Stracciatella Gelato: Melting Time

By Marilyn Baron

Kate Buckthorn, a sixty-something woman in a predictable marriage, takes a day trip to Florence, Italy, to relive the months she spent there as a college art history student. After visiting all the familiar sights, she returns to her favorite gelato shop where she tosses some coins into the plastic cup of a Roma looking for change. And change is what she gets, literally. After enjoying her triple-scoop gelato, she leaves the shop, magically transformed into her twenty-three-year-old self.
Does she stay in Florence and have a fling with a gorgeous Italian hottie, pursuing her painting career in the birthplace of the Renaissance? Or does she return to her unfaithful husband as her younger self?

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
• Release date: Apr 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781509231119

Marilyn Baron

Marilyn Baron is a public relations consultant in Atlanta. She's a member of Atlanta Writers Club. She writes in a variety of genres, from Women's Fiction to Historical Romantic Thrillers and Romantic Suspense to Paranormal Fantasy and has won writing awards in single title, suspense romance, novel with strong romantic elements and paranormal/fantasy romance. She was The Finalist in the 2017 Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award in the Romance category for her novel, Stumble Stones and The Finalist for the 2018 GAYA Awards in the Romance category for her novel, The Alibi. Her new book, The Romanov Legacy: A Novel is her 26th work of fiction. She was past chair of the Roswell Reads Steering Committee and serves on the Atlanta Author Series Steering Committee. She graduated from The University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism (Public Relations sequence) and a minor in Creative Writing. Born in Miami, Florida, Marilyn lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and they have two daughters and one granddaughter. What's unique about my writing? I try to inject humor into everything I write. I like to laugh and my readers do too. I love to travel and often set my books in places I've visited. My favorite place to visit is Italy because I studied in Florence for six months in my junior year of college. To find out more about my books, please visit my Web site at www.marilynbaron.com.

Book preview

Inc.

She was running out of time. She would just have a handful of minutes to walk along the Arno River and perhaps walk across the Ponte Vecchio. She loved jewelry and she could spend hours gazing at the shops. There wouldn’t be time to see the David at the Accademia Gallery. She hadn’t thought to reserve a ticket and probably couldn’t get in anyway. It was a good thing Michelangelo’s David was burned onto her brain. She would never forget the magnificent sculpture.

By the time she arrived at the river, she realized she had forgotten her cane. Damn, she couldn’t walk without it. But then she had fairly run to the river, without the cane. She scratched her head. How was that even possible? She no longer needed a cane to walk. Her steps were lighter. She felt infinitely lighter, even after that humongous cup of gelato.

She glanced into the mirror of a parked motorcycle and drew back in shock. She could hardly believe her reflection. She was staring back at her twenty-three-year-old face and body, complete with butt-hugging jeans, a form-fitting beige ribbed blouse, and clogs she couldn’t have walked in before she arrived in Florence.

A band of Italian boys surrounded her, shouting, "Ciao, Bella." What was happening? Was she hallucinating? What was in that gelato anyway? Somehow, that Roma woman or the gelato or a miracle had managed to melt time and transport her back to the Florence of her college days. She recognized the outfit she was wearing from her photo album.

Was she having sunstroke? There had to be a rational explanation.

Praise for Marilyn Baron

Baron and Goldman offer a bit of everything in this superb novel. There’s humor, infidelity, murder, mayhem, and a neatly drawn conclusion.

~RT Book Reviews (4.5 Stars)

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This book is a funny, clever, compulsive read. It’s kind of like Michael Connolly meets chick-lit and this is the lovechild! The book was very well constructed and lavishly styled. The plot was intriguing and kept the reader guessing.

~Andrew Kirby

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What a great read! I was immediately drawn in by the characters and enjoyed the ride. I especially love books, like this, that offer unexpected twists and turns along the way.

~T. Segal (5 Stars)

Stracciatella Gelato:

Melting Time

by

Marilyn Baron

One Scoop or Two

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.

Stracciatella Gelato

Melting Time

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