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Five Days in Venice

By: Fiona Collins
Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
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He’s the old flame she’s tried to put out. But should they rekindle their love—one more time?

When bestselling romance novelist Olivia Sackville arrives at Venice’s prestigious winter literary festival, she’s prepared for everything except seeing Leo Greene—Britain’s number-one crime author and the man who’s forever turning her life upside down. The festival’s demanding schedule keeps throwing them together, and in a city like Venice, there’s no escaping the past—or each other.

While Leo seems determined to prove he’s changed, Olivia battles against the magnetic pull between them—twenty years of almost-love have taught her that falling for Leo Greene only leads to heartbreak.

Between champagne receptions and foggy canal walks, their undeniable chemistry resurfaces. But with both harbouring devastating secrets and the scars of old betrayals still fresh, they must decide if their story deserves a second draft—or if some loves are better left unfinished. As the festival’s five days draw to a close, will they finally find the courage to write their own ending?

©2026 by Fiona Collins. (P)2026 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Contemporary Italy Heartfelt
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I liked the premise of the story and the setting. The food descriptions and descriptions of colour were lovely. But overall, it was not a satisfying book. The chapter breaks kept cutting into the story in the most disruptive way. The story didn’t flow, it was chopped into bits. Towards the end, the time jumps just wove together into mush and it was hard, emotionally, to keep track. Olivia is a very strange character, I could not get a feel for her at all. She spends the entire time being distant, standoffish, prudish, and reserved. There’s no warmth to her, no personality. Leo’s infatuation with her is utterly baffling. There are no satisfying romantic scenes in the entire book. It’s all stop and start throughout. The author doesn’t keep the tension tight, she keeps snipping it with a pair of scissors at every turn so it lies in pieces on the floor. Disappointing. It had so much potential.

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