An Invisible Woman

Anne is a 59 year old American traveling alone with a group of people. If that makes sense to you you'll like the book. Marco is a younger Italian bachelor who lives with his mother. He is the driver for the tour. As the tour progresses a romance blossoms between the two. What future does a love affair between a Texan and an Italian have? Especially due to the serious age difference?The book has lively descriptions of places in Italy, particularly Florence, and some places in Texas. The two main characters are excellent. Anne is attractive and at times any reader would feel an emotional attachment to her. If you don't, check and see if your heart is still beating. Marco, at times, is good for Anne, but he has some strange ideas about life.This is not a formula romance novel, you know, where Tarzan meets super model. As you realize it's different you begin to wonder how it will end. I will read this book again, and I may have to buy several more copies. There are times when Marco does or says something to Anne and I want to crush the book under a rock.

The heroine of "An Invisible Woman" is Anne Whitman, a reserved older woman who travels to Italy on her first holiday alone. While there she meets Marco, an intense and sometimes depressed younger Italian. They begin a love affair that surprises them both with its passion and heat. Each of the two main characters lives the events in their story from his or her own perspective. Did I say that right? Just when you think you know about where they stand with one another, the other one relives the same scene and you get a completely different picture. The reason I gave the book (which held my attention throughout) four stars is that at a certain point I couldn't understand Anne's willingness to "put up" with this difficult man. Then I thought about the times I, a much younger woman, have done the same kind of thing. And that goes for most of my friends, too. This is not a formula romance. It's as unique as the two characters. I loved the Italian scenes especially because it's a place I have always wanted to visit. Maybe Anne isn't a 21st century woman, and Marco sure isn't a modern man. ( He probably would have been happier in the 19th'century). But these two are true to themselves and that makes the book honest as well.