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Title details for The Mermaid Garden by Santa Montefiore - Available

The Mermaid Garden

by Santa Montefiore
Rosalyn Landor
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Ten-year-old Floriana is captivated by the magnificent Tuscan villa just outside her small village. She likes to spy into the gardens and imagine that one day she'll live there. When Dante, the son of the villa's powerful owner, invites her inside and shows her the enchanting Mermaid Garden, she knows that her destiny is there, with Dante. But as they grow up, their romance jeopardizes everything they hold most dear. Decades later and hundreds of miles away, a beautiful old country hotel on England's Devon coast has fallen on hard times, and its owner, Marina, advertises for an artist to stay the summer. The man she hires begins to transform the fortunes of the hotel, and her family, but why is he really there?

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  • Release date

    May 31, 2011

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666597288
      • File size: 438619 KB
      • Duration: 15:13:47

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Rosalyn Landor's gentle voice and flowing delivery accentuate the lush romanticism of this tale of intrigue, love, and redemption. Two disparate story lines remain unconnected throughout most of the book. The primary story, set in 1960s Italy, follows the relationship of a poor village girl, Floriana, and a wealthy man, Dante, as they struggle to overcome the social barriers that work to keep them apart. In the secondary story line, in present-day England, Clementine and her stepmother, Marina, must find a way to heal their broken relationship, aided by a mysterious stranger who hides an explosive secret. Landor's subtle accents help bring the foreign settings to life, and her characters are both realistic and likable. A.M.R. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 21, 2011
      Two stories, two generations, and two beautiful European locales are neatly gift-wrapped into one sumptuous tale of love, loss, and redemption. In 1966, feisty 10-year-old Floriana Farussi, abandoned by her mother to the custody of an alcoholic father, falls madly in love with teenage Dante Bonfanti, heir to a wealthy Tuscan family. The young man is beguiled by Floriana's spunk and indomitable spirit, and eventually they realize theirs is a bond forged in heaven. In 2009, Marina and Grey Turner struggle to keep their tiny Devon hotel afloat by hiring an Argentine painter to instruct their guests. The gallant Rafa Santori promptly falls for Grey's beautiful and obstreperous daughter, Clementine. But happy endings will not come easily to these young couples as secrets, subterfuge, and stubbornness threaten their love at every turn. Montefiore's plot lacks surprises, but her prose more than compensates with luxurious and romantic depictions of scenic Tuscany and the beautiful English coast.

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