Since November 2009American Saturdays Cover Wars: Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
October 9th, 2010 by Danielle
Released in February in hardback Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani is now coming to the States in paperback with a fresh new cover. The paperback edition coming November 19 features a more whimsical city scene that I rather prefer, not as serious as the first. I’m definitely looking forward to reviewing this one in the near future for an upcoming book tour. Tell me, what do you think? Regardless of hardback or paperback, which cover do you prefer and why?
As Brava, Valentine begins, snow falls like glitter over Tuscany at the wedding of her grandmother, Teodora, and longtime love, Dominic. Valentine’s dreams are dashed when Gram announces that Alfred, “the prince,” Valentine’s only brother and nemesis, has been named her partner at Angelini Shoes. Devastated, Valentine falls into the arms of Gianluca, a sexy Tuscan tanner who made his romantic intentions known on the Isle of Capri. Despite their passion for one another and Gianluca’s heartfelt letters, a long-distance relationship seems impossible.
As Valentine turns away from romance and devotes herself to her work, mentor and pattern cutter June Lawton guides her through her power struggle with Alfred, while best friend and confidante Gabriel Biondi moves into 166 Perry Street, transforming her home and point of view. Savvy financier Bret Fitzpatrick, Valentine’s first love and former fiancée who still carries a torch for her, encourages Valentine to exploit her full potential as a designer and a business woman with a plan that will bring her singular creations to the world.
A once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity takes Valentine from the winding streets of Greenwich Village to the sun-kissed cobblestones of Buenos Aires, where she finds a long-buried secret hidden deep within a family scandal. Once unearthed, the truth rocks the Roncallis and Valentine is determined to hold her family together. More so, she longs to create one of her own, but is torn between a past love that nurtured her, and a new one that promises to sustain her.
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I think I prefer the old one! It matches Very Valentine and I don’t much like the couple under the umbrella in the paperback cover!
I prefer the new cover, it draws me to it.
I’m kind of weird, i prefer the more serious covers.
I like the atmosphere of the old cover.