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Another great writing retreat in the books! @lara.ehrlich and I wrote well, ate well, drank well... And we watched Spy! (at Barcelona Wine Bar) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXH7hfxgeM8/?utm_medium=tumblr

🎃 #FBF to my best Halloween costume yet... Ginger Spice! What's your best Halloween costume? And yes, I still have the wig... 💋 https://www.instagram.com/p/CVn1mXRLbVZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🎭 Opera! If you've read PAPARAZZI, you know it's quite a scene when Francesca and Paolo go to La Scala. I'm a huge opera fan and I'm so excited to be back at the Met! Here's a snapshot I took at Turandot... Dreamy. https://www.instagram.com/p/CViY0E5rGh9/?utm_medium=tumblr

🍾 Sitting on a patio about to order lunch, I hear someone say, "is that the author of The Francesca Trilogy?" Dear readers, it was an occasion for champagne indeed. And steak tartare. And foie gras. Cheers to the loveliest lunch! 💋 (at Grand Tour Boston) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVYheHWreks/?utm_medium=tumblr

💋 need a book to snuggle up with tonight? PAPARAZZI is only $.99! Go back to the beginning with Francesca and Paolo... https://www.instagram.com/p/CVL7s3iLeoc/?utm_medium=tumblr

🚩 Read PAPARAZZI now for $0.99 and learn from Francesca's mistakes... Link in bio. 💋 https://www.instagram.com/p/CU_Fvrir2c6/?utm_medium=tumblr

🇫🇷 Let's go champagne tasting with Francesca, Timo, and Dario... In Paris! What's your favorite scene in BACKLIGHT? 🥂 (at Georges V; Avenue des Champs Elysées) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUutGGlroHL/?utm_medium=tumblr

🇮🇹Duomo FOMO... If you're missing Milan today (like I am), fall in love with The Francesca Trilogy and visit this magnificent city! . . . BACKLIGHT is available now! 👥Friends to lovers💕 😢Family tension😐 💅Fashionista and finance nerd🤓 🇮🇹Milan and Paris🇫🇷 . . . XO Christina 💋 (at Duomo di Milano - Milan Cathedral) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUsF5wCL8PH/?utm_medium=tumblr

Francesca Garancini is alone, broke, and single. She’s chain-smoking, maxxing out her Amex on cheap wine, and thinking things can’t possibly get worse--until they do. A terrible death reconciles her with her family, and she finds a way to get back to the work she loves. Along the way, she takes comfort in a new friendship with an old friend, and learns she has to love herself to love someone else. . . . 👥Friends to lovers💕 😢Family tension😐 💅Fashionista and finance nerd🤓 🇮🇹Milan and Paris🇫🇷 . . . Available now. Link in bio. 💋 (at Milan, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUdISvsLOr1/?utm_medium=tumblr

📷 BACKLIGHT is here and I'm wearing my fig blouse so you know it's going to be a good day! . . 👥Friends to lovers💕 😢Family tension😐 💅Fashionista and finance nerd🤓 🇮🇹Milan and Paris🇫🇷 . . Available now, link in bio! 💋 (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUcpK0AL2iG/?utm_medium=tumblr

🖤 Your Kindle rn... Quivering with anticipation... BACKLIGHT is coming at midnight! 💋 https://www.instagram.com/p/CUaPABKrExd/?utm_medium=tumblr

🌛 Searched my photos for BACKLIGHT and this is what came up... The countdown to midnight is on! 💋 https://www.instagram.com/p/CUaG_wRrzuD/?utm_medium=tumblr

🍷 from BACKLIGHT: "I read a lot. About wine. I just remember the appellations, the vintages, that kind of thing. I keep a little notebook when I taste them," he said, reaching into his breast pocket for a small leather book. He fanned through the blue-inked pages to show her his notes. He had a small, cramped style of handwriting, like a scientist's. "Do you have any notes from the wine we had last month at Ratana?" "Right here," he pointed at the page. She reached over for the book, but he pulled it close to him. "I take notes on context, too, sometimes. Where I go, with whom." "Let me see." She held her hand out. He gave her the book reluctantly. She read his notes: _Bertali 2016 Amarone. Ratana, Milano. Smooth finish, cherry notes, solid 90, maybe 92. Reasonably priced. Francie "business proposal". Pretty suit. Pretty everything._ . . . Thursday is the day... While I'm in Milan drinking wine and eating at Ratana (1: fig focaccia with whipped ricotta, 2: tomato tart tatin, 3: peach and amaretti dessert) you can order BACKLIGHT and fall in love with Francesca. 💋 (at Ratanà) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUTCBsOgjzc/?utm_medium=tumblr

🍹 Can't drink an Aperol Spritz without thinking of Paolo... Having major PAPARAZZI flashbacks this week in Italy. Catch up now before BACKLIGHT drops on Thursday! 💋 (at Milano Centrale) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUSw8YVALXb/?utm_medium=tumblr

🍋 Living that villa life... https://www.instagram.com/p/CUM-Hq3AIvr/?utm_medium=tumblr

🇮🇹 That's the Trussardi shop and cafe, right next to La Scala and site of an embarrassing dinner for Francesca in BACKLIGHT. Because when this book begins... Francesca Garancini is alone, broke, and single. She’s chain-smoking, maxxing out her Amex on cheap wine, and thinking things can’t possibly get worse--until they do. A terrible death reconciles her with her family, and she finds a way to get back to the work she loves. Along the way, she takes comfort in a new friendship with an old friend, and learns she has to love herself to love someone else. 💋 (at Trussardi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUKveE5oo5y/?utm_medium=tumblr

Newsflash: amid a pandemic, you can get a same-day reservation at Cracco. For lunch, at least. . From BACKLIGHT: "I've a reservation at Cracco. I'll see you there." "See you there," she said, but he'd already ended the call. Cracco was a Michelin two-star restaurant, one of the finest in Milan. People made reservations weeks in advance; even her uncle couldn’t get a same-day reservation at Cracco. 💋 (at Cracco) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUIYJsAAm7_/?utm_medium=tumblr

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