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The trip of a lifetime

leads to the man of her dreams!

In this Destination Brides story, Maya Talbot’s taking a ro her love for art and travelbut finds a new passion—in the areous Venetian has closed hiets to know the man behind the masterpieces and becomes even more captivated

Dear Reader,

Ciao! I was lucky enough to visit the beautiful city of Venice, Italy, several years ago I still daydreaical time I spent there The architecture, the beauty of the canals and the wealth of history all took my breath away And the people were just lovely, so friendly and warm

So the setting for Maya and Vito’s roht back some wonderful memories for ondola! And they quickly find the for each other But each has an internal wound from their past they need to contend with before they can move forward Maya is in Europe to seek solace after a crushing betrayal Vito refuses to forgive hi for any kind of emotional involvement But fate intervenes

I hope you enjoy reading their story, as they fall in love in one of thecities in the world

Nina

CHAPTER ONE

IF ONLY SHE hadn’t left her packing until the last minute

Though the chore did give her so to do, didn’t it? A task to take her ht hours The tied fiancée with a set, determined future to a woman betrayed

Maya Talbot tossed the sandal she was about to pack across the rooust It hit the ith an unsatisfactory thud and left a dark s was herconcern at thewith right now: the fact that she’d suddenly found herself single, heartbroken and sorely disappointed All as she was about to erandift her A journey that had originally beenthat journey solo

It was all too much Maya plopped down on the bed and sobbed into her hands How could you, Matt? How could you do this to me?

But perhaps the better question was, how long had he been deceiving her? Exactly how many women had he betrayed her with?

A nagging voice in her head teased that, deep down inside, she had known She had always suspected that things between herself and her fiancé were not quite right She had to adan discussing wedding preparations The utter lack of focus froo over all the details She’d put it all down to pre-wedding nervousness on her part and obtuse male disinterest on his Clearly, she should have listened to her instincts

This trip was one she’d often drea able to take The fantastical trip she’d always referred to as her “bucket list” getaway

All she’d ever wanted since taking that art history class as a university freshrand art in world-famous museums and to marvel at the majestic architecture within the in with a stop in Venice Followed by a trip by rail to Florence and Rolorious metropolis of London

Maya had talked about it so often with her grandh some miracle, Grand held in Martha’s Vineyard where she lived Bless her soul, the wos to bid on it for Maya as an early wedding gift For a wedding that noould never take place

Maya sucked in a deep breath She couldn’t do this She couldn’t go through with this trip; she had to have been kidding herself to even consider it And there was not one other person she could think of to ask to acco coe of feradually moved out of the Boston area over the years Her cousins were quite busy with their own lives, as well—Lexie blessed recently with a newborn and Zelda immersed in a major project at work