Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Themes:
Cheating / Infidelity
Coming Out
Cozy Mystery
Dual Timeline (Past and Present)
Femme / Femme
Fish Out of Water
Forced Proximity / Stranded Together
Humor / Comedy
Loss / Grieving / Widow
Love At First Sight
Self-Discovery
Slow Burn
Starting Over
Toaster Oven / Gay For You
Vacation / Travel
Heat Level:
Medium (sex scenes are included and may use mildly graphic description)
Archetypes:
Teacher / Professor
Geographic Location:
Canada
Continental Europe
Setting:
Foreign Country
Manor House / Estate
Vineyard
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Femme
Questioning
Trigger/Content Warning:
A WWII murder is described in one paragraph
Secrets of the Italian Villa
By M. J. Milne
A spicy, sapphic, slow burn romance about finding the courage to love again—no matter who you are.
When Gerri’s best friend asks for help, she readily agrees to be the substitute house-sitter at an Italian villa, a perfect place to heal her wounds, having just discovered that her deceased husband had been an adulterer. There, on romantic Lake Como, she succumbs to the seductive advances of Kate, one of the villa’s rental guests from California. However, the amorous pair turn amateur sleuths when they uncover the villa’s dark secrets, and discover that Gerri’s destiny has led her there for a purpose. — A love story about coming out and coming home.
