Love & Gelato

Jenna Evans Welch

May 2016 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

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A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping New York Times bestseller filled with romance, mystery, and adventure.

Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is get back home.

But then Lina is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. Suddenly Lina’s uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. A world that inspires Lina, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother’s footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept for far too long. It’s a secret that will change everything Lina knew about her mother, her father—and even herself.

People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more.

Kirkus Reviews called Love & Gelato “a sure bet for fans of romance fiction,” while VOYA said readers “will find it difficult to put this book down.” Readers are about to discover a new place, a new romance, and a new talent.

Ratings and reviews

Can't even begin to describe how wonderful the story is. Pain Mystery Italy Love & Gelato

This. This is the love I want. Well without so many complications, but isn't that how it always is? This is such a wonderful wholesome book. It was very different from what I normally read. Gosh, this book is one I couldn't put down. I laughed, I kinda cried, and I squealed just a little bit. I highly recommend this book. I would have preferred Spanish over Italian because at least I understand it haha but it didn't make me love this book any less. Hands down, the best book I read all year.

Travel, romance and adventure and mystery...the perfect read. As I read about the sites that Lena visited I would Google them and see them too. It added another dimension to the story. I love all the details that the author gives. Very enjoyable book.

About the author

Jenna Evans Welch was the kind of insatiable child reader who had no choice but to grow up to become a writer. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato, Love & Luck, and Love & Olives. When she isn’t writing girl abroad stories, Jenna can be found chasing her children or making elaborate messes in the kitchen. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and two young children. Visit her online at JennaEvansWelch.com.