A Portrait of Emily Price by Katherine Reay

Emily Price is an art restorer and artist with underdeveloped talent and some personal blind spots. Knightley) crafts another engaging and sprightly page-turning bildungsroman. Reay is carving her name among the literary greats.” -Rachel Hauck, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of The Wedding Dress You’ll think of Emily and Ben and the hills of Italy long after you’ve read the last page. Reay expertly weaves a story rich in taste and sight, wrapping it all with sigh-worthy romance. “A Portrait of Emily Price is a portrait of grace and love. Will the joys of Italy become just a memory, or will Emily share in the freedom and grace that her life with Ben has shown her are possible? Yet when she unearths long-buried family secrets, Emily wonders if she really fits into Ben’s world. Soon, Emily’s life and art begin to blossom, and Italy’s beauty and rhythm take hold of her spirit. Only Ben’s father, Lucio, gives Emily the understanding she needs to lay down her guard. But instead of allowing the land, culture, and people of Monterello to transform her, Emily interferes with everyone and everything around her, alienating Ben’s tightly knit family. Soon after their first meeting, he works to win Emily as well-inviting her into his world and into his heart.Įmily astonishes everyone when she accepts Ben’s proposal and follows him home. Visiting from Italy, Ben works to breathe new life into his aunt and uncle’s faded restaurant, Piccollo. There is no time for distractions, especially not the ultimate distraction of falling in love.īut Chef Benito Vassallo’s relentless pursuit proves hard to resist. But when Emily follows Ben home to Italy, she learns that his family is another matter.Įmily Price-fix-it girl extraordinaire and would-be artist-dreams of having a gallery show of her own.

“A delightful story of love, passion, and appetite, filled with Italian vivacity and charm.” -Anthony Capella, international bestselling author of The Food of Love and The Wedding OfficerĪrt restorer Emily Price has never encountered anything she can’t fix-until she meets Ben, an Italian chef, who seems just right.

A Portrait of Emily Price by Katherine Reay