The Venetian Playboy's Bride

by Lucy Gordon

Venice: a city of secrets and passion!Dulcie Maddox is in Venice to work--but she finds herself wanting to spend every day with a tall, handsome gondolier....Guido Calvani is no gondolier--he's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373037449
• ISBN13: 9780373037445
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Harlequin Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

An Enticing Romance!

Dulcie Maddox is a private investigator on an assignment in Venice. She meets Guido Calvani, and thinks that he's a gondolier, claiming to be an aristocrat in order to scam a young rich girl. He thinks she's simply an heiress on vacation. Attraction binds the two immediately but what happens when they find that they've been deceived by each other?Lucy Gordon's THE VENETIAN PLAYBOY'S BRIDE is an enticing romance set to the magical background of Venice. The dialogue is fun and all the characters are appealing. I especially liked the romantic hero, a unique, wealthy, yet down-to-earth man. I also loved the way the author paints a vivid picture of Venice and its history.After reading the book, you'll be tempted to get on the first flight out to Venice!Fafa Demasio

great Italian hero!!

Dulcie Maddox is a PI sent to Venice Italy to investigate the man that is romancing a rich man's daugher....a handsome gondolier. However, things are not always what they seem. Guido Calvani is an Italian aristocrat, the heir to the Calvani title, posing as a lowly gondolier as a request to a friend, and for his own enjoyment. He attracts Dulcie's attention and soon she is traveling the waters and streets of Venice with Guido. She eagerly falls in love, not knowing his true indentity and Guido himself falls in love, not knowing she is on a hired mission to prove his unworth as a suitor for an heiress. Fall in love with this lovely couple! This is a great story of secrets and romance set in a gorgeous part of the world, brought to life with vivid scenes that makes you long to visit this romantic city. Lucy Gordon is the master at her craft with sweet romances set in the interesting cities of Italy. Guido and Dulcie are the first couple to surrender to love in an exciting new trilogy "The Counts of Calvani". I look forward to meeting Leo and Marco Calvani!!