Summer in Tuscany

by Elizabeth Adler

Gemma Jericho is an overworked New York doctor with a handful of a teenaged daughter and a mother who worries that Gemma has no life. So when her mother receives a mysterious letter telling her about an even more mysterious inheritance in Tuscany, Gemma sees her the three of them throw caution and convention to the wind and leave for Italy. Gemma hopes that a change of scenery will bring back the closeness she used to share with her daughter. And perhaps the challenges of living in a foreign country will give her mother something to worry about beyond Gemma's social life.But what they encounter there is far more distracting than Gemma a crumbling old villa and a town divided. Half the residents believe that Ben Raphael, another American, is the rightful inheritor of the villa. As cultures clash, gossip soars, and intrigue unfolds, Gemma is caught up in the most disturbing and delicious trouble she's ever had. And her summer in Tuscany will change her outlook-and her life-forever.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Italy, Audiobook, Chick Lit, Travel, Adult Fiction

372 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Born in Yorkshire, North England, Elizabeth Adler met her husband Richard (an American) while both were working in London. They have lived in England, Ireland, France, Brazil, and the United States and have traveled extensively. They have one daughter and live in Palm Springs, California. Her first novel, Private Desires (also titled Leonie), launched an enormously successful writing career, she also wrote as Ariana Scott. She has now written over twenty internationally acclaimed bestsellers.

Reviews

[Joana · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a nice read. What a sweet book. It's even better because it's set on Italy. Loved it. Great atmosphere. ❤️☀️

[Maria Lavrador · Rating 4 out of 5]

Um romance docinho e que nos transporta para a Toscana e toda a sua envolvente romântica. Terminei este livro com um suspiro nos lábios e uma vontade enorme de apanhar um avião e ir até à Toscana ver ao vivo tudo o que se descreve neste livro. Para românticas que gostam de finais cor de rosa, os quais sabem tão bem de vez e quando...

[September · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. It is probably my favorite book from what I have read so far this year. It was a lovely story, well put togther, nice plot, relaxing read but very enjoyable. I really really liked it. :) The story was unexpectedly touching. I recently read Meet Me in Venice and expected much of the same, but Summer in Tuscany gave me much, much more.

[Dion Ribeiro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Já sentia um enorme fascínio pela Itália, mas depois de ler este livro apetece mesmo apanhar um avião ou fazer-me à estrada. :D
A autora descreve a Toscana com pormenores tão encantadores: paisagens de cortar a respiração, lugares históricos plenos de magia, ruas estreitas e pitorescas, e uma gastronomia deliciosa! Ficamos a sonhar de olhos abertos...
Adoro os livros de Elizabeth Adler!

[Sónia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Depois de vários livros que li da autora e, apesar de serem entretenimento puro (que, às vezes, também é necessário), achei este mais fraco. Pouca consistência nas personagens, com maior enfoque na principal. Sendo médica senti ali um resvalar bastante frequente entre dois pólos exactamente opostos que não se me afiguraram consistentes para uma mulher de 38 anos.

Bem poderia divagar sobre os "defeitos" das restantes personagens, mas seria perder tempo, assim como senti que foi, um pouco, esta leitura.

É um 3*, a "tender" mais para as 2,5*.

[Filipa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Romance na Toscana é o segundo livro da autora Elizabeth Adler que leio. A estreia, fez-se com a obra intitulada Casamento em Veneza e foi uma experiência muito positiva. Por isso mesmo, as expectativas para este segundo romance eram um pouco mais elevadas, não só por ter gostado do livro anterior mas também por ter consciência de que o livro tinha como cenário Toscana, em Itália. Itália é um dos países que mais gosto. Apesar de já o ter visitado, em especial a área de Florença e arredores, não foi nem de perto nem de longe tudo aquilo que queria ver dentro desta nação. No entanto, sempre que tenho a possibilidade de ler um livro com cenário italiano, faço-o com imenso prazer por saber que vou ter a oportunidade de ler descrições que me deixam com água na boca e com saudades de voltar para explorar muito mais que aquilo que fiz.
E assim, lancei-me a este romance de Elizabeth Adler que prometia deixar-me extasiada, com o paraíso toscano.

Nova Iorque é uma cidade estonteante. Sempre em movimento, ninguém pára para apreciar a beleza de um universo de betão criado pelo Homem, uma cidade que nunca dorme e que está sempre cheia de cores, movimento e vida. Dois nova-iorquinos: Gemma Jericho e Ben Raphael. Uma médica e um homem de negócios muito bem sucedido e também artista, quando tem tempo para o ser. Ambos vivem uma vida ocupada, sem tempo para aproveitam as boas coisas da vida. Ambos são pais solteiros e apesar de amarem as suas filhas com uma forte determinação, pouco tempo têm para elas devido às suas profissões exigentes.
Gemma esconde um segredo, uma culpa que a atormenta todos os dias. É conhecida como uma donzela de gelo, celibatária há 3 anos, por motivos não totalmente conhecidos. Mas isto está prestes a mudar...
A vida de Gemma, Livvie (a sua filha) e Nonna ( a mãe de Gemma) vai mudar completamente de rumo, após Nonna receber uma carta que a informa que tem uma herança a receber na aldeia de Bella Piacere, a sua terra natal. Esta herança consiste numa villa nesta pequena aldeia, que precisa de vários cuidados e precisa de ser remodelada com alguma urgência. E assim estas três mulheres metem-se a caminho de Itália, para poderem reclamar a sua herança. Aquilo que acabam por encontrar, ultrapassa todas e quaisquer expectativas e cada uma das três mulheres se apaixona tanto pela aldeia como pela própria villa que denota já algum cansaço. O problema é que Ben Raphael alega que é o proprietário legal da sua villa Piacere e tem os documentos que comprovam a sua afirmação segura. E agora, Gemma Jericho determinou Ben como seu inimigo nesta batalha de interesses, para determinar a quem, realmente, é que pertence a terra. Se à família Jericho, se à família Raphael.
O problema é que a atracção entre os dois é inegável e veio complicar as coisas... de uma maneira que nenhum deles consegue perceber.

Mais uma vez, fiquei surpreendida com a escrita de Elizabeth Adler. Não sabia ao certo o que poderia vir a encontrar, mas acabei por ficar admirada com a obra. A escrita da autora é muito fluída e permite que o leitor tenha uma leitura rápida bem como agradável. Os capítulos pouco extensos e os vários POV's (points of view - perspectivas; pontos de vista) permitem que o leitor não se canse muito da narrativa. A autora organizou o enredo de uma forma simples e intuitiva, que torna o ritmo de leitura muito dinâmico.
Estou muito agradada com esta autora, embora tenha que referir que a sua obra anterior e esta são bastante diferentes. Casamento em Veneza é um policial romântico e este Romance na Toscana é um romance, que embora tenha algum mistério, tem um tom completamente distinto do anterior.

Esta autora gosta muito de rechear os seus livros com descrições dos vários sítios por onde passa. É muito viajada e presenteia os seus leitores com um cheirinho de cenários idílicos, um pouco por todo o mundo. Com ela já viajei por Xangai, Paris, Veneza, Roma, Florença, Capri... sítios por onde a minha imaginação se pode perder de uma forma maravilhosa, tendo como guia as descrições maravilhosas que Adler faz.
Pessoalmente gostei muito mais deste Romance na Toscana do que o livro anterior. Embora sejam ambos leituras fáceis e muito bonitas, este livro acabou por se revelar mais especial para mim. Tem uma história muito mais tocante, muito mais sentimental e o romance é bem mais bonito e romântico. Gostei muito de todas as personagens, acho que todas elas foram bem exploradas e a tal mudança de POV's fez com que pudesse conhecer de uma forma diferente cada um deles.

Reitero o que disse na minha opinião de Casamento em Veneza, é uma autora que pela sua simplicidade consegue conquistar os seus leitores. Vou continuar a acompanhar os trabalhos desta autora, com grande prazer.

Perfetto.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Snagged this book from Bumma- it was what I like to think of as a "palate cleanser" one of those books that are not particularly "deep" that have just meat to satisfy, sort of like sorbet after a fine meal.

The descriptions of Tuscany, and Italian cuisine will stay with me far longer than the relationship between Gemma and Ben. I found myself swimming in the memory of that golden light of the Tuscan hills...

And I was very pleased that Adler didn't make ex-lover Cash into some horrible selfish guy who deserved to be hated- instead, she created a story that allows room for honoring past loves and bringing them into new lives.

[Cherie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is pure fluff and lots of fun to read. I love anything about Tuscany! I love to read about the villages, the food, the Italian language and about travel. Just an easy read and lots of fun!

[Slick Dungeon · Rating 1 out of 5]

What is this thing I found rolling around on the floor? It’s my new patent-pending, scientifically tested, completely reliable, totally untested and unscientific suckiness meter. This device will without fail let us know if something in a book sucks. Along with this meter, there is a set of instructions. They tell me that there is a rating scale. For every beep I hear while describing something in the book, that is a suckiness point. If there is no beep, I will remove a point. At the end we will discover if Summer in Tuscany sucks or not.

First, a very quick plot summary. An overworked doctor has to go to Italy because her mother inherited a villa where she grew up. As soon as she gets there, a land dispute breaks out with a handsome American man that we all know is going to end up with the main character. I have no idea why so many romance novels lately involve land disputes but whatever. Stuff happens, people hook up, there’s a wedding and we all knew the summer in Tuscany was going to end with a permanent residence there with said hunky man. Is this Doc Hollywood or Cars with the gender roles reversed? Basically yes.

Also, quick note, I listened to this on audio so if I misspell any names please forgive my unintentional error.

Suckiness meter activate!

The main character, Gemma, is a doctor but in the first chapter wonders if she should get breast implants. Does she not know how bad putting silicon in your body for no reason is for you? What kind of a doctor is she? +3 suckiness points for being a bad doctor.

Gemma is described as a hard, working, dedicated emergency room doctor in New York City, who does her best to help people, all while raising a teenage daughter on her own. No beeps. -1 suckiness point.

We learn pretty quickly she has a biiiig secret about a man named Chase Drummond who is a cowboy crossed with a surfer. I bet her secret is not all that bad! And seriously, Chase Drummond? I think he should have just been named Chiseled Manhunk. +4 suckiness points for overhyped masculinity and secrets that are not secrets.

Gemma’s mother Nona, is hiding that she has a heart defect from her own daughter who I may have mentioned is a doctor. I mean, I get you don’t want to tell your kid bad news but, free health care right?? +1 suckiness point for not using your own resources.

Nona has to go back to Italy because she is told by a shady lawyer type that she has inherited this massive property and is now a wealthy heiress. Gemma is going to disrupt her life, and take herself and her kid Olivia (who goes by Livie) for an entire summer to sort it out. I’ve heard much worse reasons to go to Italy so no beeps. -2 suckiness points.

The book really gets going once the fam arrives in Italy and there are beautiful descriptions of the scenery and the food described is mouth-watering. -3 suckiness points

They see all kinds of sights in this book including going up the stairs of the duomo in Florence but they never wait in line. +4 suckiness points for not making this completely fictional story seem more like reality.

Gemma seems to be lusting over virtually every dude she sees but she has promised herself she would remain celibate due to reasons involving that Chase guy from her past. Yeah right. +5 for unbelievability.

Gemma, as I have mentioned, is a doctor but at one point she wonders if the “sexy parts” (her words not mine) on her body are called the loins. Did you not have to take anatomy to become an ER doc?! +7 for making me crazy with annoyance at her poor job skills.

Gemma meets her love interest, a man named Ben Raphael who, I freaking kid you not, is super wealthy and has a daughter named Muffy. Muffy!! Is there a more stereotypical rich kid name ever? I think she should have been named Super Spoiled Rich Kid instead. +3 for the continuing trend of stupid names.

Nona gets her own cute little romance with a guy from the village who remembers her from way back when. I have no problem with this and kind of liked the part where they let the dog decide if they should get married. -2 suckiness points.

Livie goes on her first date, with some random Italian guy who thinks she is older than 14, and misses her curfew but kisses him. +9 suckiness points for a combination of bad parenting and predatory grossness.

Gemma is constantly questioning her looks, despite the fact that there is a man who is seriously in love with her and keeps telling her how attractive he thinks she is. Confidence, woman! Why do women in these books always have self esteem issues? +5 suckiness points for boring old romance tropes.

Ben Raphael is wealthy, handsome, divorced, in love with Gemma and runs a vaguely defined “business”. I think he’s probably doing something really shady to make his money. It never says that in the book, it’s just the obvious conclusion. +3 suckiness points for more romance tropes.

For a good part of the book Ben is living at the villa and when he wakes up one morning and the shower does not turn on, he immediately thinks Gemma is to blame. Here’s the thing though, she was kissing him just the night before and although they are in a bit of a legal dispute, she gave him no real reason to think she would do anything like that. Hmmmm…. the shower didn’t turn on, I know! It’s the woman who was kissing me last night. Perfectly logical conslusion. +3 suckiness points for Ben being an idiot.

Ben also has weird things he says to Gemma. He literally calls her a walking disaster. He compliments her by saying she is “looking girly”, this despite the fact that he earlier thought how great it was she wasn’t hung up on make up and didn’t care about looking perfect all the time. (Spoiler Ben, she really is hung up on make up constantly and you could tell if you just read her inner dialogue like the rest of us did). Then he proposes to her in an Italian jail cell. Smooth move bro. +7 suckiness points for fake romantic moments.

At one point Ben and Gemma are… doing that… and while Ben is looking at her and says how much he wants her, Gemma looks behind her and then asks David, “Me?”. Uhhhh… you got a medical degree you say? But did you really? +3 suckiness points for making Gemma seem dumb, incompetent and way too self conscious with one word.

There’s this little side story where they chase around that shady lawyer guy but never catch him. It’s just an excuse for Ben and Gemma to get separated, go to somewhere else in Italy, and then hook up again. I had no problem with this. There are much worse reasons to run all over Italy and it gave the author more room to have nice descriptions of the scenery. -4 suckiness points.

Gemma is constantly thinking about how much she needs and loves her job. How it defines her. But in the course of a summer, she is able to just toss it overboard because she met a super rich guy and now her mother owns this villa. It didn’t seem like she was gonna keep doctoring either. Maybe that’s okay considering her track record of not great statements in this book. But still, if she felt it was so important, why give it up so fast? +9 suckiness points for sending the message that you should find your passion and then abandon it for a handsome, wealthy man.

Also, I am not saying New York City is better than Italy in any way, they are both good in their own way. But why do these books constantly insist that the best way to live your life is outside of a big, bustling city? What’s wrong with New York? Gemma leaves it without a thought and doesn’t seem to ask her daughter if that’s even okay with her. +2 suckiness points for small country bias.

Ben is constantly told by Gemma that she can’t love him. She explains how she will always love Chase which he understands. But he still is on her to say that she loves him, over and over. He proposes and her first reaction is to say no. So he makes her propose to him. Come on man, learn to take no for an answer. I mean, I know the book wouldn’t happen if she didn’t “truly love Ben” on the inside but when a woman says no, take it for exactly what it sounds like. I get it if you want to try again later after some serious discussion but in the moment it shouldn’t be, oh she can’t have meant to say no to me. +15 suckiness points for having to point out again what should be obvious to any decent man.

I’m going to give away Gemma’s big, deep dark secret about Chase. She had been in love with him and things were going well. But one night, after her shift ends, she asks David to come pick her up for coffee. He gets in a car accident and Gemma ends up treating him. It’s clear almost instantly that his injuries were too grave for even the best of doctors to save him. I thought her secret was going to be that she was overtired and made a mistake. Or that she blamed herself for not learning some new technique to save him. Nope. She blames herself because she invited him to coffee. Seriously. That’s her big secret. She invited a guy she loved for coffee once and he ended up in a fatal accident. For this she is torn up with guilt. She also dives in to her job because of it. I get the second part, and seriously, I know that grief does strange things to the mind but why would she think this was such a dark secret that she couldn’t ever love someone else because of it? +7 suckiness points for fake secrets.

The little romance with Livie and the Italian boy doesn’t go anywhere and she moves on like a perfectly healthy 14 year old girl should. -8 for not making it weird.

The book ends with telling us that they get married and live in the villa but whether they stay there or make it a hotel or whatever “is another story”. Good God, there’s going to be a sequel? Please, please, I am begging you, just.. just… don’t okay? +7 suckiness points for sequelitis (undiagnosed by Gemma obviously).

Suckiness meter deactivate!

Well, there you have it, the patent-pending, scientifically tested, completely reliable, totally untested and unscientific suckiness meter worked like a charm! So what was the total?

Sucks = 97. Points taken away for non-suckiness = 20. Grand total of sucks = 77.

If you ever need to tell anyone how this book is, just let them know it sucks 77.

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[Viviana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gostei, mas tem demasiada descrição o que acabou por me deixar entediada. Para além disso, a Gemma estava a irritar-me um pouco porque estava sempre a dizer que não se podia apaixonar! Eu entendo que ela estava a sofrer mas foi um pouco demais porque foi quase até ao fim do livro! O pedido de casamento também foi um pouco estranho! Tirando tudo isso, gostei!

[Shawna Hansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the story, but the narrator sounds "off." There's something about the upperclass voice that doesn't synch with the story's working class, Italian-American characters. The narrator sounds like Mrs. Howell from Gilligan's Island, "Pass me another martini, dahling!"

The trio, 1st generation Italian, Sofia Marie, 2nd generation Italian-American, Dr. Gemma Jericho and 3rd generation Italian-American, Olivia Jericho, all fly to Italy after Sofia Marie receives a letter from a priest in her home village that she has inherited property. ER Doctor, Gemma, is skeptical and finally goes along to please her mother. Sofia Maria dramatically wants to see her home village before she dies (and she wants to go back in style as the heiress she believes herself to be!) Livvie isn't thrilled about going, but teams up with her grandma to get her mom to go.

The summer in Italy is a wonderful story of the three women coming together as a family - giving up the work, the baggage and the stress. Gemma is attracted to the current tenant in the villa that Sofia Marie "may" be entitled to -- no one has seen the will. Ben Rafael has paid for the villa and is planning to turn it into a hotel. The adventure really takes off when the romance between Gemma and Ben heats up and the competition to prove who is the legal owner of the villa ensues.

All three women and Ben's daughter, Muffy, seem to bloom as the Italian sunshine beings out the best in each of them. Maggie Marchese, a local aristocrat and matchmaker, lends a hand to add romance and drama to the group. Even Sofia Marie's boyfriend, Rocco, gets involved as the townpeople side with Sofia Marie and Ben finds his villa without water, electricity and access roads.

The book takes off when Gemma tells Ben about her love for Cash, her fiance who died tragically. Ben vows to win Gemma and his villa. Funny, fast and soft-hearted, this is a wonderful romance. The audio was weird, but the narrator did an outstanding job with the erotic scenes and her voice sparkled whenever Maggie Marchese was in the scene. Lots of fun to listen to in the car. The descriptions of the sights, sounds and tastes of the Tuscan landscape bring this story to life.

[Sandra Dias · Rating 2 out of 5]

Que livro mais murcho.

Depois de sabermos toda a história a autora ainda aumentou mais umas páginas sem grandes desenvolvimentos. Como eu costumo dizer "a engonhar".

Os dois envolvimentos românticos até são bonitos, mas alguém acredita que uma filha rebelde que pinta o cabelo de roxo e verde, de um momento para o outro resolve ser muito mais atinadinha? E qual é a mãe que olha para as enormes asneiradas que a filha fez e encolhe os ombros? Eu sei qual é. Uma mãe negligente.

Ai coitadinha da Gemma que ainda se sente deprimida pela desgraça amorosa que lhe aconteceu (e que a sério, foi mesmo uma desgraça), mas que anos após tal acontecimento, não consegue ter mão na filha?

Não consegui gostar, mesmo nada, da personagem principal Gemma Jericho. Primeiro é uma médica super eficiente no trabalho, mas depois não consegue ir a um lado público com um homem atraente a olhar para ela e não fazer asneiras adolescentes.
Depois passa pela fase - ai eu sou uma pobrezinha que não tive sorte no amor e não gosto da vida que levo.
E por fim, de um momento para o outro, transforma-se numa leoa sexual. E aquela cena do duche? Poupem-me!

Esta personagem pura e simplesmente não foi credível. Só se sofresse de transtorno de múltiplas personalidades.

AH!!! E quem é que diz (a certa altura ela parece um disco riscado, sempre a repetir a mesma coisa) que se sente "A CHOCAR COM O AMOR"?






Tirando este romance principal, até gostei do livro. Das outras personagens. Dos outros enredos secundários.

[Michelle Winters · Rating 4 out of 5]

total chick lit with too much gross typical angst then lovey-dovey, happily ever after..and yet I still liked it!?! WTF??? LOL

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book! Well written with vivid descriptions that made me feel I was eating the food and visiting the countryside. Brought back special memories from my visits to Italy.

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’d never heard of nor read this writer before so I wasn’t sure what to expect.
What a delightful surprise.

I did this on audio & the narrator Celeste Lawson was good. i would highly recommend doing it that way.

Some humor. Appealing characters. Nice story. Good use of words to print a picture.
I liked the character Libby & her subplot story.
Made me want to take a trip to Italy.

I didn’t like the foreshadowing and alternating point of views in the narrative.
The last 1/3 did drag a bit.

Good if you want something light & charming.

[Sonya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Когато София Мария получава писмо с новината, че е наследила голяма вила в родното си село в Италия, не й остава нищо друго, освен да остави уредения си живот в Ню Йорк и заедно с дъщеря си Джема, и внучка си Ливи, да се впуснат в едно приключение в Тоскана. От книгата лъха аромат на вино, капучино, джелато, паста и ....любов. Приключения дебнат от всяка страница, неочаквани срещи, емоции и горещи моменти.

[Filipa Ribeiro Ferreira · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bom para ler à beira da piscina ou na praia e depois deixar no apartamento para os próximos hóspedes. A história é 'água com açúcar' como dizem os brasileiros (adoro a expressão) honesto e transparente. Não leva ninguém ao engano.

[Tuuli - Korpimaan lukija · Rating 1 out of 5]

Kuuntelin puolet ja totesin, että liian kliseistä, ei jaksa, vaikka hömppää halusinkin kuunnella.

[Katherine Pierce · Rating 2 out of 5]

In this book, there were too many detailed descriptions of nature and surroundings that were not relevant to the plot, and the love story itself was beaten.

[Johanna Frg · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this for old times‘ sakes because I used to read it as a kid when I borrowed it from my mum‘s bookshelf. Extremely cringey romance novel that manages to tick the box of every single Italy-, doctor- and single-mother-related stereotype imaginable and more. The only conflict of the plot wasn’t even resolved properly; there’s an absolutely gobless bit at the end where our main characters end up in jail for one and a half pages for absolutely no reason; and don‘t even get me started on the internalised misogyny and diet culture type drivel that graces some of these pages. My eyes rolled so far back into my head on several occasions that I‘m surprised they didn‘t pop out of their sockets.

Only finished this to have another book on my 2025 reading challenge.

[Deborah Provost · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book! Makes me want to move to Tuscany!

[Marissa Wynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

A predictable yet enjoyable read.

[Georgina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Elizabeth Adler, one of my favourite authors after reading many of her previous novels. Summer in Tuscany became avaliable at the library and I was excited to read it and see if it would live up to her other novels.

Gemma Jericho is tired really tired. She is an is an overworked doctor with a teenage daughter to look out for and a mother who seems more involced in Gemma's life than she herself is. Life seems to be running along the same old path until Gemma's mother receives a mysterious letter informing her that she has inherited property in Tuscany. Gemma thinks it seems a little suspicous but they throw caution to the wind and set off on a trip to Italy, hoping it will bring new adventure to their lives. What Gemma and her family find waiting for them in Tuscany, however is not what they has expected and soon a feud begins over who should rightfully have inherited the property. The trip to Italy may just change Gemma and her family forever.

Elizabeth Adler does not dissapoint with this intriguing novel, filled with romance, the growth of all relationships and the luscious country that is Italy. Adler's descriptions of Italy will leave you dreaming of jumping on a plane and exploring this wonderful country. A light exciting beach read

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[Raquel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sabem aquela pessoa que vos empresta um livro, e que quando tentamos devolver a pessoa deixa de nos responder? Pois, uma colega de trabalho emprestou-me o livro para eu ler nas férias, tentei devolvê-lo mas deixou de me responder. Até porque não me importo de emprestar, mas como costumo dizer, tem dois v's ( Vai e Volta), porque senão essa pessoa fica de fora da minha lista cá com uma pinta, mas isso é o meu mau feitio. Mas falando do livro... Gemma recebe a notícia que tem uma casa na Toscana como herança deixada por alguém da sua família para a sua mãe Nonna. E arriscam e vão as três: Gemma, a sua filha e a mãe Nonna, para Itália e verem da casa que receberam como herança. Surge Ben que também quer a casa, mas entre Ben e Gemma surge uma química que não sabem se sobrevive. Afinal ambos querem a casa, mas ambos querem uma relação. É um livro leve, e relatado ao pormenor que a autora Elizabeth Adler, leva-nos através do livro a imaginar aquela vila em Toscana.

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[Mariazita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Romance na Toscana é um livro maravilhoso, um verdadeiro guia de toda a beleza da região, com descrições magnifícas das paisagem, monumentos e culinária. Ao ler o livro só nos dá vontade de pegar no primeiro avião e ir direto para Itália, e viver todas estas emoções descritas pela autora.
O romance entre Gemma e Ben proporciona momentos divertidos, tanto estes como a sua familia são personagens fantásticas, muito bem descritas pela autora e que nos fazem passar bons momentos de leitura vivendo com emoção tanto o romance das personagens principais, bem como o de Nonna e Rocco. É igualmente interessante o primeiro amor de Livvie, e a amizade excêntrica de Maggie que dá um toque especial neste livro.
Um dos livros de Elizabeth Adler que até agora mais gostei, um romance perfeito para se ler durante estes dias quentes e para sonhar que estamos nas belas paisagens da Toscana :)
Gostei e aconselho a ler pois é uma leitura muito agradável.

[Nicole · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is hands down the worst book I have ever read and I have read some bad books. I'm always disappointed when I start a new book after finishing one I liked, so I was skeptical of my dislike for this and tried my best to give it the benefit of the doubt. However, it just continued to get exponentially worse...to the point that it was almost unbelievably bad, like the author just gave up and began making fun of herself. It is insanely predictable to begin with - family goes to Italy, single mom falls in love at first sight with single American dad, drama ensues. Grandma and daughter also fall in love, yada yada. The story gets ridiculous when the mom, Jemma, let's her 14 year old daughter go on a first (ever) date with a random Italian local to a club and gives her a midnight curfew, which of course she misses. Cinderella, really?

[Tania Martins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mais um fantástico romance da autora só que às tantas ela enrolou tanto a história da Gemma e do Ben que me pareceu que não ia ter um happy ending por causa do passado dela...gostei das filhas dos protagonistas e depois todos os cenários em Itália são de sonho principalmente para quem já lá esteve! Consegue imaginar-se tudo e transporta-nos para lá...gostei do romance da Nonna!

[Luci Haftner · Rating 4 out of 5]

O início pareceu-me um pouco confuso, mas conforme as páginas vinham despertavam meu interesse de continuar a ler, a ler e a ler. Um romance tenro, prazeroso de se sentar num banco, numa tarde qualquer e se deliciar com a Toscana e suas belas paisagens. A descrição delas, sem dúvida, a autora foi impecável. Está aí uma boa sugestão: Por que não se apaixonar em Toscana?

[Sheila · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love anything written in Tuscany but this was just a little too cheesy for me I'm really not into romances and it was kind of predictable I really wanted to give it to an a half stars but because of the setting I gave it three

[Susana · Rating 4 out of 5]

First book that i read by Elizabeth Adler, and my favourite.