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Lake Como: A Novel
Lake Como: A Novel
Lake Como: A Novel
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Lake Como: A Novel

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Hallie Elliot has a perfect life. She is an up-and-coming interior designer in one of San Francisco's most sought after firms, and has just recently become engaged to Peter, a brilliant young journalist. But when she stumbles upon Peter and her boss in what seems to be a compromising position, her trust in her perfect life is shaken.
So Hallie escapes to Lake Como, Italy to spend time with her half-sister, Portia Tesoro, an Italian blueblood dealing with the scandal of a public estrangement from her cheating husband. While staying in the Tesoro villa, Hallie falls in love with the splendor and beauty of Lake Como, and finds work designing the lakeside estate of a reclusive American tech mogul. The caretaker of this beautiful estate is a handsome man named Angus, and Hallie finds herself drawn to his charm and kindness, despite hints of a dark secret in his past.
But just as Hallie is beginning to find her footing on Italian soil, she uncovers a family secret that upends all the truths she's believed about herself, and calls into question the new life she's built in Lake Como.
Sisterhood, family, career, and sumptuous descriptions of Italian life fill the pages of this newest offering by Anita Hughes. Lake Como is a heartbreaking and heartwarming story of love, self-discovery, and the quest for truth.

Love, sisterhood, and sumptuous descriptions of la dolce vita fill the pages of Anita Hughes' Lake Como, a heartwarming story of romance, self-discovery, and the quest for truth.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 13, 2013
ISBN9781250017727
Lake Como: A Novel
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Anita Hughes

ANITA HUGHES is the author of Rome in Love (adapted into a Hallmark movie in 2019), and Christmas in Vermont (adapted into a Lifetime movie in 2019). She is also the author of Market Street, Lake Como, Santorini Sunsets, Christmas in Paris, Monarch Beach, and other titles. She attended UC Berkeley's Masters in Creative Writing Program, and lives in Dana Point, California.

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    Absolutely delightful — women’s escapism at its best. One of my favorite Anita Hughes books — and her most recent — is Lake Como, set high in the Italian Alps (near George Clooney’s house, of course).If you’re a Candace Bushnell’s Sex and the City fan, you’ve found a new author to adore. Having visited Lake Como, I was pleased to find Anita’s descriptions of the landscape, customs, and dress absolutely accurate, painting vivid memories in my mind.Her use of the five senses is so perfect that you’ll feel as if you were gazing over the turquoise water of Lake Como, the sun on your shoulders, an Italian aperitif in your hand.The story revolves around Hallie Elliot, a late twenty-something interior designer from San Francisco with a discerning eye for design and a penchant for designer labels. (I coveted the spectacular wardrobes of Hallie and her sister Portia.) The secrets the family harbors will keep you reading far into the night. An easy summer read, a fun frolic to lift the spirits.

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