Roman Spring (Severn House Large Print) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Sally Stewart (Author)

Book Description

Series: Severn House Large Print | Publication Date: January 1, 2006

Reaching into the past changes the present for ever
Best-selling author Paul Costello seems an arrogant, demanding man. But when he offers Clio Lambert a job as his assistant, working on a book about Italy during the Second World War, Clio cannot resist a prolonged stay in Rome. As Clio and Paul start to delve deeper into the history of Italy's Partisans, it becomes clear that her job will be much more challenging, and more personal, than she had ever anticipated.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Stewart is a gifted storyteller whose heartwarming romances are reminiscent of Pilcher, Binchy, and Cookson. Her latest has thirtysomething Clio Lambert taking a job in Rome, assisting writer Paul Costello with research for a nonfiction book on post-WWII Italy, particularly as it affected Costello's Italian relatives. Costello is a sarcastic, demanding boss, and Clio is a stubborn, somewhat opinionated employee, but somehow the two manage to work together well enough. And Clio, who speaks fluent Italian, loves Rome. What she doesn't expect is to discover there, purely by chance, the grave of her long-dead grandmother, who left a husband and young son, Clio's father, to return to Rome following WWII and search for the lover she met during the war. Her family never heard from her again, and Clio is determined to find out what really happened to her in the intervening years. What she discovers is both sad and disturbing, but equally disturbing are the strange feelings that the determined-to-remain-single Clio is developing for her curmudgeonly boss. A touching and emotion-filled old-school romance. Emily Melton
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Sally Stewart, born a Londoner but now happily settled with her husband amid the green hills of Somerset, has written numerous short and full-length stories. Many of them reflect her love of history, or were born of places visited in the course of foreign travels.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 317 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0727875167
• ISBN-13: 978-0727875167
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,194,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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