Number of Book #9
Date Began and Finished 2/15- 2/18 2008
Genre - Fiction
Year It Was Published - 2002
Publisher - Signet fiction
number of Pages 303
Mass Market paperback
Reason for reading: TBR
Rating 4/5 stars
Blurb or Synopsis: THE LAST PROMISE is the story of two people that meet and fall in love in the Italian countryside. Eliana is an American woman who marries an Italian man and moves with him back to his native Italy to help manage a family vineyard. Her husband is rarely home, as he says he's traveling for business. Their son, a highly asthmatic child, Alessio, stays with Eliana while her husband travels. It is fate that brings her together with another American, Ross Story, who is now living in Italy for reasons not immediately made known to the reader. All we know is that he's decided to get away from America and start a new life in Italy. The place he chooses to stay is a room on the vineyard where eliana lives.
The two are attracted to each other right away, and then Eliana tells Ross she is married. The two strike up a friendship and the attraction is apparent to them as well as to others who watch them together. But they keep the friendship platonic, because she has made it clear that she is married and has no intentions of leaving her husband, despite how unhappy she is. But despite what she says, it is inevitable that one day they may cross that fine line. But would she risk losing her son for the love of another man and her happiness?
I've read a number of books by Richard Paul Evans and I think this was my favorite so far. I loved the Italian back drop, and i also think Evans did a good job with the characters. They felt real to me, and not just characters in a book. I'm definitely recommending this book to those who enjoy reading love stories.
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