Author: leoniemack
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Christmas in Venice
Bon nadal! (or bon nadae or any of the other confusing spelling variations!) Christmas week is here and I hope you’re all looking forward to a break and some time spent with people you love, doing things you love. As a Match Made in Venice is set over winter, it features Christmas and New Year’s…
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Bella Venezia
Venice has held a fascination for English-speakers for centuries. Byron wrote prolifically about the city, the late nineteenth century leaders of the Arts and Crafts movement were activists for the preservation of the old city and now American tourists arrive in droves to wander the canals and fondamente of the city trapped in history. As…
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I Heart Romance
You may have seen a recent Twitterstorm involving the Sunday Times’ ‘Best Books in Every Genre’ headline that excluded romance and romantic fiction. Unfortunately, I think it’s only the romance readers and writers who are up in arms. I’m used to this attitude, now, which is a shame and it doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be…
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What’s Going on
Phew, I’m about to send off the edits for We’ll Always Have Venice! Then it’s on to the copy editor and proofreader and it will be with you all on 28 April 2022 (just in time for my wedding anniversary, which is lovely, considering I dedicated this one to my husband!) In other news, I…
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Book Club!
I just (virtually) visited my first book club. I met a lovely group of women who’ve just read My Christmas Number One and wanted to talk about the characters and the themes and what struck them most about the story. It was incredible. I’m still sparkling from the experience, so I wanted to blog about…
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Reviews Coming In!
The blog tour for a Match Made in Venice is running and it’s been fun hearing about everyone’s trips to Venice! As an author, I’m always too wrapped up in the characters and their feelings to gauge the market or what readers might think, so it’s always a little nerve-racking at this stage, but, third…
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New Obsession
So I absolutely ADORED an Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts, the new Italian romcom on Netflix. It’s the most enjoyable thing I’ve watched in ages and the only problem is the necessity for season two to finish the story (because the thing is only 6 half hour episodes so far). I usually hate cliffhanger endings,…
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Reader Seeks Romance
I had a blast with Liz on Reader Seeks Romance as usual, chatting about Venice and glassmaking and playing her glass version of Jeopardy! At one point Liz describes something as ‘erotic’! What could she be talking about? Take a look to find out!
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Meet the secondary characters
I absolutely embraced the secondary characters in a Match Made in Venice, especially as I planned this as the first in a two-book series, so I knew the secondary characters would appear in both. I can’t wait to bring you We’ll Always Have Venice next year, where we get more of all of the characters,…
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Meet Piero
The male main character of a Match Made in Venice is Piero Zanetti, eleventh generation Murano glass master and world-renowned studio glass artist. Piero is full of contrasts and conflicts: the drive for perfection in artistic expression and the pull of a very old and very strong tradition; freedom to be who he is and…
Leonie Mack 