🇮🇹 Italian Coast Setting

Fiction and narrative that draws its atmosphere from Italy's luminous shorelines—the Amalfi cliffs, Ligurian coves, or Sicilian beaches where landscape becomes a character in its own right.

Only in Naples

by Katherine Wilson • 2015

She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.

3.74

2k+

🧳 Expat Memoir 🍝 Food Memoir 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life

Only in Naples 88%

She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.

by Katherine Wilson 2015

3.74

2k+ ratings

🧳 Expat Memoir 🍝 Food Memoir 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life

Hotel Portofino

by J.P. O'Connell • 2022

An Englishwoman's Riviera hotel harbors guests with secrets as fascism rises in 1920s Italy.

3.31

5k+

📺 Ensemble Period Drama 🇮🇹 Italian Riviera 🖼️ Art Theft

Hotel Portofino 88%

An Englishwoman's Riviera hotel harbors guests with secrets as fascism rises in 1920s Italy.

by J.P. O'Connell 2022

3.31

5k+ ratings

📺 Ensemble Period Drama 🇮🇹 Italian Riviera 🖼️ Art Theft

The View From Lake Como

by Adriana Trigiani • 2025

A divorced woman inherits a marble business, its secrets, and a second chance in Italy.

3.80

36k+

🇮🇹 Italian American 💫 Starting Over 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The View From Lake Como 88%

A divorced woman inherits a marble business, its secrets, and a second chance in Italy.

by Adriana Trigiani 2025

3.80

36k+ ratings

🇮🇹 Italian American 💫 Starting Over 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Villa Coco

by Andrew Sean Greer • 2026

A naive American catalogs a Tuscan villa's art for a baronessa who wanted a blond Englishman.

3.72

6k+

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🖼️ Art Forgery 🌈 Gay Awakening

Villa Coco 88%

A naive American catalogs a Tuscan villa's art for a baronessa who wanted a blond Englishman.

by Andrew Sean Greer 2026

3.72

6k+ ratings

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🖼️ Art Forgery 🌈 Gay Awakening

Cooking with Nonna

by Rossella Rago • 2017

100 Italian grandmother recipes. Pasta that forgives, sauce that remembers, cannoli worth the mess.

4.44

150

🍷 Italian Home Cooking 🗺️ Regional Italian Cuisine 👵 Family Recipes

Cooking with Nonna 87%

100 Italian grandmother recipes. Pasta that forgives, sauce that remembers, cannoli worth the mess.

by Rossella Rago 2017

4.44

150 ratings

🍷 Italian Home Cooking 🗺️ Regional Italian Cuisine 👵 Family Recipes

Adriatic

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2022

Where empires and religions mixed for centuries, Europe's post-national future is already written.

3.61

888

🏛️ Mediterranean History ✍️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitics

Adriatic 87%

Where empires and religions mixed for centuries, Europe's post-national future is already written.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2022

3.61

888 ratings

🏛️ Mediterranean History ✍️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitics

Il giorno in più

by Fabio Volo • 2007

A tram crush, a flight to New York, and a love affair with an expiration date.

3.46

5k+

👀 Missed Connections ⏳ Temporary Arrangement 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Il giorno in più 87%

A tram crush, a flight to New York, and a love affair with an expiration date.

by Fabio Volo 2007

3.46

5k+ ratings

👀 Missed Connections ⏳ Temporary Arrangement 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Venice

by Jan Morris • 1960

Once its fortress, the lagoon now threatens Venice: the life of history's most improbable city.

4.03

2k+

📖 Travel Literature 🇮🇹 Venetian History 🏛️ Urban Portraiture

Venice 87%

Once its fortress, the lagoon now threatens Venice: the life of history's most improbable city.

by Jan Morris 1960

4.03

2k+ ratings

📖 Travel Literature 🇮🇹 Venetian History 🏛️ Urban Portraiture

Language Hacking Italian

by Benny Lewis • 2016

Real Italian conversations, not grammar drills. Build a personal script and start speaking today.

4.02

🟢 Italian For Beginners 🗣️ Language Learning 💬 Conversational Fluency

Language Hacking Italian 87%

Real Italian conversations, not grammar drills. Build a personal script and start speaking today.

by Benny Lewis 2016

4.02

42 ratings

🟢 Italian For Beginners 🗣️ Language Learning 💬 Conversational Fluency

An Italian Wedding Adventure

by Leonie Mack • 2025

A merger strands a wedding planner on an Italian peak with the mountaineer who broke her heart.

3.91

760

💕 Second Chance Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 💒 Destination Wedding

An Italian Wedding Adventure 87%

A merger strands a wedding planner on an Italian peak with the mountaineer who broke her heart.

by Leonie Mack 2025

3.91

760 ratings

💕 Second Chance Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 💒 Destination Wedding

Meet Me in Venice

by Elizabeth Adler • 2007

A Paris antiques dealer is charmed by a man whose Venice wedding masks a deadly scheme.

3.42

2k+

💎 Cursed Jewel 🌐 International Intrigue 🎭 Carnevale Masquerade

Meet Me in Venice 87%

A Paris antiques dealer is charmed by a man whose Venice wedding masks a deadly scheme.

by Elizabeth Adler 2007

3.42

2k+ ratings

💎 Cursed Jewel 🌐 International Intrigue 🎭 Carnevale Masquerade

The Patience of the Spider

by Andrea Camilleri • 2004

A wounded Sicilian detective tracks a missing student as her family's buried resentments surface.

4.04

7k+

🍋 Sicilian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🌿 Meditative Mystery

The Patience of the Spider 87%

A wounded Sicilian detective tracks a missing student as her family's buried resentments surface.

by Andrea Camilleri 2004

4.04

7k+ ratings

🍋 Sicilian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🌿 Meditative Mystery

Donde no puedas encontrarme

by Tamara Molina • 2024

Fleeing a toxic love, she finds refuge in Italy and a man who loves without breaking.

4.27

15k+

🩹 Toxic Love Recovery 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

Donde no puedas encontrarme 87%

Fleeing a toxic love, she finds refuge in Italy and a man who loves without breaking.

by Tamara Molina 2024

4.27

15k+ ratings

🩹 Toxic Love Recovery 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

An Inside Job

by Daniel Silva • 2025

A lagoon body pulls a retired spy into a Vatican conspiracy over a lost Leonardo.

4.40

28k+

🎨 Art World Thriller ⛪ Vatican Intrigue 🖼️ Lost Masterpiece

An Inside Job 87%

A lagoon body pulls a retired spy into a Vatican conspiracy over a lost Leonardo.

by Daniel Silva 2025

4.40

28k+ ratings

🎨 Art World Thriller ⛪ Vatican Intrigue 🖼️ Lost Masterpiece

A Girl Returned

by Donatella Di Pietrantonio • 2017

Returned to her struggling birth family at thirteen, an unexpected sister becomes her anchor.

4.09

29k+

🍋 Italian Coming-Of-Age 📵 Maternal Absence 🏘 Dual Families

A Girl Returned 87%

Returned to her struggling birth family at thirteen, an unexpected sister becomes her anchor.

by Donatella Di Pietrantonio 2017

4.09

29k+ ratings

🍋 Italian Coming-Of-Age 📵 Maternal Absence 🏘 Dual Families

The Pillars of Hercules

by Paul Theroux • 1995

A solo lap of the Mediterranean finds not postcards but war, sewage, and kindness in between.

3.96

5k+

🛶 Mediterranean Travel 📝 Travel Writing 🥾 Off The Beaten Path

The Pillars of Hercules 87%

A solo lap of the Mediterranean finds not postcards but war, sewage, and kindness in between.

by Paul Theroux 1995

3.96

5k+ ratings

🛶 Mediterranean Travel 📝 Travel Writing 🥾 Off The Beaten Path

The Sweetness of Doing Nothing

by Sophie Minchilli • 2021

The Italian cure for burnout: long meals, aimless strolls, and doing nothing with conviction.

4.11

616

🧘 Slow Living 🇮🇹 Italian Culture 🍝 Food Culture

The Sweetness of Doing Nothing 87%

The Italian cure for burnout: long meals, aimless strolls, and doing nothing with conviction.

by Sophie Minchilli 2021

4.11

616 ratings

🧘 Slow Living 🇮🇹 Italian Culture 🍝 Food Culture

The Vipers

by Katy Hays • 2025

When a dead mother's necklace arrives on Capri, a wealthy family's summer of secrets turns deadly.

3.55

16k+

🖤 Gothic Family Thriller 🏝️ Island Mystery 💎 Wealthy Family Secrets

The Vipers 86%

When a dead mother's necklace arrives on Capri, a wealthy family's summer of secrets turns deadly.

by Katy Hays 2025

3.55

16k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Family Thriller 🏝️ Island Mystery 💎 Wealthy Family Secrets

The Amalfi Curse

by Sarah Penner • 2025

Sea witches guarded a village. Centuries later, an archaeologist discovers their magic never died.

3.81

59k+

🌊 Sea Witch Coven ⏳ Dual Timeline 👩‍👩‍👧 Generational Legacy

The Amalfi Curse 86%

Sea witches guarded a village. Centuries later, an archaeologist discovers their magic never died.

by Sarah Penner 2025

3.81

59k+ ratings

🌊 Sea Witch Coven ⏳ Dual Timeline 👩‍👩‍👧 Generational Legacy

Murder on Lake Garda

by Tom Hindle • 2024

When a bride is stabbed at her Lake Garda wedding, her guests are stranded with the killer.

3.45

11k+

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🏖️ Destination Thriller 🔍 Outsider Sleuth

Murder on Lake Garda 86%

When a bride is stabbed at her Lake Garda wedding, her guests are stranded with the killer.

by Tom Hindle 2024

3.45

11k+ ratings

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🏖️ Destination Thriller 🔍 Outsider Sleuth

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

by Marcella Hazan • 1976

The best Italian cooking was never invented in a restaurant. Three techniques unlock the rest.

4.07

26k+

🇮🇹 Regional Italian Cooking 🏠 Italian Home Cooking 🧱 Flavor Building

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking Summary

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking 86%

The best Italian cooking was never invented in a restaurant. Three techniques unlock the rest.

by Marcella Hazan 1976

4.07

26k+ ratings

🇮🇹 Regional Italian Cooking 🏠 Italian Home Cooking 🧱 Flavor Building

Love & Gelato

by Jenna Evans Welch • 2016

A summer in Florence. A mother's journal. A secret romance that leads Lina to her own.

4.02

190k+

🍦 Summer Romance 💔 Grief Journey 🖤 First Love

Love & Gelato 86%

A summer in Florence. A mother's journal. A secret romance that leads Lina to her own.

by Jenna Evans Welch 2016

4.02

190k+ ratings

🍦 Summer Romance 💔 Grief Journey 🖤 First Love

Under a Dancing Star

by Laura Wood • 2019

Banished to Tuscany, a headstrong naturalist dares an artist to a summer of no-strings romance.

4.13

4k+

💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🏡 Tuscan Villa

Under a Dancing Star 86%

Banished to Tuscany, a headstrong naturalist dares an artist to a summer of no-strings romance.

by Laura Wood 2019

4.13

4k+ ratings

💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🏡 Tuscan Villa

Margherita Dolcevita

by Stefano Benni • 2005

A girl watches her Italian family fall under the spell of glamorous neighbors in a black glass cube.

3.75

5k+

🎪 Eccentric Family 🪄 Magical Realist Satire 💞 Unlikely Friendship

Margherita Dolcevita 86%

A girl watches her Italian family fall under the spell of glamorous neighbors in a black glass cube.

by Stefano Benni 2005

3.75

5k+ ratings

🎪 Eccentric Family 🪄 Magical Realist Satire 💞 Unlikely Friendship

Made in Italy

by Giorgio Locatelli • 2006

A fight for real Italian food: protecting the inner bite of pasta and the shared table.

4.35

368

🍽️ Culinary Memoir 🇮🇹 Regional Italian 🐌 Slow Food Movement

Made in Italy 86%

A fight for real Italian food: protecting the inner bite of pasta and the shared table.

by Giorgio Locatelli 2006

4.35

368 ratings

🍽️ Culinary Memoir 🇮🇹 Regional Italian 🐌 Slow Food Movement

Tres veces tú

by Federico Moccia • 2017

An engaged man discovers his first love had his son and must choose between two families.

3.10

4k+

🔄 Second Chance Love 👶 Hidden Child 💔 Love Triangle

Tres veces tú 86%

An engaged man discovers his first love had his son and must choose between two families.

by Federico Moccia 2017

3.10

4k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Love 👶 Hidden Child 💔 Love Triangle

Everyday Italian

by Giada De Laurentiis • 2005

125 Italian recipes that don't require a culinary degree or a trip to a specialty store.

3.91

52k+

🍝 Italian Cooking 🇮🇹 Italian American Cuisine 🏠 Home Cooking

Everyday Italian 86%

125 Italian recipes that don't require a culinary degree or a trip to a specialty store.

by Giada De Laurentiis 2005

3.91

52k+ ratings

🍝 Italian Cooking 🇮🇹 Italian American Cuisine 🏠 Home Cooking

Still Life

by Sarah Winman • 2021

A Londoner inherits a flat in Florence and gathers the lonely souls who become his family.

4.15

97k+

🤲 Found Family 🍷 Postwar Italy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Community

Still Life 86%

A Londoner inherits a flat in Florence and gathers the lonely souls who become his family.

by Sarah Winman 2021

4.15

97k+ ratings

🤲 Found Family 🍷 Postwar Italy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Community

All Our Yesterdays

by Natalia Ginzburg • 1952

In Mussolini's Italy, a teenager's escape marriage strands her in a village the war invades.

3.99

5k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Wartime Family Saga 🇮🇹 Small Italian Village ⚡ Fascism And Resistance

All Our Yesterdays 86%

In Mussolini's Italy, a teenager's escape marriage strands her in a village the war invades.

by Natalia Ginzburg 1952

3.99

5k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Wartime Family Saga 🇮🇹 Small Italian Village ⚡ Fascism And Resistance

Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città

by Italo Calvino • 1963

A poor laborer chases mushrooms and moonlight through a city that has no room for wonder.

3.83

17k+

🌀 Story Cycle 🌿 Urban Pastoral 😅 Comic Misadventure

Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città Summary

Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città 86%

A poor laborer chases mushrooms and moonlight through a city that has no room for wonder.

by Italo Calvino 1963

3.83

17k+ ratings

🌀 Story Cycle 🌿 Urban Pastoral 😅 Comic Misadventure

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

by Catherine Mack • 2024

A mystery novelist's Italian book tour becomes a real whodunit when her blackmailing ex is targeted.

3.45

40k+

📚 Book Tour Murder ✍️ Author Sleuth 👯‍♀️ Sisters And Secrets

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies Summary

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies 86%

A mystery novelist's Italian book tour becomes a real whodunit when her blackmailing ex is targeted.

by Catherine Mack 2024

3.45

40k+ ratings

📚 Book Tour Murder ✍️ Author Sleuth 👯‍♀️ Sisters And Secrets

Under the Italian Sun

by Sue Moorcroft • 2021

Her mother's lies lead to Italy, a missing father, and a vineyard owner fighting for his home.

4.12

1k+

🤫 Family Secrets 🌻 Italian Countryside 🤝 Found Family

Under the Italian Sun 86%

Her mother's lies lead to Italy, a missing father, and a vineyard owner fighting for his home.

by Sue Moorcroft 2021

4.12

1k+ ratings

🤫 Family Secrets 🌻 Italian Countryside 🤝 Found Family

Cuando no queden más estrellas que contar

by Maria Martinez • 2021

Searching for her unknown father, a former ballerina finds refuge on the Italian coast.

4.35

71k+

🩰 Ballet Fiction ☀️ Italian Summer 🏠 Found Family

Cuando no queden más estrellas que contar Summary

Cuando no queden más estrellas que contar 86%

Searching for her unknown father, a former ballerina finds refuge on the Italian coast.

by Maria Martinez 2021

4.35

71k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet Fiction ☀️ Italian Summer 🏠 Found Family

The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake

by Rachel Linden • 2025

A grieving cooking-show host flees to Italy, where her family's magical cookbook stays blank.

4.04

3k+

🪄 Magical Realism Lite 💕 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family

The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake Summary

The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake 86%

A grieving cooking-show host flees to Italy, where her family's magical cookbook stays blank.

by Rachel Linden 2025

4.04

3k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism Lite 💕 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family

My Brilliant Friend

by Elena Ferrante • 2011

When brilliant Lila vanishes, Elena reopens their history of fierce love and rivalry in Naples.

4.05

480k+

🇮🇹 Post-War Italy 🏘️ Neapolitan Setting 🧠 Intellectual Rivalry

My Brilliant Friend 86%

When brilliant Lila vanishes, Elena reopens their history of fierce love and rivalry in Naples.

by Elena Ferrante 2011

4.05

480k+ ratings

🇮🇹 Post-War Italy 🏘️ Neapolitan Setting 🧠 Intellectual Rivalry

Seven Summers

by Paige Toon • 2024

Haunted by a lost love, a sculptor in Cornwall falls for the enigmatic summer tenant.

4.07

40k+

🏖️ Seaside Romance ☀️ Summer Romance 🔺 Love Triangle

Seven Summers 86%

Haunted by a lost love, a sculptor in Cornwall falls for the enigmatic summer tenant.

by Paige Toon 2024

4.07

40k+ ratings

🏖️ Seaside Romance ☀️ Summer Romance 🔺 Love Triangle

Call Me By Your Name

by André Aciman • 2007

For one summer in Italy, a teenager's obsession with the visiting scholar undoes and remakes him.

4.10

605k+

📖 Literary Romance 🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age ☀️ Summer Romance

Call Me By Your Name 86%

For one summer in Italy, a teenager's obsession with the visiting scholar undoes and remakes him.

by André Aciman 2007

4.10

605k+ ratings

📖 Literary Romance 🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age ☀️ Summer Romance

Tutte le poesie

by Eugenio Montale • 1984

A Nobel poet's map of the world: lemon trees, cuttlefish bones, and a single flawed link.

4.63

750

🎭 Italian Poetry 🎭 Modernist Poetry 🎭 Existential Despair

Tutte le poesie 86%

A Nobel poet's map of the world: lemon trees, cuttlefish bones, and a single flawed link.

by Eugenio Montale 1984

4.63

750 ratings

🎭 Italian Poetry 🎭 Modernist Poetry 🎭 Existential Despair

La portalettere

by Francesca Giannone • 2023

A northern woman in 1930s southern Italy scandalizes her village by becoming its first postwoman.

4.05

24k+

🏡 Multi-Generational Saga 🌞 Southern Italy 💔 Forbidden Love

La portalettere 86%

A northern woman in 1930s southern Italy scandalizes her village by becoming its first postwoman.

by Francesca Giannone 2023

4.05

24k+ ratings

🏡 Multi-Generational Saga 🌞 Southern Italy 💔 Forbidden Love

Beneath a Scarlet Sky

by Mark T. Sullivan • 2017

A Milan teen pressed into Nazi service spies from the driver's seat of a general's car.

4.43

395k+

🇮🇹 Italian Resistance 📖 Based On True Story 🕵️ Reluctant Spy

Beneath a Scarlet Sky 86%

A Milan teen pressed into Nazi service spies from the driver's seat of a general's car.

by Mark T. Sullivan 2017

4.43

395k+ ratings

🇮🇹 Italian Resistance 📖 Based On True Story 🕵️ Reluctant Spy

The Lying Life of Adults

by Elena Ferrante • 2019

A Naples girl overhears her father call her ugly. She finds the aunt she's forbidden to know.

3.67

87k+

🗝️ Family Secrets 🧬 Inherited Trauma 👧 Female Adolescence

The Lying Life of Adults 86%

A Naples girl overhears her father call her ugly. She finds the aunt she's forbidden to know.

by Elena Ferrante 2019

3.67

87k+ ratings

🗝️ Family Secrets 🧬 Inherited Trauma 👧 Female Adolescence

Quattro presunti familiari

by Daniele Mencarelli • 2026

A skeleton surfaces in rural Italy. Four families wait, each hoping the DNA result is not theirs.

3.37

487

👮 Police Procedural 🔬 Forensic Investigation 💰 Police Corruption

Quattro presunti familiari 86%

A skeleton surfaces in rural Italy. Four families wait, each hoping the DNA result is not theirs.

by Daniele Mencarelli 2026

3.37

487 ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔬 Forensic Investigation 💰 Police Corruption

My Favorite Kidnapper

by Melanie Moreland • 2023

Kidnapped to Italy for sixty cakes, a baker learns her grumpy billionaire wants more than dessert.

3.94

8k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity

My Favorite Kidnapper 86%

Kidnapped to Italy for sixty cakes, a baker learns her grumpy billionaire wants more than dessert.

by Melanie Moreland 2023

3.94

8k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity

L'Art de la joie

by Goliarda Sapienza • 1998

From Sicilian poverty she rises, loving freely, outliving fascism, learning joy as rebellion.

4.11

11k+

✊ Feminist Epic 🏠 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Queer Love

L'Art de la joie 86%

From Sicilian poverty she rises, loving freely, outliving fascism, learning joy as rebellion.

by Goliarda Sapienza 1998

4.11

11k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Epic 🏠 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Queer Love

A Greek Island Gift

by Mandy Baggot • 2025

A broke founder inherits a stranger's Corfu estate. Her co-heir wants her off his island.

4.25

2k+

🌞 Sun-Drenched Romance 📜 Unexpected Inheritance 💕 Enemies To Lovers

A Greek Island Gift 86%

A broke founder inherits a stranger's Corfu estate. Her co-heir wants her off his island.

by Mandy Baggot 2025

4.25

2k+ ratings

🌞 Sun-Drenched Romance 📜 Unexpected Inheritance 💕 Enemies To Lovers

The Love We Found

by Jill Santopolo • 2025

A Rome address pulls a mother into her late love's secret life and a second chance.

3.90

14k+

💞 Second-Chance Romance 🤫 Hidden Paternity 🕊️ Love After Loss

The Love We Found 86%

A Rome address pulls a mother into her late love's secret life and a second chance.

by Jill Santopolo 2025

3.90

14k+ ratings

💞 Second-Chance Romance 🤫 Hidden Paternity 🕊️ Love After Loss

Rules for the Summer

by Meghan Quinn • 2026

She needed funding for her candy shop. He arrived with a diamond and the cottage next door.

3.88

45k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🌊 Seaside Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Rules for the Summer 86%

She needed funding for her candy shop. He arrived with a diamond and the cottage next door.

by Meghan Quinn 2026

3.88

45k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🌊 Seaside Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Wind off the Small Isles

by Mary Stewart • 1968

On a volcanic island, a young assistant discovers two lovers preserved in ash for a century.

3.76

774

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🌋 Volcanic Island Setting

The Wind off the Small Isles 85%

On a volcanic island, a young assistant discovers two lovers preserved in ash for a century.

by Mary Stewart 1968

3.76

774 ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🌋 Volcanic Island Setting

Royal Valentine

by Sariah Wilson • 2024

A princess and a prince meet in Rome, each believing the other is nobody special.

3.14

60k+

👑 Royal Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔄 Identity Swap

Royal Valentine 85%

A princess and a prince meet in Rome, each believing the other is nobody special.

by Sariah Wilson 2024

3.14

60k+ ratings

👑 Royal Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔄 Identity Swap

Questa sera è già domani

by Lia Levi • 2018

A Jewish boy in 1930s Genoa discovers that being exceptional cannot protect him from history.

3.51

457

🏛️ Fascist Italy 🕍 Jewish Coming Of Age 🌟 Child Prodigy

Questa sera è già domani 85%

A Jewish boy in 1930s Genoa discovers that being exceptional cannot protect him from history.

by Lia Levi 2018

3.51

457 ratings

🏛️ Fascist Italy 🕍 Jewish Coming Of Age 🌟 Child Prodigy

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