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A secret romance sends three estranged sisters to the Amalfi Coast to follow clues about their mother’s past, and challenges them to a whole new future, in this emotional novel from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst.
Priscilla, Devon, and Bailey haven’t been close in years, but when the sisters are forced to come together to settle their mother’s estate, they discover a secret. In an old trunk, they happen upon ownership papers for a house on the Amalfi Coast, along with a love letter to their mother from an anonymous man, promising to meet her in Italy during the summer of her sixty-fifth birthday.
Now they’re questioning everything they knew about her history. In order to get answers about the woman they thought they knew, they’ll have to go back to where it all started. The sisters embark on a trip to the stunning cliffside village of Positano, Italy, to track down the mysterious ex-lover, and figure out who their mother really was.
As Priscilla, Devon, and Bailey unearth the truth, they also experience the magic of Italy, the power of sisterly love, a little unexpected romance, and newfound hope for the future.
A secret romance sends three estranged sisters to the Amalfi Coast to follow clues about their mother’s past, and challenges them to a whole new future, in this emotional novel from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst.
Priscilla, Devon, and Bailey haven’t been close in years, but when the sisters are forced to come together to settle their mother’s estate, they discover a secret. In an old trunk, they happen upon ownership papers for a house on the Amalfi Coast, along with a love letter to their mother from an anonymous man, promising to meet her in Italy during the summer of her sixty-fifth birthday.
Now they’re questioning everything they knew about her history. In order to get answers about the woman they thought they knew, they’ll have to go back to where it all started. The sisters embark on a trip to the stunning cliffside village of Positano, Italy, to track down the mysterious ex-lover, and figure out who their mother really was.
As Priscilla, Devon, and Bailey unearth the truth, they also experience the magic of Italy, the power of sisterly love, a little unexpected romance, and newfound hope for the future.
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Chapter One
Priscilla
Priscilla Hampton wondered if every daughter who buried her mother suddenly became swamped with regrets.
She'd never been one to question her decisions or linger on actions she'd taken that couldn't be changed. But staring up at her childhood home, facing the task of cleaning out her mom's personal belongings, she was pretty much sick with what-ifs.
The overly large Tudor house still seemed as if it was judging her as she walked up the curvy pathway leading to the sweeping arched doorway. Pris had never liked the way the two giant windows gave off an eerie yellow glow from the sage-green stucco, like eyes stuck in a deep-set face. The balcony dead center reminded her of a flat nose and had been the bane of her mother's existence-a perfect escape route for teen girls to sneak out at night. The lower brick should have lent an elegant, timeless tone, but it all ended up looking like a mishmash of old and new. Still, it was the only family home she'd ever lived in. After the divorce, Dad had given the house up without a fight, moving on and moving in with his newest love interest. She'd blamed him, of course, until she realized her mother hadn't seemed to care, which somehow made Pris angrier with her than with Dad.
It would've been easier if Mom wanted revenge, or insisted her daughters hate him. Instead, she'd snatched Pris's right to bitterness and swept all the messy emotions away with her usual sunny smile, encouraging them to have a healthy relationship with Dad and not worry.
Did her mother ever get exhausted by the endless pursuit of perfection? Always having to be nice, and forgive, and put everyone else first without resentment?
Pris trembled as she thought of her beloved mother alone in her hospital bed. Once again, refusing to ask for help, hating to bother anyone with her issues, even sickness.
And dying alone.
A wave of emotion battered her body, so Pris held her breath, sensing she was on the verge of either a breakdown or a breakthrough worthy of an O Magazine feature article.
Her sister bumped her from behind and Priscilla stumbled forward. "Dude, you're blocking the pathway. Why do you have that dumb look on your face?"
Pris shot her an annoyed look. Her fleeting come-to-Jesus moment departed faster than a conservative trapped in a room with liberals. "I was thinking."
Bailey rolled her eyes and kept walking. "No time to think. I've gotta be at open mic tonight."
The sound of her middle sister's voice floated in the air with a tinge of annoyance. "Really, Bae? We cleared this day to pack up Mom's stuff and be together. You can't even hang with us for one lousy evening?"
"I gave you my day. Don't pretend if you had one of your important meetings that you wouldn't ditch us without a thought."
"Maybe for a job I get paid for," Devon said. "Not to read some crappy excerpt of another poem you'll never publish."
Pris tried not to wince, but once her sisters got going, not even a naked Jason Momoa could stop them.
They stepped through the carved mahogany doors together, their shoulders deliberately bumping, while Pris trailed behind.
"Real nice," Bailey said. Her sleek golden ponytail bobbed in protest. "Go ahead and judge my life, but at least I'm not pretending to be someone I'm not."
"And I'm not wasting mine doing nothing worthwhile while I pretend to search for meaning," Devon retorted.
They'd just arrived and it was starting already. Her temples throbbed with the beginning of one of her migraines. Not today. She refused to let them hijack this day for their familiar arguments. When...
Au sujet de l’auteur-
Jennifer Probst is the New York Times bestselling author of the Billionaire Builders series, the Searching For . . . series, the Marriage to a Billionaire series, the Steele Brothers series, the Stay series, and the Sunshine Sisters series. Like some of her characters, Probst, along with her husband and two sons, calls New York's Hudson Valley home. When she isn't traveling to meet readers, she enjoys reading, watching "shameful reality television," and visiting a local Hudson Valley animal shelter. Follow her at JenniferProbst.com.
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January 10, 2022 Probst’s engaging if sometimes clunky latest (after Our Italian Summer) follows three American sisters as they visit Positano, Italy, to find answers to mysteries unearthed following their mother’s death. Former ballerina Pris gave up her career for love but has grown apart from her busy lawyer husband, Garrett. Her younger sister Dev, a workaholic NYU professor, judges their youngest sister, Bailey, for hooking up with guys and never committing. After their mother, Olivia, dies, the siblings find love letters to and from “R” stashed among Olivia’s things, along with a deed to a cottage she owned in Italy. The women also discover Olivia planned to meet R again on her 65th birthday, which would have been a few months away. So they travel to Italy and stay in the cottage, hoping to find R. There, handsome neighbor Hawke catches Dev’s eye and Bailey hits on him, reviving an old feud between the sisters over an ex-boyfriend of Dev’s. Moretti’s depiction of sibling affection and tension is on point, and the plot involving Olivia’s secrets has some momentum, but the prose is often lackluster (a pair of eyes are described as “Listerine blue of the sea”). Awkward phrasing aside, this diverting story should still hold readers in its sway. Agent: Kevan Lyon, Marsal Lyon Literary.
When Olivia Moretti passes away, her estranged daughters Priscilla, Devon, and Bailey must come together to settle her estate. They find secret love letters from a mysterious "R" and a deed to a house in Positano, Italy. They agree to set aside their differences and go to Italy for a week to sort out that house. Finance professor Devon wants to sell the house and build a nest egg; Priscilla wants to use the time away to figure out her faltering marriage; Bailey is eager to dash off to romantic Italy. Narrators Th�r�se Plummer, Ann Marie Lee, and Edoardo Ballerini skillfully bring the sisters, mother, and mysterious lover Rafe to life. This story is an exploration of what it means to be a family and how to find yourself and love. While Probst does a wonderful job exploring all these themes, the narrators' performances bring this story to another level. VERDICT Not to be missed, this audiobook will prove popular for fans of Probst (The Marriage Bargain) and newcomers alike, as well as for anyone looking for a story of family togetherness.--Stephanie Charlefour
Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Narrators Therese Plummer, Ann Marie Lee, and Edoardo Ballerini combine forces to sweep the listener off to the Amalfi Coast of Italy as three sisters seek to learn of their mother, Olivia's, past. After Olivia's death, sisters Priscilla, Devon, and Bailey find a stash of love letters from the mysterious "R" in Italy. Lee narrates the portions from Olivia's point of view, providing insight into her past. Lee runs the gamut from the giddiness of young love to the raw anguish of lost love. Plummer portrays all three sisters, and her layered performance brings out the personalities of each of them, from Bailey's carefree personality to Devon's determination and to Priscilla's peacemaking tendencies. Ballerini provides a lovely touch of a rich Italian accent while delivering the letters from "R" to Olivia. S.B. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
