Meet Me in Venice

By Elizabeth Adler

Book Overview

FOUR WORDS WOULD CHANGE HER LIFE...
Precious Rafferty is an American antiques dealer living in Paris. Though Precious--known as Preshy--lives in the world's most romantic city, she keeps her feet firmly on the ground. No man will ever sweep her off her feet. Until she meets Bennett James. He's perfect in every way. Is he too good to be true? Granted, she doesn't know much about his business or personal life in Shanghai, but isn't it time to stop being so jaded about romance? And then her long-lost cousin Lily Song sends her an urgent message about Preshy's new love. "Meet me in Venice" are Lily's cryptic words.
ONE MAN MIGHT POSSIBLY END IT...
Lily lives in Shanghai and knows the antiques underworld there--and she has a secret important enough to draw her to Venice to meet Preshy for the first time, face-to-face. Ruggedly handsome, world-weary writer Sam Knight senses there's a story afoot. Precious senses he's getting closer and closer to her and enmeshed in this tangled web of danger and desire. But is Sam also not all he seems to be? Does he have a terrible secret he's keeping from Preshy? In Venice, Precious will have to weave through a maze of betrayers and seducers to discover who she can trust with her heart...and with her life.
Page-turning, lushly descriptive, and intelligent, Meet Me in Venice is a cat-and-mouse game with plenty of twists and wonderful characters you'll never forget. It is Elizabeth Adler at her storytelling best.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312364482
• ISBN13: 9780312364489
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Perfect read for daydreaming and wandering around the world.

My attention was drawn to the cover of this delicious book, AND because I have been to Venice several times. Had never read any of Adler's books prior to this. Loved "Meet Me in Venice" because it is purely make-believe and it was really grand to sit in the sand, hear the ocean and get taken away from it all. I could not put it down. Since then (3 weeks ago), I have read "One of Those Malibu Nights" - which was equally enthralling, and am now half-way through an Adler paperback (bought at a flea market years ago and forgot about) "Fortune is a Woman". This one kicks butt. Back to my beach chair. p.s. absolutely LOVE how the author describes and writes about familiar places, in Venice, Malibu, and all the other wonderful places.

Escape to the World of Elizabeth Adler

From Paris to Shanghai to Venice and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Elizabeth Adler takes the reader on a suspenseful adventure filled with romance, murder, handsome strangers, dowager aunts, and a mysterious treasure. Precious Rafferty is an American expatriate living in Paris. Her small antiques store and close friends are her life until handsome Bennett James walks into her world. At 38, Precious is not as sophisticated as the reader might expect, and this intriguing man sweeps her off her feet in a whirlwind romance that is too good to be true. The fast-paced action is just beginning as we discover Bennett also has a connection with Precious' cousin Lily in Shanghai, a relative she has never met but who is also in the antiques business. Alas, Lily's business is decidedly shadier and most of her deals are done in back alleys and are highly illegal. With the help of her assistant, Mary Lou Chen, an unscrupulous beauty, the two walk a highly dangerous path. Mary Lou has fallen in love with Bennett and his trail of broken hearts from Shanghai to Paris is about to converge in Venice. Adler lets us escape into the luxurious life of jet-setters and those who aspire to be jet-setters. Her trademark skill in recreating the local color of the world's most exotic cities serves the reader well here as we are treated to a costume carnival in Venice, the quaint cafes of Paris, and the underworld of Shanghai. Let yourself get caught up in this gripping tale of deceit and desire and enjoy the trip to some of the world's most exciting places.

Great Summer Book

This book was a great Summer read. I had a hard time putting this book down and enjoyed this book. I felt sad when I can to the end of this novel, since I really enjoyed reading this great summer book. I have not read a good summer book like this in a long time. I can not wait to read the next book written by Ms Adler

A PAGE TURNER

I read this in two days. Fast paced with wonderful characters and locals. Felt it ended abruptly but no matter, another great book by Ms Adler. Thank you. Look forward to the next one.

Suspense readers will want to meet Elizabeth Adler in Venice

Thirty-eight years old American expatriate Precious "Preshy" Rafferty loves living in Paris. She especially enjoys owning and running an antique shop, but also frets that she has never met the right one though she has had her lovers. That is until now when she meets American businessman Bennett James at a café; he is visiting the city but is based six thousand miles away in Shanghai. At about the same time in Shanghai, Preshy's cousin antique dealer Lily Song possesses a valuable necklace that others covet. Especially wanting to steal and sell the jewelry is Mary-Lou Chen. Her lover, American businessman Bennett Yuan, is halfway around the world seeking a buyer. Lily warns Preshy that a schemer seeks the latter's necklace and the former's inheritance. The cousins who never met before agree to meet in Venice where they hope to expose the thieves even as Preshy wonders who to trust, her cousin or her lover. Suspense readers will want to meet Elizabeth Adler in Venice as this fast-paced thriller is loaded with fascinating characters who have no qualms about underworld trafficking except apparently the naive heroine. Preshy is precious as she finally finds love, but her cousin raises issues of trust and betrayal. Fans will be hooked from the first encounter in the Happy Bird Teahouse in Shanghais and remain entranced wondering along with the heroine who to trust until the Venice climax. Harriet Klausner