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Equal parts moving love tale and gripping historical conspiracy - think The Female with a Pearl Earring fits Outlander - debut author Melodie Winawer needs listeners deep into medieval Italy, where in fact the past and present blur and a 21st-century girl will discover a plot to damage Siena. Achieved neurosurgeon Beatrice Trovato understands that her profound empathy on her behalf patients is needs to impede her work. So when her beloved sibling dies, she welcomes the surprising trip to the Tuscan city of Siena to resolve his estate, even as she wrestles with grief. But as she delves deeper into her brother's affairs, she discovers intrigue she never imagined - a 700-year-old conspiracy to decimate the town. After uncovering the journal and paintings of Gabriele Accorsi, the 14th-century artist at the heart of the plot, Beatrice finds a startling image of her own face and it is suddenly transported to the year 1347. She awakens in a Siena unfamiliar to her, one which will soon be struck by the Plague. Yet when Beatrice fits Accorsi, something surprising happens: She comes in love - not only with Gabriele but also with the wonder and cadence of medieval life. As the Plague and the ruthless hands behind its trajectory threaten not only her success but also Siena's very lifetime, Beatrice must determine in which hundred years she belongs. The Scribe of Siena is the captivating tale of an excellent woman's keen affair with a period and a location that captures her within an impossibly intimate and dangerous trap - testing the effectiveness of fate and the bonds of love.
