How Luca Gugino Stole Christmas

Someone put a hex on me. All I want for Christmas is to enjoy my cousin’s wedding in a small Italian village. Instead, I’m stranded at the Rome train station due to a nationwide transport strike and zero rental cars. Who do my parents send to my rescue? Luca Gugino – my ex!

He’s warm and welcoming and all kinds of hotness and it infuriates me that he’s so tall. Now I’m stuck staying at his apartment because my relatives don’t have space. Really? I suspect my meddlesome mother – who would gladly barter me off like a 19th-century regency Lady in search of a husband – made sure there was no room. 

I’m on a mission to change the narrative of our imperfect past love story and leave Luca broken-hearted in a bajillion pieces as he did me.

The problem is that life isn’t all sunshine, vino, and pistachio stracciatella gelato, though I wish it were because I can’t stop fantasizing about Luca.

How Luca Gugino Stole Christmas is a delightful second-chance holiday novella romance set in an international setting.

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A Word From The Author

At the age of 9, Anna Newallo met author Judy Blume and told her she wanted to be a writer. Instead, she became a producer of award-winning independent films that have played major international festivals. Decades later, she returned to her first passion – writing. Her short stories have appeared in numerous publications. The Devil Wears Orange is her debut novel.

She lives in Toronto, Canada with her sons and rescue dog that rules the house. 

Anna Newallo

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