Love & Rome by Jenna Lo Bianco EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Jenna Lo Bianco
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- Genre: contemporary romance
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The scent palette of Rome changes distinctly as the calendar flicks to
October.
Rich, damp earth. That’s what Rome – the toughened, weathered,
impenetrable marble façade of the città eterna – smells like in October.
Romans find comfort in this; it evokes a sense of timelessness, of returning
to the land. As if the first breath, that initial inhale, has the ability to stop
time. There’s something about it that’s renewing, grounding. It offers
reassurance and stillness before the incessant November rain.
This was the scent that greeted Stella Chiaro as she alighted from the H at
her usual stop. She breathed in deeply, closing her eyes as the evening air
filled her lungs. Over her shoulder, the sun had almost finished its descent,
caressing the evergreen foliage of the stone pines of Isola Tiberina with its
deepening terracotta hues. Time, marked by the changing face and sensory
delights of Mamma Roma, wasn’t just passing; now, it was frantically
calling Stella’s name.
She took a moment to button up her cropped jacket against the thick, cool
blanket the sun’s retreat had allowed to rest upon Rome, then she sighed.
Suitcase in tow, she crossed Lungotevere degli Anguillara and made her
way to the ledge overlooking the Tiber. With the majestic Ponte Garibaldi to
her left and the sky awash with the golden stains of the dying Roman
sunset, she smiled to herself.
Blowing a good evening kiss to the sky, she turned and looked down at
her brown leather boots on the cobblestones of Trastevere. As if
magnetically connected to the ground beneath her feet, Stella felt the pull of
Rome tether her to the spot. Rome wanted her here; this she knew.
Opening the banking app on her phone, she was relieved to see a
significantly healthier balance.
Thanks, Mum. You’ve got six months, Stella. Get your life together. This is
it.
A tingling fidget of her fingers tried to mar her confidence, but Stella
shook it off. She simply had to make it work this time, or the past ten
months living in that little apartment in Trastevere would have all been in
vain.
Really, what do I have to show for it all?
An inbox folder full of rejections.
A few extra kilos.
No. Stella wasn’t done trying yet.
The three-week trip back home to Melbourne to see her mum had been
food for the soul, but now, and perhaps forever, Rome was the only place
she wanted to call home.
Adjusting the length of her suitcase’s telescopic handle, she started down
Via della Lungaretta.
In the chat she shared with her flatmate, Marcella, Stella wrote: I’m two
minutes away. Do you have ‘company’?
You’ll see.
Stella laughed, then scrunched her nose.
Che schifo! she sent, darting between pedestrians.
She continued onto Via di San Calisto, swapping greetings with familiar
faces. As the large double doors of her palazzo came into view, she began
poking through the many pockets of her weary-looking satchel for her keys.
Short a spare hand, she withdrew her wallet from the rear pocket and tucked
it in the crook of her right arm to free up enough space to push other
contents around. Still, however, no keys made themselves known.
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