The Italian Girl – Lucinda Riley

Rosanna Menici is an unassuming eleven-year-old girl growing up in Naples when she first meets Roberto Rossini, a brilliant and charismatic young opera singer. Enchanted by his world, Rosanna discovers her own extraordinary singing talent and sets out on a journey that takes her to the world's most prestigious opera houses, from La Scala to the Metropolitan Opera.

Over the years, her destiny remains bound to Roberto's in an obsessive, passionate, and turbulent love affair. But as professional success brings personal heartaches, long-buried secrets and dark shadows from the past emerge, threatening to shatter their romance and forcing Rosanna to choose between her destiny and her heart.

Loved for its evocative Italian backdrops, passionate romance, and rich opera culture setting. Highly recommended among historical fiction and romance readers for its emotional intensity, sweeping timeline, and classic Lucinda Riley flair.

Essential for fans of Lucinda Riley's The Midnight Rose (also available in store!), Santa Montefiore's The House by the Sea, Victoria Hislop's The Sunrise, or Dinah Jefferies's The Sapphire Widow.

A paperback (2014) in Good condition — light cover/spine wear, solid binding, clean interior pages.