When Alice Baker discovers that she's been adopted, she knows she won't have peace until she's found her Italian birth mother. But all she has is a letter written twenty-five years ago and an old address.Jaded about love and unable to forgive his ex-fiancee and his brother, Paolo Rondino is struggling to find inspiration for a sculpture that will make or break his career. Hoping that a trip home will help him find his muse again, he decides to return to Italy, even if this means confronting the two people who betrayed him.Alice and Paolo strike a he will help her find her birth mother and she will pretend to be his girlfriend to please his mother. It looks like the perfect exchange, until real feelings start to grow...Perfect for fans of Jo Thomas, Katie Fforde and Cathy Bramley.A romantic mystery set in Calabria with a young lady who has just discovered she was adopted and a young man who doesn't want to attend his brother's wedding. An intriguing story of how the two of them both find what they are looking for.- Philippa CareyPreviously published by The People's Friend as Her Mother's Secret .