Spotlight & Giveaway: The Secret Love Letters of Olivia Moretti by Jennifer Probst

Posted March 1st, 2022 by in Blog, Spotlight / 32 comments

Today, HJ is pleased to share with you Jennifer Probst’s new release: The Secret Love Letters of Olivia Moretti

 

Spotlight&Giveaway

 

A secret romance sends three estranged sisters to the Amalfi Coast to follow clues about their mother’s past, and challenges them to a whole new future, in this emotional novel from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst.

Priscilla, Devon, and Bailey haven’t been close in years, but when the sisters are forced to come together to settle their mother’s estate, they discover a secret. In an old trunk, they happen upon ownership papers for a house on the Amalfi Coast, along with a love letter to their mother from an anonymous man, promising to meet her in Italy during the summer of her sixty-fifth birthday.

Now they’re questioning everything they knew about her history. In order to get answers about the woman they thought they knew, they’ll have to go back to where it all started. The sisters embark on a trip to the stunning cliffside village of Positano, Italy, to track down the mysterious ex-lover, and figure out who their mother really was.

As Priscilla, Devon, and Bailey unearth the truth, they also experience the magic of Italy, the power of sisterly love, a little unexpected romance, and newfound hope for the future.

 

Enjoy an exclusive excerpt from The Secret Love Letters of Olivia Moretti 

“Um, guys. I found something.”
Dev turned, expecting to see more quilts, but Bailey was holding a fat manila envelope in her hands. “It’s probably copies of important financials or old pictures,” Dev said, peering over her sister’s shoulder.
Bailey opened the clasp and pulled out a stack of letters tied with a purple ribbon. Dev watched as her sister tugged on the ribbon and flipped slowly through the papers. No envelopes. Just one letter after another with dates at the top and the same salutation repeated.
Livia, amore mio.
“What is it?” Pris asked, turning from the closet.
“Letters. A lot of them,” Bailey said.
Dev picked up the envelope and slid her hand inside. “Nothing else in here. Are they to us?”
Bailey shook her head. “They’re from someone named R. And they look like love letters.”
The sudden silence seemed to crackle with electricity. They shared a look. Pris shook her head. “Impossible. She wasn’t dating anyone after Dad. And she got married at twenty-three, so there wasn’t tons of time to have love affairs.”
“Maybe they were from a college boyfriend?” Dev suggested. “Maybe she forgot they were in there.”
Bailey’s fingers tightened around the papers as she scanned through some of them. “These seem kind of intense.”
Pris reached inside the trunk. “I found something else. It looks like a certificate.”
Dev waited while her sister examined the document. When she looked up, shock carved out the lines of her face. “It’s a deed for a house. That Mom owns. In Italy.”
Bailey gasped. “Wait—Mom has a house in Italy? That’s crazy! She would’ve told us.”
Head swimming, Dev tried to focus. “Can I see that?” Pris handed it over. “Oh my God, Pris is right. Mom owns a place in Positano, Italy.”
“Is that on the Amalfi Coast?” Bailey asked, frowning. “We don’t even know anyone from Italy. Has she ever mentioned it to one of you?”
They shook their heads. “There has to be some explanation,” Pris said. “I’ll get in touch with her lawyer and see if he knew about it.”
“And Dad, of course,” Bailey added. “Maybe it was Dad’s and he gave it to her in the divorce?”
“Doubt it. Don’t you think we would’ve taken a trip there?” Dev asked.
“I don’t know what to think,” Bailey said in a strangled voice. “It’s so weird.”
“Maybe she left us a letter?” Pris suggested.
Bailey split up the papers. “Good idea, let’s look. I only glanced through them.”
They each shuffled through their pile, but Dev found nothing addressed to them.
Pris sighed. “I don’t see any letter to us. They’re all from this R guy,” Pris said. “But we need to go through the rest of her things. Maybe the explanation for the house is somewhere else and we missed it. Did Mom keep a diary? Journal? Special folder of personal items?”
“We found those already, remember? We needed all that stuff for the funeral and death certificate,” Dev said.
Bailey waved her hand in the air. Her voice sounded highly pitched. “Guys, you need to hear this.”
She began to read.

Excerpt. ©Jennifer Probst. Posted by arrangement with the publisher. All rights reserved.
 
 

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Meet the Author:

Jennifer Probst is the New York Times bestselling author of the Billionaire Builders series, the Searching For . . . series, the Marriage to a Billionaire series, the Steele Brothers series, the Stay series, and the Sunshine Sisters series. Like some of her characters, Probst, along with her husband and two sons, calls New York’s Hudson Valley home. When she isn’t traveling to meet readers, she enjoys reading, watching “shameful reality television,” and visiting a local Hudson Valley animal shelter. Follow her at JenniferProbst.com.

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32 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: The Secret Love Letters of Olivia Moretti by Jennifer Probst”

  1. Diana Hardt

    Nice cover. I liked the excerpt. It sounds like a really interesting book.

  5. Pat Lieberman

    I enjoyed this author’s books and cannot wait to read this one.

  19. Dianne Casey

    This is on my TBR list. I really enjoyed the excerpt and I’m looking forward to reading the book.

    • Leeza Stetson

      The excerpt makes me want to read more. It waggles a carrot to interest me.

  25. Tina R

    This sounds interesting. I lke the idea of finding secret letters and searching for answers.

  28. Patricia B.

    I enjoyed the excerpt. It reminds us that we do not always know all there is to know about our parents. We see them as parents, older and not as people in their teens and twenties. It is hard to see them in a role other than parent. I know our adult children really have no real idea of what we were like in our youth. We have told them, but I know they can’t picture it. They see a 75 year old with health issues, not someone in their early 20’s, a Peace Corps volunteer, traveling alone in SE Asia and climbing active volcanoes. I don’t think they believe me when I tell them about some of the things I did. Their mother was probably right in keeping that part of her life secret. It was a special part of her life, obviously not to be shared. The daughters likely wouldn’t have understood or appreciated it.

  29. Patricia B.

    I enjoyed the excerpt. It reminds us that we do not always know all there is to know about our parents. We see them as parents, older and not as people in their teens and twenties. It is hard to see them in a role other than parent. I k now our adult children really have no real idea of what we were like in our youth. We have told them, but I know they can’t picture it. They see a 75 year old with health issues, not someone in their early 20’s, a Peace Corps volunteer, traveling alone in SE Asia and climbing active volcanoes. I don’t think they believe me when I tell them about some of the things I did. Their loss.

  31. Bonnie

    What a wonderful book! Great cover and excerpt. I’d love to read more.