NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER âĸ One small Italian American town in America gets the makeover it never expected in this âeccentric, unpredictable, entertainingâ (The Boston Globe) novel from the author of the beloved Big Stone Gap series
âAn artfully designed tale [with] characters so lively they bounce off the page [and] wit so subtle that even the best jokes seem effortless.ââPeople
Bartolomeo di Crespi is the acclaimed interior decoratorânot to mention the most eligible bachelorâin Our Lady of Fatima, New Jersey. From the dazzling shores of the Garden State to the legendary fabric houses of New York City, from the prickly purveyors of fine art in London to the Mediterranean coast of Italy, Bartolomeo is on a mission to bring talent, sophistication, and his aesthetic vision to his hometown. So when the renovation of the local church is scheduled, he assumes there is only one man to oversee the job.
Recruiting an artist and a stained-glass artisan to help with the projectâtwo handsome men who create romantic mayhem among Bartolomeoâs sister, his erstwhile fiancÊe, and all the other lovelorn ladies of OLOFâBartolomeo struggles to create art while remaining the steadfast linchpin of the volatile di Crespi clan. Together, Bartolomeo and his team will do more than blow the dust off the old Fatima frescoesâthey will turn the town upside down, challenge the faithful, and restore hope where there once was none.