Free spirited and with an urgent need to find a husband in four days, she meets Tom on the plane on the way to Italy. Inspiration came to me through a very dear friend and I have dedicated Italian Affair to this friend, Melissa Lulham who told me how she had discovered her birth grandfather on Lipari Island.īrianna Ballantine was born in that moment. Now, for those of you who have read Holiday Affair, you will remember Tom as a bit of a stuffed shirt, as one reviewer of Italian Affair described him! Tom needed someone who was free spirited, who could tease him, but who would also fall in love with the wonderful man he is. Tom, the middle brother in Holiday Affair needed to find his happy ever after and I mulled over his problem and what sort of woman he would need to fall in love with, to complete his happiness. So where did the idea for the second book in the series… Italian Affair come from? Suddenly I was an author, a published author and a bestselling author all in a matter of four months! Seeing my debut novel hit the best seller lists and get fabulous reviews was overwhelming. Having my first contemporary romance, Holiday Affair, accepted for publication by the fabulous Entangled Publishing was the first exciting part of my writing journey after I retired from my career in education two years ago.

I’d like to tell you about how this book came about… She’s been very kind sharing with us the story of how she decided to write Italian Affair. Today I’m sharing with you the new novel of Annie Seaton, a wonderful author I met through Facebook and who loves nothing more than to make our hearts beat faster with her romantic stories.

Holiday Affair by Annie Seaton