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Blurb:
On the precipice of her sixteenth birthday, the last thing lone wolf Cat Crawford wants is an extravagant gala thrown by her bubbly stepmother and well-meaning father. So even though Cat knows the family’s trip to Florence, Italy, is a peace offering, she embraces the magical city and all it offers. But when her curiosity leads her to an unusual gypsy tent, she exits . . . right into Renaissance Firenze.
Thrust into the sixteenth century armed with only a backpack full of contraband future items, Cat joins up with her ancestors, the sweet Alessandra and protective Cipriano, and soon falls for the gorgeous aspiring artist Lorenzo. But when the much-older Niccolo starts sniffing around, Cat realizes that an unwanted birthday party is nothing compared to an unwanted suitor full of creeptastic amore.
Can she find her way back to modern times before her Italian adventure turns into an Italian forever?
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Excerpt:
I hear their muffled whispers and
understand every Italian word. Every witty comment made at my expense.
It’s like my brain is automatically
translating.
I bunch the soft fabric of the
dress in my hand and then reach up to feel the ribbon in my hair. I lightly
skim my fingers over my chin and feel my lack of zit. I take in the costumes of
the crowd, the stench of the animals, and the Italian I can now speak and
understand. And suddenly it hits me.
Reyna must have pulled some kind of
gypsy mojo.
Maybe this is one of those nifty “change
your life” magic scenarios like in the movies. I mean, mostly I’m still
expecting to blink and be right back in the midst of overpriced, gaudy tourism,
but for now, the gypsy-time-warp explanation is infinitely better than thinking
I’ve lost my mind. As I decide to go with that option, I feel my frantic
tension melt away.
The growing crowd seems to notice
my change in demeanor and begins shooting one another amused looks, but I don’t
care anymore. A smile stretches across my face. Evidently, I was wrong earlier;
Reyna is a psychic mind reader,
because if this is her special brand
of bibbity-bobbity-boo, then she made my exact daydream from earlier in the
courtyard come to life.
The long red gown, the braided
hair, the Italian merchant’s daughter, the time period. I am in Renaissance
Florence.
I stare dumbly at the ground, the
words and reality sinking in.
I’m in Renaissance Florence!
1 comments:
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