Last Voyage of the Valentina by Santa MontefioreMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Glorious. This great big canvas of a story that spans a period from the 2nd World War to the 70s, a romance, a mystery, a book about enduring love, a passion for the Amalfi Coast, an Italian family haunted by a secret, a British naval officer who meets Valentina in Incantellaria during the war and falls hopelessly in love and returns to England with his baby daughter, Alba, after the sudden death of her mother, the beautiful Valentina. The complex plot sees the hedonistic Alba, twenty six years later, determined to find out what happened to her mother all those years ago and to track down her Italian family. She leaves her father's houseboat (named after her mother, Valentina) where she lives, moored in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea and sets out on her quest....
There is so much more to this suspenseful story that blends the history of a wealthy English family with Alba's Italian ancestors. What will she discover in Italy, will she sort out her own love life with Fitz, will her father finally find redemption for what happened all those years ago?
Last Voyage of the Valentina is a fabulous read; my first book by Santa Montefiore. It won't be my last. I have The Italian Matchmaker near the top of my to-read pile!
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