Let me introduce you to “Amore in Tuscany,.”one of my two unpublished books. Depending on timely getting agents and publishers, they may be on the bookshelves next year.

For part of ten years, I traveled the villages, hills, and valleys of Italy. I loved the country’s people, history, art, Italian cuisine, and wine. I was especially enchanted with The Val de Chiana in Tuscany. I have used my experience in this delightful country to write a romance novel based in Tuscany.

The story features Mark, a sixty-eight-year-old man, and Angela, a woman thirty years his senior. Both protagonists suffered life upheavals; his wife died, he had a heart attack, and his daughter was urging him to go to an assisted living facility. She was orphaned at twelve, lost a baby, repeatedly failed romantic relationships, and a divorce.  Neither was looking for a romantic encounter. Following different routes–Angela from the Yukon and Mark from Kansas–they met and fell in love in a Tuscan valley.