covid lockdowns and a love affair that turns
sour. Made redundant in 2022 she and her best friend Juliet go to Venice and
seek out the square. Juliet quickly finds a dishy Italian waiter, but romance
for Ashley takes the unlikely form of an Irish accountant from her old firm, beginning
a new career as an art restorer.
Ashley and Juliet both start totally different lives in Venice. The wife of Ashley’s ex-boss, now launching herself as an art patron, threatens to put a spanner in the works, but …. No spoilers from this reviewer!
Kate Zarelli also writes as Katie Hutton, rich and intense historical fiction set in the English Midlands. In her Derbyshire novels I have detected a hint of Thomas Hardy. In her contemporary novels I hear sizzling echoes of Carrie Bradshaw and Bridget Jones. Ms Zarelli brings people and places gloriously to life and light. Coincidentally in Venice has everything its magical setting deserves: romance (with titillating sex scenes) laced with a hint of danger. For food lovers there are some delicious meals, and for fashion-lovers some frocks to die for!
No comments:
Post a Comment