If you’ve been keeping track at home, you’re probably (hopefully!) well aware that there’s a new multi-author series of novellas coming to you in mid-April through June. A Tuscan Legacy was the brainchild of Marion Ueckermann and Autumn Macarthur and I’m delighted that they asked me to join in the fun.
Heather Gray, Alexa Verde, and I have a set of siblings who are the sons of Francesca Rossi. She moved to America, met and married, and stayed, settling in Texas, to raise her three sons. Two of the three, Nick and Piero, are twins. They ended up in the Washington, D.C. area as adults. Nick (well, it’s really Nicolo, but he gets awfully mad if you call him that), is the hero of my novella, Luna Rosa.
Nick had grand plans of making music his living. He’s an accomplished pianist and composer and dreamed of touring the world to play for audiences far and near. Until he senior recital, when he froze so completely he figures they’re probably still laughing about it. He wasn’t able to completely turn away from music, though, and now spends his days tuning pianos and teaching lessons.
Louisiana Chalfant is living the life Nick thought he’d have. She’s a professional pianist, well known in the circles who know such things, and is excited about settling for a year to be the pianist for the National Symphony. You’d think it was a match made in heaven.
Luna Rosa is book 2 of the Tuscan Legacy series. You’ll get to meet Nick and Louisiana and spend a little time in some of the fun spaces that make up Washington D.C. But without all the traffic.
Here’s the back cover:
She loves the spotlight, he prefers backstage. Can they still play love’s duet?
Nick Carter’s career as a piano tuner and teacher keeps him off-stage and allows him plenty of time to compose music he has no intention of ever publishing. Enter Louisiana Chalfant, the new symphony pianist who embodies the word diva. She’s exactly the kind of woman Nick has vowed to avoid, but when they’re cajoled into playing a duet he finds there’s more to her than he first thought.
Louisiana settles into her temporary role with the symphony in Washington, D.C., glad for the reprieve from touring professionally. She’s astonished to discover immense talent in the handsome man who keeps her piano in tune. Practicing for a duet at church gives her the perfect opportunity to get to know the real Nick.
As they play together, Nick and Louisiana develop a friendship that begins to morph into something more, but what happens when their diverging goals threaten to upstage their love?
I’ve had the privilege of reading three of the Tuscan Legacy novellas (aside from my own, of course) so far and y’all are in for a treat! These books will be only available for Kindle electronically (and will be in KU), but they’ll also be available as paperbacks.
That’s Amore, book 1, by Marion Ueckermann is available for pre-order.
Luna Rosa is also available for pre-order.
Rapsodia, book 3, by Alexa Verde is also up for pre-order.
Others are coming soon! (If you want to stay on top of it, you can follow our author page on Amazon.)
If you missed the other InspyRomance blog posts about A Tuscan Legacy, you can catch up with Heather, Alexa, Marion, Autumn, and Narelle.
Elizabeth Maddrey is a semi-reformed computer geek and homeschooling mother of two who lives in the suburbs of Washington D.C. When she isn’t writing, Elizabeth is a voracious consumer of books. She loves to write about Christians who struggle through their lives, dealing with sin and receiving God’s grace on their way to their own romantic happily ever after.
Hi Elizabeth, I have preordered these and am looking forward to reading them. I think the idea is great and it will be fun to see how they tie together. Love the creativity of you all:)
Blessings:)
Hello Wemble! I just saw your comment, and I hope it’s okay to chime in. Thank you so much for pre-ordering our books and your support of A Tuscan Legacy authors!
Thanks for buying our books:) We had a lot of fun plotting out this series :)
Thanks, Wemble :) Hope you enjoy them.
Hello Elizabeth! It was so much fun working with you and other authors on this project. Your book sounds wonderful, and I look forward to reading it. And huge thanks for mentioning Rapsodia!
Thanks, Alexa, same goes ?
Thank you, Elizabeth! :) <3
Elizabeth, I loved reading Nick and Louisiana’s story. I’m busy now with Rapsodia, and we have yet another winner here with Alexa’s story.
Thanks for mentioning our books and posting our links.
And of course, readers can also see so much more on our website: atuscanlegacy.com
Thanks, Marion! Yes, the three I’ve read beside my own (your book 1, Alexa’s and Clare’s) have all been delightful! I’m looking forward to reading the rest myself :)
Marion and Elizabeth, you just made my day! Huge thanks!
Hi Elizabeth! Luna Rosa is preordered. Any story with music is delightful and enjoy the Washington DC setting. While it has been a while since I have visited our nation’s capital, I have fond memories of DuPont Circle, riding the subway, visiting the Mall, the museums, and Arlington Cemetary. Have some interesting stories, that I will include in my memoirs. Happy Easter.
Thanks, Renate! The DC area has so many lovely and fun things to do and see, it’s one reason I enjoy setting books here. :)
Thank you so much, Renate! You’ve been such a great supporter of the series, and it’s appreciated very much.
Well, this has piqued my interest! Looking forward to this series..thanks gor the heads up!
Yay! I think it’s going to be a great set of reads.
This sounds like a great series!
Thanks! I’m excited for it to start releasing!
I love this series.
I have read ARCS of That’s Aore and Luna Rosa and eagerly awaiting the next.
Congratulations on a job well done.
Yay! Thanks Linda!
Thank you, Linda! God willing, Rapsodia should be on its way to you soon!
I’m really looking forward to reading this series. It sounds so intriguing. I’ve set a reminder for release day of this book.
Yay! Thanks :)
They all sound so much fun!
I think so too — I have enjoyed the ones I’ve gotten to read so far.
I’ve already pre-ordered the books. I look forward to reading all of them.
Yay! Thanks!
I’ve got the first 2 pre-ordered!
Yay! Thanks :)
Yay! Thanks, Margaret!
Thanks for info! I followed link for authors page. I was born in DC and lived in its suburbs most of my life. We recently moved to Kentucky. I enjoy reading about my old home and birth place.
Very fun! I wasn’t born here, but I’ve lived here longer than anywhere else. It’s a great area, though the traffic is insane. :)
I’m sure readers will love Elizabeth’s story and her characters! It’s been awesome for me seeing how each author took the very sketchy character information Marion and I put together initially, and created a real and relatable personality, with his or her own distinct story!
LOL, that’s part of what I’ll be blogging on tomorrow. :)
Oh fun! Yes, I loved the leeway we had to develop our peeps :)
I’m really excited for this whole series. I’ve pre-ordered the first three books. I look forward to getting lost in all things Italian! YAY!
Yay! I’m excited too – I do kind of feel like I should mention that not *all* the stories are set in Italy, just one of the characters is descended from the Italian family. So like my story is all in the Washington, D.C. area and Nick’s only 1/2 Italian since his mom married an American. :)
Elizabeth,
That’s okay, because I’m half Italian and I LOVE to read any thing that has even rainy bit!
Oops….not rainy….tiny! Crazy autocorrect!
I have pre-ordered all 3, and have read the first one. I think this will be an amazing series, and I am excited to see each one come out!
Yay! :)
Thumbs up to being able to experience D.C. without all the traffic. Sounds like a neat story.