Tuscany, 1944.
I WASN\'T READY OKAY? Goodreads reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I wish I could give this beautiful book more stars! It is absolutely a Five Star Gold book! It is so well written and historical fiction at its finest! Goo.
That darn plot twist.
I was crying like a baby.
I love this book...
Celebrating Authors ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ohhhhh this book...
I was pulled in from the first chapter.
Beautiful...
An amazing twist that I never anticipated or saw coming...
JUST WOW!...
Tears fell...
The Book Lover\'s Boudoir ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐️ Wonderful! Wonderful!!!! I absolutely fell in love with this book!!!!! Goodreads reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Heart-breaking, heart pounding and heartwarming...
Incredible.
My heart ached...
What readers are saying about Ella Carey: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ripped my heart right out of my chest and made me cry so much...
With a truly heartbreaking family secret from World War Two at its heart, fans of Kathryn Hughes, Fiona Valpy and Victoria Hislop will be enchanted.
Can Annie find the Contessa\'s missing child, born at the end of the war? And will discovering the truth about what happened alter the course of her own life for good? An Utterly gripping, sweeping page-turner that will transport you to the olive groves of Tuscany.
As she frantically searches old papers, Annie sees how hard the Contessa worked to keep her people safe and wonders if the locals\' stories are wrong.
Pages have been meticulously cut out and Annie is sure these missing entries hold the clue to her past.
But everything changes when Annie uncovers a musty old diary from 1944 amongst the Contessa\'s belongings.
She is devastated and ready to turn away from her dark past.
Desperate for answers, Annie\'s heart breaks when the locals tell her the Contessa had a child with a Nazi.
Grieving deeply for her beloved father, Annie remembers his last words before he slipped away-he told her she was adopted and that the Villa Rosa was her birthright.
Years later, American Annie Reynolds gazes up at the peach-coloured walls of the magnificent, empty house.
Privately, she tells the townspeople this will keep the enemy at bay, but her disguise is so good, it is impossible to tell on which side her heart truly belongs...
In a dazzling rose silk dress, she entertains soldiers with priceless wine from her ancient cellars.
Did she fight for the resistance or betray her people? When the Nazis storm into northern Italy, Contessa Evelina Messina, the owner of the beautiful Villa Rosa, welcomes the Germans to her valley.
Tuscany, 1944
