Bøker av Angela Scipioni

Love comes in many forms.For three women struggling with life-changing decisions, the exclusive Renovatus Resort, perched high above the bustle of the Italian and French Rivieras, is the perfect place for some serious soul-searching. And Carolina Cantarelli, its passionate proprietor and creative chef has an uncanny gift for guiding women in difficulty.Allegra, the half-Italian, half-French and essentially rootless yoga instructor is accompanied by her narcissistic celebrity partner; Inge, the athletic Swiss fertility specialist arrives with her rich but boring Italian entrepreneur husband; while Josephine, the frumpy, food-loving American schoolteacher temporarily stationed in Rome, travels to the romantic hideout alone. As their stories play out among twists and turns in the secluded mountain resort and the women look to nature for insight and solace while examining their past decisions, they are surprised to discover a connection none of them could have anticipated - or hoped for.Accompanying the women on their journey of self-discovery, unexpected adventure, and unlikely friendship, readers will be delighted by Carolina's culinary creations and enchanted by the resort's magical setting while being drawn, chapter by captivating chapter, into the personal plight of each character and of the woman who makes it her mission to save them from themselves.Soon they will all learn that at the Renovatus, as in life, sometimes there is no easy way out.Her Side of the Story is Angela Scipioni's fifth novel, following the bestselling three-volume Iris & Lily series co-authored with her sister, Julie Scipioni, and Gently, Jolene, set in Italy's fabled Cinque Terre.

Reeling from a painful break-up, Jolene Whitacre, a restaurateur in the Finger Lakes region of New York, finds herself without a job or a home. Filippo Garaventi, a debonair Italian hotelier spending the summer in Ithaca, approaches Jolene aboard a tour boat and immediately pursues a relationship. Filippo's talk of love and commitment rekindles Jolene's smoldering dreams, while his descriptions of Locanda Luisa, the quaint hotel owned by his family in the village of Manarola, in Italy's fabled Cinque Terre, make her fantasies take flight. Filippo's unexpected proposal to return to Italy with him, marry him, and run the Locanda together convince Jolene the time has come to embark on a new life. Once in Italy, though, nothing is as she envisioned. Manarola is stunning but the Locanda is crumbling. The Garaventis are not the typical Italian family she hoped to embrace as her own, and Filippo himself seems different, making Jolene wonder how forthcoming he has been about his past life and future expectations.