Idilio en Venecia; Hechizo italiano; La esposa del magnate

by Lucy Gordon, Íñigo Azurmendi Muñoa (Translator), Mirta Brasero Barthes (Translator)

Idilio en Venecia Dulcie Maddox había ido a Venecia a trabajar, pero una vez allí no quería más que estar junto a aquel alto y guapo gondolero... Guido Calvani en realidad no era gondolero, sino uno de los aristócratas más ricos de Venecia. Pero no se lo había contado a Dulcie porque resultaba reconfortante que alguien lo quisiera por sí mismo y no por su dinero. Claro que lo que Guido no sabía era que él no era el único que tenía un secreto... Y lo que ocultaba Dulcie puso todo su mundo patas arriba.
Hechizo italiano Harriet no tenía el menor interés en atrapar a un marido rico, pero su tiendecita tenía tantas deudas que se sintió tentada a aceptar la proposición del guapísimo millonario italiano Marco Calvani. Si regresaba a Roma con él, Marco le prestaría el dinero necesario para saldar sus deudas. Y, si se casaban, se olvidaría de dicho préstamo.
La esposa del magnate Selena era una mujer fuerte e independiente que tenía el dinero justo para sobrevivir. Cuando se enamoró de Leo Calvani, lo creyó su alma gemela porque él también llevaba una vida sencilla en la Italia rural y también era hijo ilegítimo... Pero al ver su casa se dio cuenta de que no era el hombre que ella vivía en una casa enorme, poseía otras dos villas y su tío era conde.

480 pages, Paperback

About the author

Christine Sparks was born in England, UK. She wanted to be a writer all her life, and began by working on a British women's magazine. As a features writer, she gained a wide variety of experience. She interviewed some of the world's most attractive and interesting men, including Warren Beatty, Richard Chamberlain, Charlton Heston, Sir Roger Moore, Sir Alec Guiness.

Single life was so enjoyable that she put marriage, and even romance, on the back burner, while she went about the world having a great time. Then, while on vacation in Venice, she met a tall, dark handsome Venetian artist, who changed all her ideas in a moment, and proposed on the second day. Three months later they were married. Her friends said a whirlwind romance would never last, but they celebrated their 25 anniversary, they are still married, still happy and in love.

After 13 years on the magazine Christine decided that it was now or never if she was ever going to write that novel. So she wrote Legacy of Fire which became a Silhouette Special Edition, followed by another, Enchantment in Venice. Then she did something crazy gave up her job. Since then she has concentrated entirely on writing romances for Mills & Boon, Harlequin and Silhouette and has written over 75 books. Her settings have been European and her heroes mainly English or Italian. Christine now claims to be an expert on one particular subject. Italian men are the most romantic in the world. They are also the best cooks.

A few years ago she and her husband returned to Venice and lived there for a couple of years. This proved the perfect base for exploring the rest of Italy, and she has given many of her books Italian settings: Venice (of course), Rome, Florence, Milan, Sicily, Tuscany. She has also used the Rhine in Germany for Song of the Lorelei, for which she won her first RITA Award, in 1991. Her second RITA came in 1998, with His Brother's Child, set in Rome.

Eventually Christine Fiorotto and her husband returned to England, where they now live. She write and he paints, they have no children, but have a cat and a dog.