Wish List | The Botticelli Secret by Marina Fiorato
Title: The Botticelli Secret
Author: Marian Fiorato
Release date: March ’10
In this exhilarating cross between The Da Vinci Code and The Birth of Venus, an irrepressible young woman in 15th-century Italy must flee for her life after stumbling upon a deadly secret when she serves as a model for Botticelli…
When part-time model and full-time prostitute Luciana Vetra is asked by one of her most exalted clients to pose for a painter friend, she doesn’t mind serving as the model for the central figure of Flora in Sandro Botticelli’s masterpiece “Primavera.” But when the artist dismisses her without payment, Luciana impulsively steals an unfinished version of the painting–only to find that somone is ready to kill her to get it back.
What could possibly be so valuable about the picture? As friends and clients are slaughtered around her, Luciana turns to the one man who has never desired her beauty, novice librarian Brother Guido. Fleeing Venice together, Luciana and Guido race through the nine cities of Renaissance Italy, pursued by ruthless foes who are determined to keep them from decoding the painting’s secrets.
Gloriously fresh and vivid, with a deliciously irreverent heroine, The Botticelli Secret is an irresistible blend of history, wit, and suspense.
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I was supposed to get a review copy through the Librarything Early Reviewers program but alas I sent a book I’d already read and reviewed. Oh well here’s hoping it comes out in Kindle eBook version next month.
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Marcia,
This sounds really good.
This does sound good! Too bad they messed it up in the mail!
I was so excited when the package arrived on my doorstep until I opened it to find a book I’d already read.
Oh well I’ve had such good luck with review books that I really don’t have a right to complain.
I received my copy from them pretty quickly. I’m about half way through it. If you don’t have a copy by the time I finish (it is taking quite a while to read–another week perhaps?), I’d be glad to send you my copy. It’s the ARC version.
Just email me at oregonkimm(at)gmail(dot)com to let me know if you are interested.
Oregon Kimm
Thank you for Kimm.
I just sent you an email.