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The Italian I Was Never Supposed to Understand

A serialized novel · 32 chapters published · 3 free to read

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The night before our City Hall wedding, my best friend whispered to my fiancé in Italian about the lingerie she'd bought for him, and the whole table laughed. They didn't know I'm Italian-American. I understood every word.

Tropes & themes: contemporary · female lead · undercover · revenge · romance · workplace romance · public-scandal · business empire · found family · betrayal · hidden heir · modern city · steamy · broken engagement · secret identity

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: The Table (free)
  2. Chapter 2: The Man From La Morra (free)
  3. Chapter 3: Roses (free)
  4. Chapter 4: English Only (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: The Cold Room (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: My Signature (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: The Rooftop (free with an account)
  8. Chapter 8: Sunday Sauce (free with an account)
  9. Chapter 9: His Mother (free with an account)
  10. Chapter 10: City Hall (free with an account)
  11. Chapter 11: Nemmeno Tu (free with an account)
  12. Chapter 12: Front Page (free with an account)
  13. Chapter 13: Visiting Hours (free with an account)
  14. Chapter 14: Every Restaurant (free with an account)
  15. Chapter 15: Nine Years (free with an account)
  16. Chapter 16: Seventy-Five Years (free with an account)
  17. Chapter 17: Not My Brother's Keeper (locked)
  18. Chapter 18: Summer (locked)
  19. Chapter 19: La Morra (locked)
  20. Chapter 20: The Vineyard Next Door (locked)
  21. Chapter 21: The Box (locked)
  22. Chapter 22: Harvest (locked)
  23. Chapter 23: The Press (locked)
  24. Chapter 24: Under the Stars (locked)
  25. Chapter 25: Nonna in Piedmont (locked)
  26. Chapter 26: The Fair (locked)
  27. Chapter 27: The Numbers (locked)
  28. Chapter 28: Yes in Two Languages (locked)
  29. Chapter 29: Chiara's Sentence (locked)
  30. Chapter 30: Pina's Kitchen (locked)
  31. Chapter 31: The Wedding (locked)
  32. Chapter 32: May Seventh (locked)

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