Based on a woman who appeared briefly in Casanovas legendary diaries here is an elegant and moving story of love denied and transformed from the author of The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi Intelligent poignant and yes sexy A literary pageturner for those with a brain as well as a heart San Francisco ChronicleLucia works as a servant girl in Italy and is engaged to be married But after the pox disfigures her face she flees in shame without telling her lover Years later as a reknowned Amsterdam courtesan who never goes out without her veil Lucia is at the theater when she recognizes her longlost fiance Giacomo Casanova and she cannot resist the opportunity to encounter him again Based on a woman who appeared briefly in Casanovas legendary diaries Lucia emerges as a brilliant woman who becomes every bit his match In Lucias Eyes is an elegant and moving story of love denied and transformed