La Dolce Veto

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From debut author Caitlin Alice Gilbert comes a bold and emotionally resonant romance that flips the script on scandal, and shows the power of self-discovery, redemption, and a summer of love in a small Italian town.

When steamy text messages between tenacious US Congresswoman Isabelle Rhodes and her opposing candidate, Levi Cross, go public just before the election, Izzys reputation takes a nose dive and her political career comes to a crashing end.

Desperate to have some time out she returns to the gorgeous Italian village of La Musa, which she last visited when she was nineteen, to lick her wounds and recover. Welcomed with open arms at the Villa Farentino by matriarch Anita, she doesnt get the same reception from her grumpy son Benito whos just returned from England to take over as mayor after his father, Rafaello, left town...and his wife.

But Izzy cant escape politics or matters of the heart and she quickly becomes embroiled in the villages mission to stop Rafaellos greedy development company from building a 5-star hotel, and along the way discovers that theres a lot more to Benito than she thought.

When Izzy unwittingly becomes the face of the proposed development her cover is blown and she has to decide - can she save the town, mend her broken heart, and have the life shes worked so hard for or does she want to stay out of the limelight and risk it all

Author Bio

Caitlin Alice Gilbert is an author and screenwriter in Los Angeles. Born inMichigan, she grew up between the Midwest and Fountain Hills, Arizona,home of the third-tallest year-round fountain.

She studied improv and sketchat the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre where she was on the house team,Payday. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona where she studied Filmand Television and Creative Writing. She has spent over ten years working inthe tech startup and streaming industries includingWatchable, HBO Max, and Quibi.

When she's not writing, Caitlin is taking in theatre or live music, playingtennis, cheering for Angel City Football Club, going on a long walk, orwatching way too much TV.