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Book Review: The Echoes of Love

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Buy from Amazon.in Buy from Amazon US Buy from Amazon UK Title:  The Echoes of Love Author: Hannah Fielding Genre: Fiction, Romance Publisher: London Wall Publishing Pages: 416 Rating: 4/5 The serene landscape of Italy, the calm waters of Venice, the soft glow of moonlight and the passion of a lover's embrace.   The Echoes of Love  is all this and much more. This is my second time reading a book by Hannah Fielding and once again, she has won me over! Venetia Aston-Montagu is an architect, working in her godmother's firm in Venice. She meets Paolo who comes to her rescue one night and is instantly attracted to him but keeps her emotions in check as she is still healing from her lost love. Paolo, on the other hand, displays his feelings for her but Venetia is confused by the sad blue eyes of his. What secrets do they hold? They find themselves coming closer but then Venetia finds that Paolo has a beautiful, young girl living with him in Tuscany. With n...

Inferno

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Rating: 4/5 Title:  Inferno Author: Dan Brown Genre: Fiction, Adventure Pages: 528 Publisher: Random House ISBN-13: 9780593072493 After 'The Lost Symbol' I was a little skeptical about buying this book, but I went ahead and bought it anyway in the slight hope that it might have something interesting inside. Dan Brown didn't disappoint me this time. The story unfolds with the famous Harvard symbologist, Robert Langdon, waking up in a hospital having absolutely no memory of his whereabouts. He soon finds out that he is in Florence and is still in a confused state when an attempt to assassinate him is made. With only Dr. Sienna Brooks by his side and a vivid memory of a silver haired woman telling him to 'seek and find', Robert Langdon has to unravel the mystery behind all the chaos occurring around him. As clues lead him from Florence to Venice and then to Turkey, he realizes he has only a little time left to save the world from a...