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All the elements of romance-escape, a dark-haired foreigner, a haunting and perfect love-come together in this joint effort by writers Buonaguro and Kirk. Twenty-five-year-old blocked writer Tulia Rose comes to Europe on a ticket supplied by her New York boyfriend, Ethan-too busy making money to join her. It rains. She meets the eponymous stranger with magical skills, and they fall in love. He won’t or can’t commit. He smokes. He also seems weirdly like the painter Raphael, about whom he knows volumes; in fact, he is the painter Raphael, or his shade, arrived to tell Tulia the secret story of his true love and helpfully kick-start her new book.
There is enough erudition about the painter and his times-and enough charming detail about Paris and Italy-to give sustenance to all the romantically starved among us. On the downside, the authors leave few clichés unturned. The following, randomly chosen from two pages, are typical: “boyish grin”, “refreshing contrast”, “plump cherubs”, “verdant vineyards”. We also decode the secret about her lover long before Tulia. However, we feel assured that she will come home sadder but wiser, rid of the duplicitous Ethan, reunited with her parents-a celestial bonus-and with a bestseller to her credit. Next time a sexy Italian tells you. “I’m an angel,” you better believe him.
Nancy Wigston (Books in Canada)
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
There is enough erudition about the painter and his times-and enough charming detail about Paris and Italy-to give sustenance to all the romantically starved among us. On the downside, the authors leave few clichés unturned. The following, randomly chosen from two pages, are typical: “boyish grin”, “refreshing contrast”, “plump cherubs”, “verdant vineyards”. We also decode the secret about her lover long before Tulia. However, we feel assured that she will come home sadder but wiser, rid of the duplicitous Ethan, reunited with her parents-a celestial bonus-and with a bestseller to her credit. Next time a sexy Italian tells you. “I’m an angel,” you better believe him.
Nancy Wigston (Books in Canada)
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
When blocked writer Tulia Rose hits it off with a handsome sidewalk artist while touring Paris, she's intrigued. Is he an admirer? A muse? A stalker? A potential lover? A guardian angel? Or is the stranger, Raffaello, the reincarnation of the Renaissance artist Raphael? As it turns out, the mysterious stranger might be all of these and more in this bittersweet debut by Canadian authors Buonaguro and Kirk. Tulia's investment-banker boyfriend, Ethan, has sent her from New York to Europe with the hope that time apart will give their relationship some much-needed space and allow Tulia to overcome writer's block. While she's entertaining fantasies of her sidewalk artist, Ethan pursues his own romantic endeavors, which serves as an impetus for Tulia to do more than think about Raffaello. The romantic European locales Tulia visits, including Paris, Venice and the Tuscan countryside, are dreamily described, but Raffaello comes across as creepy instead of seductive. Snippets from Tulia's new novel-in-progress pepper the narrative (she's writing a love story about Raphael), though these—dependant on saccharine romantic episodes and dreams—may turn off readers who aren't steadfast historical romance fans. (Dec.)
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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