Ketchup & Carbonara: A Witty Italian Love Story... Not a Cookbook - Steven Bale

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Résumé :
Based on a true story, this novel will have you laughing more than once with an occasional shedding of tears. Laura, a feisty Italian language tutor, loves to glam with glitterati, but isn't sure if returning home to Rome is the best way in avoiding a shameful past she'd rather forget. After she lands, her student, Alex, asks for her help to find his late-great aunt's missing will. When the will-quest finds them both in Rome, the walls of professionalism start to crumble as the battle to deny their feelings for each other begins. Even though Alex is cute in a boyish kind of way, the idea of dating her flannel-obsessed, younger student never crossed her mind until now. Just as Alex starts to wonder if Laura would consider a kid who lives with his parents and has zero Instagram followers, his attending and overly protective mother plots against his amorous intentions. She wouldn't dare let her son date an older woman. Especially an Italian!

Biographie:
Born on the dusty Canadian prairies, Steven Bale spent most of his life in the Pacific Northwest. After earning a Bachelor of Science from the University of Victoria, he opened a small business which he has run successfully for twenty years. Inspired by his Roman wife who shares her passion with fearless abandon, he spends his time between Canada and their villa in Tuscany, where the contrasts of life spur his creativity with clashing enchantment.