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In this warm, charming debut novel, Rosanna Chiofalo evokes the remarkable beauty of Venice, the charm of any close-knit NY neighborhood, and the joys of camaraderie, family, and unusual second chances. Valentina DeLuca has made hundreds of brides' dreams come true. At Sposa Rosa - the Astoria, NY, boutique where she, her sisters, and their mom design and sew couture knock-off dresses - she can find the perfect style for even the most challenging customer. Now it's her switch. Valentina has enjoyed Michael Carello ever since he rescued her from a cranky shopkeeper when she was a decade old. He's attractive, chivalrous, and loyal, and in a couple weeks she is going to marry him - in Venice. Just when she considers everything is slipping into place, Valentina is required to reexamine her life to see what truly makes her happy. As she soon discovers, in a place as enchanting as Venice, what seems like misfortune can change out to be not. Who knows what may be waiting around the next part? The opportunity to like a moonlit gondola ride, to sip Prosecco in St. Mark's Square, to eat mouthwatering gelato, to place aside "sensible" for once and discover where in fact the warm Italian breezes guide her as she trips all the places she's dreamed of: the Doge's Palace, the Rialto, the tiny islands of Murano and Burano. And perhaps along the way she'll discover that bella fortuna (all the best) isn't what you're given but what you make. Rosanna Chiofalo is a first-generation Italian American whose parents emigrated from Sicily to NY in the early 1960s. After graduating with a BA in English from Stony Brook University or college, she recognized she wanted to be around catalogs and have a career on paper. For twenty years, she has proved helpful as a copywriter and copy director for many New York City publishing houses.

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