

Cat then decides that it is in her best interest to embrace new opportunities with zest - opportunities that could cause her life to change for the better. However, much to her dismay, not everything works as perfectly for Cat as she had initially hoped. After Cat's mother had returned home years later, then passed away shortly after, Cat can't help but feel that something major is still missing from her life.Īfter being humiliated at her younger sister's wedding for still being single at her "old age," Cat decides to vacation in Rome with hopes of reuniting with a man she had experienced a romantic fling with years earlier. Thirty-four-year-old Cat Connelly has always been consistent and careful with her lifestyle, especially since her mother ran off years ago and left Cat with the responsibility of helping her father raise her younger sister and run the household. Kristin Harmel lives in Orlando, Florida.Renowned journalist and travel expert Kristin Harmel has written a total of seven novels as of this writing - Italian for Beginners is Harmel's fifth novel. She's also the author of two novels for teens. She also reports for People magazine, and her work has appeared in magazines including Glamour, Runner's World, Woman's Day, American Baby, and Men's Health. Kristin Harmel is the author of four women's fiction novels.

It will take an unexpected friendship with a fiery Italian waitress, a whirlwind Vespa tour of the Eternal City with a handsome stranger, and a surprise encounter with an old acquaintance to show Cat that life doesn't always work out the way you expect, but sometimes you have to have fall in order to fly. Now, she must see if she has the courage to live outside the lines for the first time - and to face a past she never understood. But her reunion with the slick and gorgeous Francesco is short-lived, and she finds herself suddenly alone in Rome. She decides to take a chance for once, accepting an invitation to spend a month with an old flame in Italy.

But after her little sister gets married, Cat wonders if she has condemned herself to a life of boredom by playing by the rules.

Thirty-four-year-old Manhattan accountant Cat Connelly has always lived life on the safe side.
