Wrapped

by Meryl McQueen

Set against a canvas of frenzied corporate New York City, a family farm in rural Ohio, a glass-and-chrome skyscraper in the medieval city of Milan, and a villa on the Ligurian coast, this a fast-paced story of ambition, displacement, loyalty, and love. Twenty-two-year-old Andrea Carole is smart. Smart enough to ooze through a double math/economics degree at Cornell. Smart enough to duck serious relationships. Not smart enough to duck a dangerous romance with a handsome stranger thirty years her senior. Across the Atlantic, Massimo Bassanini is in trouble. At fifty-three, used to wrangling his way in love, family, and corporate war, he’s a successful entrepreneur with a he needs a new financial adviser, someone as driven and brilliant as he is. One phone call to New York, and the stage is set for a collision of cultures, generations, and desire.

399 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Yusuf · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fun, fast, quick read. I really liked the main character, Andrea, because she was very `true-to-life' as someone starting out from college and figuring out her life. Highly recommended chick-lit with an international flavor and a few good plot twists, as a well as a great ending.

[Ashley · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is for Kindle only. There were a lot of grammatical and spelling mistakes. Story is typical and slow.

[Vivian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I stopped reading it! Ugh.

[Hillary · Rating 3 out of 5]

It cost 99 cents, an amusing quick beach read.

[Suzanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating is 2.5 stars. Good book to read on a plane. Especially since it was a cheap Kindle download.