Italian LessonsFresh out of college, Carter Quinn has returned to his home in North Providence, Rhode Island, unsure of just about everything except his plans to go to Italy and pursue the woman of his dreams. To do that, he needs to learn to speak Italian, and only one man is right for the job-Giancarlo Rosa.if Carter can survive him. Giancarlo is nobody's fool. The middle-aged music professor does offer Italian lessons, but only to those who are truly motivated. If Carter wants to learn, he will have to prove himself; lessons three times a week, hours of studying, strict discipline. And there will be no questions about the professor's life-why he hasn't written music in years, why he lives alone, and why he left his homeland in the first place. Carter may see Italy as a land of romance, but Giancarlo knows just what disappointments and betrayals live under the Abruzzo sky. What begins as an apparent mismatch between mentor and student soon blossoms into something deeper-a friendship that carries them into the old country, where forgotten secrets may hold the key to a new lease on life. Now, in a land of sun, wine, new romance and old wounds, two men will embark on separate, unpredictable journeys that will take them deep into the untraveled places of the heart where everything must be learned. |
Contents
PART ONE | 1 |
CHAPTER 2 | 14 |
CHAPTER 3 | 22 |
CHAPTER 4 | 33 |
CHAPTER 5 | 39 |
CHAPTER 6 | 47 |
CHAPTER 7 | 53 |
CHAPTER 8 | 57 |
CHAPTER 27 | 187 |
CHAPTER 28 | 193 |
CHAPTER 29 | 200 |
CHAPTER 30 | 204 |
CHAPTER 31 | 212 |
CHAPTER 32 | 217 |
CHAPTER 33 | 224 |
CHAPTER 34 | 228 |
CHAPTER 9 | 64 |
CHAPTER 10 | 72 |
CHAPTER 11 | 78 |
CHAPTER 12 | 83 |
CHAPTER 13 | 91 |
CHAPTER 14 | 95 |
CHAPTER 15 | 99 |
CHAPTER 16 | 106 |
CHAPTER 17 | 111 |
CHAPTER 18 | 116 |
CHAPTER 19 | 124 |
CHAPTER 20 | 130 |
CHAPTER 21 | 135 |
CHAPTER 22 | 144 |
CHAPTER 23 | 154 |
PART TWO | 161 |
CHAPTER 24 | 163 |
CHAPTER 25 | 175 |
CHAPTER 26 | 179 |
CHAPTER 35 | 234 |
CHAPTER 36 | 238 |
CHAPTER 37 | 250 |
CHAPTER 38 | 257 |
PART THREE | 261 |
CHAPTER 39 | 263 |
CHAPTER 40 | 276 |
CHAPTER 41 | 283 |
CHAPTER 42 | 290 |
CHAPTER 43 | 296 |
CHAPTER 44 | 301 |
CHAPTER 45 | 305 |
CHAPTER 46 | 312 |
CHAPTER 47 | 316 |
CHAPTER 48 | 322 |
CHAPTER 49 | 329 |
CHAPTER 50 | 334 |
CHAPTER 51 | 339 |
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