Gianna : a love story

Rating:
Summary: Obvious first attempt at romance
Review: Mrs. Holmes's first attempt at a writing a romance novel is laudable for several reasons. She has an excellent command of the English language and many of her descriptive paragraphs are wonderful. Her inclusion of Italian poetry is lovely.

However, the book demonstrates little awareness of human nature. Situations are contrived, unbelieveable.
The story line is poor and at times laughable. The use of the Italian language, although lovely poetic pieces, does little to support the plot.